Remington Sendero
- Thread starter Rkiefer
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Senderos are usually very accurate, though somewhat heavy and clumsy in the field, I have one in 7mm Rsaum and it's deadly accurate though not the kind of gun I take hunting. The big negatives with the Rum are: recoil, noise, barrel wear if you like to work up loads or do alot of practising. Very nice rifle but, I don't care for your choice of cals., I'm sure many users couldn't do justice to this fine rifles' accuracy because of recoil/flinch.
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- Yellowknife, NWT
I found lots of reviews on the Sendero through Google. Watch your spelling....it's sendEro.
I have one of the original 300 RUM sendero since 2003 with stainless fluted barrel and RMR added a brake which made it very easy to shoot well. I found the factory stock did not fit me well and it now sits in a Mcmillan A3. I very quickly found a great handload of 180 Accubonds over RL 25 that is easily 1/2 MOA, and often better, but it shoots 208 AMAX and 168 TSX nearly as well. I have settled on the 180 AB at 3250fps, flat and devastating out to the ranges I use it at (to 800m or so). I have owned two 300 RUMs, and both are extremely precise and accurate with this load. It is so consistent and easy to shoot at long range, that I am not sure if there is a better rifle/cartridge for that task. Mine is a keeper.
The Senederos I have owned have all been good shooters.
I wont say they were true 1/2 MOA rifles, but they all have shot plenty of sub 1/2 MOA groups.
I think there are far better stocks to be had.
One thing you need to consider with a Sendero is you will likely shoot it a lot and with the 300Ultra that means a new barrel at 1000 rounds more or less.
The 300Win will give you roughly 2500 rounds (some get more and some get less) and will do all you need from a 30cal rifle.
The Ultra is not that much better at long range...If at all.
Don't forget you will be dialing for range and allowing for wind no matter what chambering you select.
I wont say they were true 1/2 MOA rifles, but they all have shot plenty of sub 1/2 MOA groups.
I think there are far better stocks to be had.
One thing you need to consider with a Sendero is you will likely shoot it a lot and with the 300Ultra that means a new barrel at 1000 rounds more or less.
The 300Win will give you roughly 2500 rounds (some get more and some get less) and will do all you need from a 30cal rifle.
The Ultra is not that much better at long range...If at all.
Don't forget you will be dialing for range and allowing for wind no matter what chambering you select.
Very nice factory rifle. How much you going to shoot it?
Bore wear is relative to the amount of hot gas you put down the bore. The Ultra puts out a lot more gas for little (if any) gain with the Sendero's 26" barrel. More wear, more money.
Bore wear is relative to the amount of hot gas you put down the bore. The Ultra puts out a lot more gas for little (if any) gain with the Sendero's 26" barrel. More wear, more money.
Good points. The 300 Win mag is likely a better choice for a one gun hunter. But I and most on this site are not, I suspect. So, I look at it differently. The beauty with my 300 Rum is that it is so bloody consistent and easy to shoot that all I really do is validate my drop chart a few times a year, and shoot a few long range groups, always giving the barrel lots of time to cool down. For serious practice, I use my .308 and heat 'er up regularly. At this rate, I suspect my 300 Rum to last at least another decade, or more, which is pretty darn good barrel life in my books. I suspect I'll be rebarreling my 308 long before the Rum. YMMV.
I've got a 1996 production Sendero in .270Win. The rifle is a beast, like 12lbs+, but I carried it on my praiirie antelope hunt, and I've travelled cutlines in Nov hunting whitetails with it. Ideally though, it's a ower type of rig. Perfect for sitting in an enclosed blind all day, looking over big fields or cutlines and such.
The rifle can shoot better than I can.
* Oh yeah, with that mild .270 cartridge and stupid weight, the thing has very low recoil.
The rifle can shoot better than I can.
* Oh yeah, with that mild .270 cartridge and stupid weight, the thing has very low recoil.
cumminsdsl
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- Location
- Ottawa Valley
Go for it, you wont regret it, my uncle has a 7mm and that thing is a tack driver.
