.300 Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum Explained

.300 Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum
Origin:USA
Type:Rifle
Designer:Remington
Manufacturer:Remington
Production Date:2001
Parent:.300 Remington Ultra Magnum
Case Type:rimless bottleneck
Bullet:.308
Neck:.344
Shoulder:.534
Base:.550
Rim Dia:.534
Case Length:2.015
Length:2.825
Rifling:1-
Max Pressure:65000
Pressure Method:SAAMI
Primer:Large rifle magnum
Bw1:150
Btype1:SP
Vel1:3253
En1:3525
Bw2:165
Btype2:SPBT
Vel2:3126
En2:3581
Bw3:180
Btype3:HPBT
Vel3:2954
En3:3489
Bw4:200
Btype4:SP
Vel4:2790
En4:3458
Balsrc:Reloading data at Accurate Powder

.300 Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum (also known as 300 RSAUM, 300 RSUM or 300 Rem SAUM) is a .30 caliber short magnum cartridge that is a shortened version of the Remington 300 Ultra Mag, both of which derive from the .404 Jeffery case. The Remington Short Ultra Mag was put on the market shortly after Winchester released its 300 WSM round in 2001, resulting in the Winchester product getting the marketing advantage that has eclipsed the Remington offering.[1]

Performance

The 300 RSAUM's ballistics are similar to 300 Win Mag and 300 WSM. The difference in ballistics between the WSM and RSAUM are insignificant in all practical applications. Differences in muzzle velocity and muzzle energy are related to barrel length rather than case dimension.

Muzzle velocity

Comparisons

.300 RSAUM performance comparisons [2] [3] ! Cartridge !! Bullet weight !! Muzzle velocity !! Muzzle energy
200 2,569 2,932
.300 RSAUM 200 2,790 3,458
200 2,822 3,538
200 2,877 3,677
200 2,913 3,769
200 2,987 3,963
200 3,154 4,419

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.chuckhawks.com/subscribers/rifle_cartridge_page/300short_mag.htm The .300 Remington Short Action Ultra Mag by Chuck Hawks
  2. Web site: .308 Caliber reloading data at Accurate Powder . 2007-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070825010347/http://www.accuratepowder.com/loaddata_caliber_rifle_standard_308cal.htm . 2007-08-25 . dead .
  3. Web site: Accurate Powder reload data table . PDF. 2009-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090320043840/http://www.accuratepowder.com/data/AccurateGuideV3-2.pdf. 20 March 2009.