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<blockquote data-quote="Weaselthis" data-source="post: 447583" data-attributes="member: 19417">Tres, I&#039;m sure there are MANY people on this forum much more knowledgeable than I, but I can give you MY experience w/ a 7RM.&nbsp; &nbsp;I never, in over 2000 rounds thru my old gun FL size until I could no longer close the bolt without a LOT of difficulty.&nbsp; This, being a hunting rifle as well.&nbsp; If I didn&#039;t have to struggle a lot with closing the bolt, I continued to neck only until I did. (fyi, i ran EVERY round thru the mag/chamber BEFORE a hunting trip to weed out those that needed FL sizing).&nbsp; &nbsp;The number of reloads varied, but I couldn&#039;t tell you EXACTLY how many, because back then, I didn&#039;t keep real good records of how many time a brass was fired.&nbsp; My sense was that it was at least 5-6 times. Of course that would depend on a lot of things like how hot ya run it, etc.&nbsp; and I trimmed regularly.&nbsp;When it got too hard to close the bolt, I FL sized &#039;em &amp; kept on shooting.&nbsp; I shot out the first 2.5&quot; of my bbl. and THAT&#039;S what prompted this new 7mm/300WM build on a 7RM take off bbl. I bought.&nbsp; &nbsp;Good luck.&nbsp; btw....thanks again for all the great reloading info on your write ups.&nbsp; I&#039;m learning a LOT from all you guys on this board!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Weaselthis, post: 447583, member: 19417"] Tres, I'm sure there are MANY people on this forum much more knowledgeable than I, but I can give you MY experience w/ a 7RM. I never, in over 2000 rounds thru my old gun FL size until I could no longer close the bolt without a LOT of difficulty. This, being a hunting rifle as well. If I didn't have to struggle a lot with closing the bolt, I continued to neck only until I did. (fyi, i ran EVERY round thru the mag/chamber BEFORE a hunting trip to weed out those that needed FL sizing). The number of reloads varied, but I couldn't tell you EXACTLY how many, because back then, I didn't keep real good records of how many time a brass was fired. My sense was that it was at least 5-6 times. Of course that would depend on a lot of things like how hot ya run it, etc. and I trimmed regularly. When it got too hard to close the bolt, I FL sized 'em & kept on shooting. I shot out the first 2.5" of my bbl. and THAT'S what prompted this new 7mm/300WM build on a 7RM take off bbl. I bought. Good luck. btw....thanks again for all the great reloading info on your write ups. I'm learning a LOT from all you guys on this board! [/QUOTE]

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