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Short barreled 7mm ??? Help me pick - people with experience please
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<blockquote data-quote="cb4128" data-source="post: 2339808" data-attributes="member: 80069"><p>I would agree on the short, fat, more efficient cartridges. I built a 7 SAUM with a 22" barrel for shooting suppressed 100% of the time and am shooting 175gr elites at 2,844 fps with VV N560. There's a little more room for speed but this node is shooting 1/3 MOA out to 1,000 yards right now, so I'm not messing with it.</p><p></p><p>I also talked a buddy into building one and he re-barreled a Seekins Rifle with a 20" Benchmak and is shooting the 175gr elites at 2,865 fps also with VV N560. He also shoots suppressed 100% of the time.</p><p></p><p>I built mine on a tikka action and used an aftermarket metal bottom metal from desert rifle works and am using the mountain tactical billet aluminum mags - both have worked extremely well for me thus far. I throated it for a long action and am shooting a COAL of 3.080".</p><p></p><p>I was tossing around the same ideas as you for this build - 7 rem mag, 7 MAX, 28 Nosler, etc. For me, I can get very close to the same performance out of the SAUM with a 22" as the Rem Mag - but with 10% less powder. Honestly, I think the performance would be very similar.</p><p></p><p>With the MAX and Nosler, you'd definitely be getting more performance, but I don't think it's worth the extra recoil and powder to make it happen. My rifle weighs around 8.5 lbs with everything on it and I can spot my impacts very easily - I don't think I would change a thing if I did it again, except maybe a 20" barrel!</p><p></p><p>Good luck with your decision, but it sounds like they will all be winners!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cb4128, post: 2339808, member: 80069"] I would agree on the short, fat, more efficient cartridges. I built a 7 SAUM with a 22" barrel for shooting suppressed 100% of the time and am shooting 175gr elites at 2,844 fps with VV N560. There's a little more room for speed but this node is shooting 1/3 MOA out to 1,000 yards right now, so I'm not messing with it. I also talked a buddy into building one and he re-barreled a Seekins Rifle with a 20" Benchmak and is shooting the 175gr elites at 2,865 fps also with VV N560. He also shoots suppressed 100% of the time. I built mine on a tikka action and used an aftermarket metal bottom metal from desert rifle works and am using the mountain tactical billet aluminum mags - both have worked extremely well for me thus far. I throated it for a long action and am shooting a COAL of 3.080". I was tossing around the same ideas as you for this build - 7 rem mag, 7 MAX, 28 Nosler, etc. For me, I can get very close to the same performance out of the SAUM with a 22" as the Rem Mag - but with 10% less powder. Honestly, I think the performance would be very similar. With the MAX and Nosler, you'd definitely be getting more performance, but I don't think it's worth the extra recoil and powder to make it happen. My rifle weighs around 8.5 lbs with everything on it and I can spot my impacts very easily - I don't think I would change a thing if I did it again, except maybe a 20" barrel! Good luck with your decision, but it sounds like they will all be winners! [/QUOTE]
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