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mack the knife 
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| 300 ultra mag (Posted on 1/11/13 at 4:32 pm)
whats the word on these beasts? are they still being made? i almost pulled the trigger on acquisition a few years ago. it was a good thing i had a chance to shoot one before buying one since it has one nasty kick (shoot level III ammo).
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DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Yes they still make them to the best of my knowledge.
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mack the knife
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i was seriously thinking about getting one a few years ago but the level 1 ammo ballistics are not as impressive as my .30-'06 and the level 3 ammo was flinch-inducing. buddy has a 7mm stw that can really reach out and touch something but the gun is too cumbersome in the deer blind and the ammo is hard to find and $$$ as all hell.
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RLEBL23
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Unless you're shooting big horns in CO, or a glutton for punishment, I just don't see the need.
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DownshiftAndFloorIt
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A .300 ultra mag will probably be just as cumbersome because of the long barrel and action.
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mack the knife
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| re: 300 ultra mag (Posted on 1/11/13 at 6:53 pm to RLEBL23)
that's the conclusion i came to. its damn near impossible to find an area where you will really be shooting deer at 200+ yards all the time.
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pdubya76 
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I sighted one in for a friend. He bought the managed recoil ammo and it wasn't bad at all. I know it's not level 3 but he doesn't even hunt. It's one of those what if guns.....if I ever go Elk hunting I will have a gun for it. I laughed because the ammo box looks like a VHS tape.
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TClayboy99
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in the woods...
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I shoot a 300 win mag and an old lease partner of mine shot a 300 ultra mag.
Looking at the 2 bullets side by side really blows your mind. My 300 win mag is overkill already... but holy cow that ultra mag is a big arse round.
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ShowMeWhatYouGotRaji 
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| re: 300 ultra mag (Posted on 1/11/13 at 8:36 pm to TClayboy99)
no such thing as overkill, only dead or not dead. 300 RUM is so unnecessary it's awe inspiring...buddy from college has one...killed a mule deer with it in Montana at over 500 yards...exit wound was the size of a coke bottle...a 2 liter coke bottle.
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Nodust
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quote:
300 RUM is so unnecessary it's awe inspiring...
Sig quote material
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Nascar Fan
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| re: 300 ultra mag (Posted on 1/11/13 at 8:45 pm to TClayboy99)
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My 300 win mag is overkill already
Ain't nothing no damn overkill 
How in the hell do you people think you can over kill something
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ShowMeWhatYouGotRaji
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| re: 300 ultra mag (Posted on 1/11/13 at 9:21 pm to Nodust)
can I quote myself in sig quote, or is that in poor taste?
seriously, if I still had the pics of that exit wound I would post them (or send them to KR for him to post on my behalf)...it was unbelievable the carnage created by that round...pretty sure it was a 200 grain accubond... devastating to say the least...
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mack the knife
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the only thing i think that might be in the realm of comparing it to would be a crack barrel 3.5" 12 ga without a recoil pad.
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NimbleCat
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Houston, TX
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I am rocking a 300 win mag with a custom muzzle break. The 300RUM makes it look like a 243 beside a 7 mag.
Next rifle will be a 300RUM. There was a damn good article about this round a couple of months ago in one of the long distance shooting magazines. Browning makes a "Long Range Hunter" or something like that; this is the Google Pull:
Browning Long Range Hunter.
Anyway, it is a hell of a gun if you have aspirations of hunting elk, moose, or anything in N.A.
Edit: I have a 7 STW too. 14.5 pounder.
The arse hat in the photo fluted his barrel. don't do this fyi.
This post was edited on 1/11 at 9:38 pm
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mack the knife
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| re: 300 ultra mag (Posted on 1/11/13 at 9:43 pm to NimbleCat)
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ass hat in the photo fluted his barrel
buddy's came with the boss system. ie, LOUD
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NimbleCat
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Houston, TX
Member since Jan 2007
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Fluting: not a good idea. Shilen will void the warranty on any fluted barrel. Google it.
I thought fluting went out with Goth Rock.
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