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Budget build, advice please
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<blockquote data-quote="Fitch" data-source="post: 508576" data-attributes="member: 19372"><p>There somes a point where the cost of improved performance gets pretty steep for a tiny difference. This is one of them. Going from a stock Savage dbm to a custom one to gain maybe 1/4" of COL will cost as much as the custom barrel chambered and installed. That amounts to about $10.00 per fps of velocity gain. It would be less expensive to get that performance by going to a different stock cartridge - 7RUM for example. </p><p> </p><p>Hard to believe that those small differences actually matter in the field. I can see going for it if cost is not a constraint and one is free to spend whatever on a rifle if for no other reason than the wow factor. But in a practical sense, a 7SAUM in a long action is no more cartridge, if it's even as much cartridge, than a 7RM in a long action, and the 7RM should handle bullets on the heavy for caliber end of the spectrum better with it's bigger powder charge, especially with a longer than normal barrel.</p><p> </p><p>Different strokes for different folks, but it's possible to double (or more) the cost of the rifle with out doing a darn thing to improve the pounds of meat in the freezer or satisfaction with the results per hunting trip. If it were me, once I've got a top notch custom barrel chambered for a reasonable cartridge, I'd spend the extra $500.00 to $1,000 on a better scope, instead of tweaking the cartridge, and expect that to do more for my hunting success than 50 or 100 fps in MV, or custom bottom metal. </p><p> </p><p>YMMV</p><p> </p><p>Fitch</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fitch, post: 508576, member: 19372"] There somes a point where the cost of improved performance gets pretty steep for a tiny difference. This is one of them. Going from a stock Savage dbm to a custom one to gain maybe 1/4" of COL will cost as much as the custom barrel chambered and installed. That amounts to about $10.00 per fps of velocity gain. It would be less expensive to get that performance by going to a different stock cartridge - 7RUM for example. Hard to believe that those small differences actually matter in the field. I can see going for it if cost is not a constraint and one is free to spend whatever on a rifle if for no other reason than the wow factor. But in a practical sense, a 7SAUM in a long action is no more cartridge, if it's even as much cartridge, than a 7RM in a long action, and the 7RM should handle bullets on the heavy for caliber end of the spectrum better with it's bigger powder charge, especially with a longer than normal barrel. Different strokes for different folks, but it's possible to double (or more) the cost of the rifle with out doing a darn thing to improve the pounds of meat in the freezer or satisfaction with the results per hunting trip. If it were me, once I've got a top notch custom barrel chambered for a reasonable cartridge, I'd spend the extra $500.00 to $1,000 on a better scope, instead of tweaking the cartridge, and expect that to do more for my hunting success than 50 or 100 fps in MV, or custom bottom metal. YMMV Fitch [/QUOTE]
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