Recent content by MTMagpie

That was my original path for this build, but i'd seen too many posts about people running into COAL limitations in the Tikka action/mag. That and brass is still hard to come by.

Any reason in particular? Just because it's SAAMI aproved?

That might settle it for me then. Thanks for catching that, you're probably right about the 170gr HHT being a better fit here. I did read that the expansion threshold for those HHT's is around 1700fps, which is exciting.

I'm leaning toward the 7 SAUM, 7 SS, or 7 MAX at this point just from the standpoint of being able to fit it into a Tikka action. Didn't realize 7 SAUM brass was readily available, though I honestly didn't look to hard. I'll probably run a 22" barrel to run it with a can in the future. That...

Do you think 3000fps is achievable in the 7SS with the 177gr HH or would you step up to the 7 MAX in that case? I guess more is typically better, but I'm still curious . I'm thinking one of these short magnums in a Tikka might be the combo I'm searching for.

Hey all, New here, new to rifle building, and looking for opinions. I'm planning on building a rifle this winter/spring with the goal of pushing a 177gr Hammer Hunter @ ~3000fps, but I'm really stuck on cartridge and action choices. It's a long bullet @ 1.665"... I had originally planned on...