I decided to bring this subject up again as it confuses me the dislike for them. I have to argue the point made that ammunition is hard to come by, just not the case. I have to argue the fact they are not made anymore, not true. Ruger jas a dang nice guide gun in those calibers and more.
The next point is balistics. Hmmm, unless hornady just makes up lies, the balistics from my 300 RCM matches the 300 win mag easy. Seems to me the nice 20" barrel is a good thing, why would anyone not like that. As for the 338 RCM, nearly matches the 338 WinMag in every area, how is that bad. Marketing was bad but the cliber and Hornady powder make has that round smoking and at the same grains of bullets.
To make a fair bad point for these calibers, until Hornady makes the powder mix public, the reloads fall very short of the factory ammunition. The factory ammunition is very affordable, less than and 338 WinMag ammo and mathces everyone else for the 300 RCM. Lots of calibers are made, some go away, some struggle and some fail. These RCM calibers have not failed and the ammo is out there and easy to find. The fact it is not on a shelf, so what, order it, order a few, get free shipping and have it. I have them both and they are tac driving SUB MOA shooters out to 300, which is as far as the range I shoot it, goes. I support any new caliber that comes around and am dang glad people keep trying and inventing them. So a rifle that is as light or lighter as a Tikka T3, has anywhere from 2 to 4 inches shorter of a barrel, has a short action and then, is a magnum and has the same balistics as the long action magnums, wow, love it.
Just making a few points. Anyone else out there own these.
The next point is balistics. Hmmm, unless hornady just makes up lies, the balistics from my 300 RCM matches the 300 win mag easy. Seems to me the nice 20" barrel is a good thing, why would anyone not like that. As for the 338 RCM, nearly matches the 338 WinMag in every area, how is that bad. Marketing was bad but the cliber and Hornady powder make has that round smoking and at the same grains of bullets.
To make a fair bad point for these calibers, until Hornady makes the powder mix public, the reloads fall very short of the factory ammunition. The factory ammunition is very affordable, less than and 338 WinMag ammo and mathces everyone else for the 300 RCM. Lots of calibers are made, some go away, some struggle and some fail. These RCM calibers have not failed and the ammo is out there and easy to find. The fact it is not on a shelf, so what, order it, order a few, get free shipping and have it. I have them both and they are tac driving SUB MOA shooters out to 300, which is as far as the range I shoot it, goes. I support any new caliber that comes around and am dang glad people keep trying and inventing them. So a rifle that is as light or lighter as a Tikka T3, has anywhere from 2 to 4 inches shorter of a barrel, has a short action and then, is a magnum and has the same balistics as the long action magnums, wow, love it.
Just making a few points. Anyone else out there own these.