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What ACTION for a 7mm-338 LAPUA Imp. cartridge?
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<blockquote data-quote="goodgrouper" data-source="post: 64889" data-attributes="member: 2852"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> The 7mm STW will shoot flatter buck the wind better and have more energy at longer range then a 300 win mag with equal bullet weights </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] </p><p></p><p>That is like saying that a Ferrari and a Honda Element will not go the same speed in a school zone! Of course they will, a 20 mph speed limit is the same for both cars regardless of aerodyniamics! If you compare two calibers (one small and one large) and keep the bullet weights the same, you are not really comparing anything other than recoil! </p><p></p><p>A 7mm VLD does have a higher bc than a 180 grain .308, but get into the specialty 210,220 and 240 grain thutties and you have a different ball game. And honestly, I don't think that the original poster of this topic wants to shoot Berger 7mm 180 vld's for game OR the 220 .308 vld's either fot that matter.</p><p></p><p>I have a friend who took very good care of his 7 stw, and it gave up the ghost at about 900 rounds. He knew something was wrong when his groups opened up and he took it to a gunsmith to have it borescoped. The 28" Lilja was toast for about the first 3" of barrel! To make matters worse, he later admitted that while the stw would shoot 300 fps faster than his old 7mm mag, it had terrible accuracy at that speed. THe only load that shot to his expectations turned out to only shoot about 175 fps faster than the 7 mag! WOuld that be worth burning another 15 grains of powder for?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> [ QUOTE ]</p><p> and the 200 grain is going to have a bc of over 1.0. That will compete with the big 338's out to a mile </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm sorry, but you would have to have something with a lot more horsepower than a 7 stw to push a 200 grain bullet at velocities adequate to make this be a viable ".338 killer".</p><p>And even then you would still not beat the .338 because by the time your gun was dialed in for 1760 yards, your burned out throat would start blowing up bullets while our .338 MOAG would be ringing that 2k gong like no tomorrow. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif</p><p></p><p> /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif</p><p>Did I just say that?!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodgrouper, post: 64889, member: 2852"] [ QUOTE ] The 7mm STW will shoot flatter buck the wind better and have more energy at longer range then a 300 win mag with equal bullet weights [/ QUOTE ] That is like saying that a Ferrari and a Honda Element will not go the same speed in a school zone! Of course they will, a 20 mph speed limit is the same for both cars regardless of aerodyniamics! If you compare two calibers (one small and one large) and keep the bullet weights the same, you are not really comparing anything other than recoil! A 7mm VLD does have a higher bc than a 180 grain .308, but get into the specialty 210,220 and 240 grain thutties and you have a different ball game. And honestly, I don't think that the original poster of this topic wants to shoot Berger 7mm 180 vld's for game OR the 220 .308 vld's either fot that matter. I have a friend who took very good care of his 7 stw, and it gave up the ghost at about 900 rounds. He knew something was wrong when his groups opened up and he took it to a gunsmith to have it borescoped. The 28" Lilja was toast for about the first 3" of barrel! To make matters worse, he later admitted that while the stw would shoot 300 fps faster than his old 7mm mag, it had terrible accuracy at that speed. THe only load that shot to his expectations turned out to only shoot about 175 fps faster than the 7 mag! WOuld that be worth burning another 15 grains of powder for? [ QUOTE ] and the 200 grain is going to have a bc of over 1.0. That will compete with the big 338's out to a mile [/ QUOTE ] I'm sorry, but you would have to have something with a lot more horsepower than a 7 stw to push a 200 grain bullet at velocities adequate to make this be a viable ".338 killer". And even then you would still not beat the .338 because by the time your gun was dialed in for 1760 yards, your burned out throat would start blowing up bullets while our .338 MOAG would be ringing that 2k gong like no tomorrow. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] Did I just say that?! [/QUOTE]
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