Recent content by Hawkeye09

Here's another load combination that I'm very happy with: Federal 215 Mag Primer 78.0 Grains of Retumbo (Compressed Load) 160 Grain Nosler Partition Spitzer 3200- 3219 Feet per second B.C 0.475 Sub MOA (.55") seated to 3.365" This projectile has incredible penetration...

Agree 100% with Khensley, I let mine sit with the bolt out on the bench until it cools down. My 7 has (what seems like ) a fairly thin barrel. After 4-6 shots it is pretty warm. Last month I was really trying to get those 162 Hornady SST's to shoot, but couldn't get a group no matter what I...

That's awesome. Glad to know you got the issue fixed and that it's shooting well. My Opa used it for 30 years from the Canadian Rockies into the badlands of Alberta, prairies of Saskatchewan and back again, taking everything from antelope, mountain goats, moose, elk, sheep, bears and deer. I...

Birdhunter: I know that this is a fairly old thread, but I was searching the internet high and low for any reloading information on the 7mm Weatherby. The .300 Weatherby kind of overshadows the .7mm in a big way. The .7mm Weatherby is almost like a lost puppy in the Weatherby world, it was...