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Opinions on the 7 STW?
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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 82006" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>There are <strong>MANY</strong> great shooting 7STW's out there, so I don't buy into the "bad geometry" claim. Actually, one of my reloading manuals talks about the surprising accuracy of the 7STW.</p><p></p><p>I shoot a custom 700 with a 26" Hart barrel. I can get significantly more velocity than I did from my 7 Rem mag and the accuracy is terrific. Although I have shot a few groups in the .1's, it will regularely shoot .5 moa @ 200yds.</p><p></p><p>A few days ago I shot the 7STW at a 400yds, in anticipation of a longrange pronghorn hunt scheduled for this weekend. I recently had Leupold put their new "varmint reticle" in my 6.5x20 scope and was curious to see how well it would work out with this cartridge. Using the 400yd horizontal wire, I fired 3 rounds from a cold, clean barrel and then walked down to the target to see exactly where the bullets had hit. All 3 bullet holes were just 1" below the point of aim and clustered into 1.6". /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif</p><p></p><p>Can the 7STW shoot? In a quality built rifle, it sure can. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 82006, member: 313"] There are [b]MANY[/b] great shooting 7STW's out there, so I don't buy into the "bad geometry" claim. Actually, one of my reloading manuals talks about the surprising accuracy of the 7STW. I shoot a custom 700 with a 26" Hart barrel. I can get significantly more velocity than I did from my 7 Rem mag and the accuracy is terrific. Although I have shot a few groups in the .1's, it will regularely shoot .5 moa @ 200yds. A few days ago I shot the 7STW at a 400yds, in anticipation of a longrange pronghorn hunt scheduled for this weekend. I recently had Leupold put their new "varmint reticle" in my 6.5x20 scope and was curious to see how well it would work out with this cartridge. Using the 400yd horizontal wire, I fired 3 rounds from a cold, clean barrel and then walked down to the target to see exactly where the bullets had hit. All 3 bullet holes were just 1" below the point of aim and clustered into 1.6". [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Can the 7STW shoot? In a quality built rifle, it sure can. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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