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<blockquote data-quote="Rich Coyle" data-source="post: 1339066" data-attributes="member: 70559"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/members/42769vette.26778/" target="_blank"><strong>42769vette</strong></a><strong>,</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">I had a 7STW on a 28 " barrel. On a whim I had it rechambered to 7RUM without setting it back. I worked up both the same way to a maximum load. I gained a whopping 25 feet per second with the RUM. Not worth it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">I had Dave Manson at Precision Reamers make me a reamed for a wildcat but have not used it yet. Since I like long necks I had him make a .338 RUM shoulder length with a 7mm neck .100" longer than the a .7-.338RUM. That way I could use 7RUM or .300RUM brass to get a case that hold about 110 grains of water and lasts longer than any of the cases you mentioned. If you want to use it I would be pleased to loan the reamer to you.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">I did make and use this same case idea but necked to 6.5. On a 28" barrel I worked up a 140 grainer going 3,419 feet per second. It holds 109 grains of water to the mouth. Ben at Hornady named it 6.5RUMLN because I didn't have a name for it when he made the forming and loading dies.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rich Coyle, post: 1339066, member: 70559"] [SIZE=4][URL='http://www.longrangehunting.com/members/42769vette.26778/'][B]42769vette[/B][/URL][B],[/B] I had a 7STW on a 28 " barrel. On a whim I had it rechambered to 7RUM without setting it back. I worked up both the same way to a maximum load. I gained a whopping 25 feet per second with the RUM. Not worth it. I had Dave Manson at Precision Reamers make me a reamed for a wildcat but have not used it yet. Since I like long necks I had him make a .338 RUM shoulder length with a 7mm neck .100" longer than the a .7-.338RUM. That way I could use 7RUM or .300RUM brass to get a case that hold about 110 grains of water and lasts longer than any of the cases you mentioned. If you want to use it I would be pleased to loan the reamer to you. I did make and use this same case idea but necked to 6.5. On a 28" barrel I worked up a 140 grainer going 3,419 feet per second. It holds 109 grains of water to the mouth. Ben at Hornady named it 6.5RUMLN because I didn't have a name for it when he made the forming and loading dies.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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