Guys my gunsmith is about to chamber my new fluted Krieger barrel in 300 RUM. I want to shoot the 180 grain Accubonds in it with the boattail/bearing surface junction seated to the neck/shoulder junction. He uses a throating reamer to get the throat right where we need it. The problem is that we are unsure if the 300 RUM should be seated in the lands, just touching, several thousandths off or way off the lands. Can someone with some experience with this cartridge give us a good rule of thumb?
All of the "NEW" Magnums have lots of freebore to reduce the pressure to a safe level and
still get higher velocities. If you run the bullets close or touching the lands pressure will go
up and loads will have to be reduced loosing some of the velocity that was the attraction
in the first place.
I have known many instances where a big magnum was chambered with a short throat and
heavy bolt lift was encountered and velocity was lost in order to bring the pressures down.
Example; If you short throat a 30/378 it is unsafe to shoot Weatherby factory ammo in it
(You will blow the primers almost every time).
Accuracy can be achieved without short throating and seating close/against the lands buy
Holding the head space to a minimum (.0005 to .001) and still get good velocities with
SAAMI pressures.
I do not recomend short throating "ANY" of the High pressure cartriges because it creates a
new set of problems and is not nessary to acheave outstanding accuracy.
On smaller less potent cartriges this is an excepted practice and can work in your favor
but not on the Big/New magnums.
Just my opinion.
J E CUSTOM
