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build a budget rifle around this bullet...7mm 180gr Berger hunting VLD
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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 446304" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>7mm STW. There is a reason I have six of them. If you want the fastest with great accuracy the 7mm caliber tops out with the 7mm STW and 7mm-300 wby. 7 STW is a standard cartridge so that settles that. I have worked with many 7mm's the last 35 years. In late 1998 I necked the 300 RUM case to calibers from 7mm to 358 testing it. My two 7mm-300 RUM's lost accuracy to throat erosion while testing them. 400 rounds and they were toast. Not an option in my opinion. The 7 STW has the best performance in 7mm while retaining good barrel life. It outperforms my 7mm remingtons on average about 200 fps. My 7mm remingtons get no use since my wildcats off the blown out 280 and '06 cases virtually duplicate the 7mm remmy's performance and make more sense. Cheaper to load for with less powder, noise and recoil. They are the 7mm JRS and 7mm Gibbs. Just left no place for the 7mm remmy for my use.</p><p> </p><p>You want top accuracy and power in 7mm while retaining good barrel life the 7mm STW is the one. When the 8mm rem mag came out in 1977 every wildcat gunsmith in the country immediately jumped on wildcatting it. The 7mm-8mm rem mag quickly became very popular in the late 70's because of the popularity of the 7mm-300 wby setting records in 1000 yard matches and now it could be easily duplicated with cheap remington brass. It was a great day several years later in the 90's when Layne Simpson used the clout of Shooting Times to name the cartridge and get it standardized. In my opinion it is still the top 7mm.</p><p> </p><p>If you want the top 7mm get a donor action and a top match barrel in 7mm STW. With a 30" match barrel it is very possible to get 3300 fps out of the 180 Berger with good barrel life. Run the ballistics on that. My accuracy load in one of my 26" barrel STW's will get 3245 fps with the 175 grain SGK.</p><p> </p><p>Velocity equals kills with every fps gained getting you another yard further downrange with the same reliability. Not exactly but you see the point. My 264 STW also does a great job running .612 BC bullets near 3400 fps and .579 BC bullets over 3500 fps. This case is good in several calibers without scorching barrels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 446304, member: 505"] 7mm STW. There is a reason I have six of them. If you want the fastest with great accuracy the 7mm caliber tops out with the 7mm STW and 7mm-300 wby. 7 STW is a standard cartridge so that settles that. I have worked with many 7mm's the last 35 years. In late 1998 I necked the 300 RUM case to calibers from 7mm to 358 testing it. My two 7mm-300 RUM's lost accuracy to throat erosion while testing them. 400 rounds and they were toast. Not an option in my opinion. The 7 STW has the best performance in 7mm while retaining good barrel life. It outperforms my 7mm remingtons on average about 200 fps. My 7mm remingtons get no use since my wildcats off the blown out 280 and '06 cases virtually duplicate the 7mm remmy's performance and make more sense. Cheaper to load for with less powder, noise and recoil. They are the 7mm JRS and 7mm Gibbs. Just left no place for the 7mm remmy for my use. You want top accuracy and power in 7mm while retaining good barrel life the 7mm STW is the one. When the 8mm rem mag came out in 1977 every wildcat gunsmith in the country immediately jumped on wildcatting it. The 7mm-8mm rem mag quickly became very popular in the late 70's because of the popularity of the 7mm-300 wby setting records in 1000 yard matches and now it could be easily duplicated with cheap remington brass. It was a great day several years later in the 90's when Layne Simpson used the clout of Shooting Times to name the cartridge and get it standardized. In my opinion it is still the top 7mm. If you want the top 7mm get a donor action and a top match barrel in 7mm STW. With a 30" match barrel it is very possible to get 3300 fps out of the 180 Berger with good barrel life. Run the ballistics on that. My accuracy load in one of my 26" barrel STW's will get 3245 fps with the 175 grain SGK. Velocity equals kills with every fps gained getting you another yard further downrange with the same reliability. Not exactly but you see the point. My 264 STW also does a great job running .612 BC bullets near 3400 fps and .579 BC bullets over 3500 fps. This case is good in several calibers without scorching barrels. [/QUOTE]
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