7 RUM???????

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So I know there are some big 7mm guys up on this forum so let me know what yall think! My buddies dad picked up a Remington BDL chambered in 7RUM. HE PAID 400$ for it and it came with 2 boxes of the Barnes 147 gr LRX round if I'm not mistaken. I took it to the range today and it kicked harder than my 300 wm but at the same time wasn't terrible. So this isn't a question regarding the rifle itself cause after all it's a rather cheap r700 with a thin barrel but rather id like some education on the 7 RUM its a pretty cool round and I stretched it just to 300 yards and it's flat, fast and delivers good energy from the report of the steal. Is this a popular round? What do you like to hunt with it? Is this a good long range option? Thanks gents cheers.
 
308_Branden said:
So I know there are some big 7mm guys up on this forum so let me know what yall think! My buddies dad picked up a Remington BDL chambered in 7RUM. HE PAID 400$ for it and it came with 2 boxes of the Barnes 147 gr LRX round if I'm not mistaken. I took it to the range today and it kicked harder than my 300 wm but at the same time wasn't terrible. So this isn't a question regarding the rifle itself cause after all it's a rather cheap r700 with a thin barrel but rather id like some education on the 7 RUM its a pretty cool round and I stretched it just to 300 yards and it's flat, fast and delivers good energy from the report of the steal. Is this a popular round? What do you like to hunt with it? Is this a good long range option? Thanks gents cheers.
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Hopefully your buddy reloads because i havent seen a box of ammo for that in ages!
 
Unfortunately I don't think any factory production rifles are chambered in it any more-- also I don't think any big name ammo companies are producing ammo for it either.

It is a fast, flat, decent lr cartridge if you reload-- it gained a bit of a "barrel burner" reputation due to its overbore but that wouldn't scare me away from it as it should be close to other rums and magnums I would think in regards to barrel longevity
 
It would rank among the top performers in the 7 MM class of cartridges.
The action alone is worth the price paid.
A heavier and longer after market barrel using the factory stock would make a very good long range outfit.
 
There is ammo available online, but hand loading definitely can be your friend here. Make sure he saves that brass! Put a brake on the barrel and use muffs in the field makes a decent long range round.
 
I've been a 7STW man since they were first wildcated. I had a 28 inch barrel and the twist to shoot 195's.

What you have to remember is that you can download big cases and get accuracy and still have higher velocity than all the other 7's. Like 4-8 grains under the listed max loads. I always used the slowest powders for any listed loads.
 
Before retumbo became one million American pesos per pound I shot a 7 rum at just about everything.

I've had them in barrel lengths from 21 to 29.5 inches, shot everything from the 120 b tips to the heavies.

It's one of my favorite cartridges, but it's hungry for powder and a little hard on barrels. I'm down to one barrel for a switch barrel rig that chases squirrels, and an ultralight mountain rifle. It's right at the ragged edge of what most guys can shoot in a rem 700 ti clone.
 
I was able to find a bunch of ammo off ammoseek without issues. Just not much variety obviously. Like some of you have mentioned it might be something to burn the barrel out on and then re barrel it to something else. I'm a 30 cal kind of guy and have never shot any of the 7mm so for my first 7mm to be a 7 RUM I thought it was really cool. I'd say if the gun had a barrel thick enough for a brake it would be a really nice shooter as well as a nicer more rigid stock.
 

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