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7mm STW
7STW vs. 300WM for elk hunting rifle??
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty7mmstw" data-source="post: 963783" data-attributes="member: 48043"><p>To Broz,</p><p>I have good reasons for the bullets I use and not all of them are conducive to the best LR uses, but they are what they are. As you know an average deer isn't nearly as hard to put a bullet through as the average elk so we are working to slightly different goals. That said, I am moving in the heavier, sleeker bullet direction as I shoot up my bullet supply and develop new loads as much for wind bucking as for terminal performance.</p><p>My current 300win has shown a certain angst toward boat tail bullets, but has shot a few well enough that I've loaded them. I currently use the 165 because A I have 800 of them (between rem and hdy), and B current lots of 220 sierra hpbt's and 7828 do not co-exist as well in the rifle as older lots have. It may be barrel age or components, but I've gotten a few bad groups that weren't operator error, so the load went the way of the Dodo. I will likely eventually work up another heavy bullet load in the rifle, but it may need another barrel before I go that way. The 215 sounds like one of the better options for the win from what you've said. Will it work with a 3.36" mag.?</p><p> As to my 7stw, she currently wears a 10" twist barrel so anything over 160 grains or so is a definite no; that said it does like the 150 ablr. I didn't use it this year though ( I used the 140ab) as I hadn't proven the rifle to my satisfaction in all weather conditions with the 150. </p><p>I won't shoot a couple of groups and hunt. I want a couple of boxes of bullets through a rifle before I trust the load as I've seen "good" loads go to pot when conditions change, no matter the powder I am burning. I'm finally comfortable enough with the 300rum to use heavy's in her the next time I field the rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty7mmstw, post: 963783, member: 48043"] To Broz, I have good reasons for the bullets I use and not all of them are conducive to the best LR uses, but they are what they are. As you know an average deer isn't nearly as hard to put a bullet through as the average elk so we are working to slightly different goals. That said, I am moving in the heavier, sleeker bullet direction as I shoot up my bullet supply and develop new loads as much for wind bucking as for terminal performance. My current 300win has shown a certain angst toward boat tail bullets, but has shot a few well enough that I've loaded them. I currently use the 165 because A I have 800 of them (between rem and hdy), and B current lots of 220 sierra hpbt's and 7828 do not co-exist as well in the rifle as older lots have. It may be barrel age or components, but I've gotten a few bad groups that weren't operator error, so the load went the way of the Dodo. I will likely eventually work up another heavy bullet load in the rifle, but it may need another barrel before I go that way. The 215 sounds like one of the better options for the win from what you've said. Will it work with a 3.36" mag.? As to my 7stw, she currently wears a 10" twist barrel so anything over 160 grains or so is a definite no; that said it does like the 150 ablr. I didn't use it this year though ( I used the 140ab) as I hadn't proven the rifle to my satisfaction in all weather conditions with the 150. I won't shoot a couple of groups and hunt. I want a couple of boxes of bullets through a rifle before I trust the load as I've seen "good" loads go to pot when conditions change, no matter the powder I am burning. I'm finally comfortable enough with the 300rum to use heavy's in her the next time I field the rifle. [/QUOTE]
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