DartonJager
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I am trying to decide on a rifle who's primary use will be long range fun, secondary hunting and one day competition. Based on info I received here and else where I was pretty well sold on a M700 Mil-Spec 5R in 300WM as the best value for my dollar for a sub $1k rifle.
I use to own a Savage 116 SF WW in 7mm STW with factory fluted barrel and factory brake, I picked up NIB at a gun show for an outrageously low price less than half of normal. Was a complete impulse buy figured I use it as a back up to my .338wm. About 14 years ago gifted it along with a set of Redding dies, 300 pieces of brass and a pound of H1000, and IMR 7828 to a friend who asked for it as payment for a favor VS cash.
Well he called me up just recently and asked if I wanted it back as he never took it out of his safe, lest shot it after he got it home. I advised he sell it but he said he had no interest in trying to. So its has found its way back to me along with all the brass (untouched) the dies and powder.
The rifle is in like new shape and I per my reloading log I still have I fired exactly 124 shots out of it so the barrel should have a lot of life left in it.
My question is seeing as I already have a guy locally who wants to buy it for more than double I paid for it, (he is a competent enough smith to re-barrel a Savage, a huge fan of Savages and desperately wants a rifle in 8mm RM) he plans on converting it to a 8mm Remington mag. I'm thinking it a better idea to sell it and put the money towards the Remington Mil-Spec 5R 300wm? I'm considering selling instead of using it because the factory Savage stock is really just awful and I would undoubtedly replace it with a B&C or a Choate (as my buyer plans on doing) that cost combined with what I could sell it for amounts to about 50-60% of the cost of the Remington and there is nothing I would do to the Remington save for maybe getting it bedded. And I believe the barrel life of a 300wm will be reasonably longer than the 7mm stw, but the main reason I wish to go with the 300wm is brass availability for reloading. 300wm brass will without doubt always be available at all times. Even though the new heavy for caliber 7mm bullets make the 7mm STW an excellent long range competitor, I feel I'm correct in being very concerned about brass availability long term for the 7mm stw.
Thoughts on the matter?
I use to own a Savage 116 SF WW in 7mm STW with factory fluted barrel and factory brake, I picked up NIB at a gun show for an outrageously low price less than half of normal. Was a complete impulse buy figured I use it as a back up to my .338wm. About 14 years ago gifted it along with a set of Redding dies, 300 pieces of brass and a pound of H1000, and IMR 7828 to a friend who asked for it as payment for a favor VS cash.
Well he called me up just recently and asked if I wanted it back as he never took it out of his safe, lest shot it after he got it home. I advised he sell it but he said he had no interest in trying to. So its has found its way back to me along with all the brass (untouched) the dies and powder.
The rifle is in like new shape and I per my reloading log I still have I fired exactly 124 shots out of it so the barrel should have a lot of life left in it.
My question is seeing as I already have a guy locally who wants to buy it for more than double I paid for it, (he is a competent enough smith to re-barrel a Savage, a huge fan of Savages and desperately wants a rifle in 8mm RM) he plans on converting it to a 8mm Remington mag. I'm thinking it a better idea to sell it and put the money towards the Remington Mil-Spec 5R 300wm? I'm considering selling instead of using it because the factory Savage stock is really just awful and I would undoubtedly replace it with a B&C or a Choate (as my buyer plans on doing) that cost combined with what I could sell it for amounts to about 50-60% of the cost of the Remington and there is nothing I would do to the Remington save for maybe getting it bedded. And I believe the barrel life of a 300wm will be reasonably longer than the 7mm stw, but the main reason I wish to go with the 300wm is brass availability for reloading. 300wm brass will without doubt always be available at all times. Even though the new heavy for caliber 7mm bullets make the 7mm STW an excellent long range competitor, I feel I'm correct in being very concerned about brass availability long term for the 7mm stw.
Thoughts on the matter?