195 berger

[coyotelite]

Any new news on a 195gr vld coming out soon. Planning a build and if they are going to actually produce these I will go with the 7-300 mag. If not it'll be a 300 rum.

 

[Unofficial Gun Addict (UGA)]

If you go with the rum... Will you be shooting the 230s?

 

[bigngreen]

Well, every indication is that work has started back up on getting out the bullets that were in the design or testing phase and if I were a betting man the 195 7mm will be a top priority just to get us of their backs I hope they make a run of the 170 gr 277 bullets first so we can get the fire lit on them!!!

 

[coyotelite]

If you go with the rum... Will you be shooting the 230s?

Most definatly. On the other hand I have a 300 weatherby which is close to tge RUM ballisticly so I don't really "need" another .30 cal. Really want to build a 7-300. That 195 would be an absolute hammer!!!!!

 

[DM770]

I too am looking forward to this bullet. I have the barrel in hand to build on, not sure if I will build a 7-338 Norma or a no-wildcat. Should be a great bullet.

 

[Lefty7mmstw]

Most definatly. On the other hand I have a 300 weatherby which is close to tge RUM ballisticly so I don't really "need" another .30 cal. Really want to build a 7-300. That 195 would be an absolute hammer!!!!!

You need a 300 rum if you think the roy will keep up with the rum... I'm seeing a 200+ fps gain between my rum and my buddies 300roy with 220-225 grain pills. The roy doesn't have enough case capacity for some of the newer powders like rl50.

I think the 195 berger may finally give the 7stw and 7rum a significant advantage over the smaller 7mm mags like the 7rem/roy and 7x300. That big pill is going to have enough bearing surface that'll take a slow powder and plenty of it to push fast.

 

[Edd]

If the 195 gr production bullet matches the preliminary drawing, it will have a shorter bearing surface than the 180 gr VLD. It will be almost the same as the 168 gr classic hunter.

 

[RDavies]

So, is there any speculation as to when the 195gn might be released?

 

[Edd]

This is a sentence from an email I received about two weeks ago.

My best estimate is that it will be at least 6 months before we see any finalized results.

 

[Deleted member 46119]

Most definatly. On the other hand I have a 300 weatherby which is close to tge RUM ballisticly so I don't really "need" another .30 cal. Really want to build a 7-300. That 195 would be an absolute hammer!!!!!

Well you ALWAYS need another rifle..

Since you have a 300Wby, why not a 7mm-300Wby?

 

[Swamplord]

That is good news !!

One of the reasons I delayed reamer production for my 7mm-338 Norma Imp was the unknown arrival date of the 195 gr Bergers, with the announcement by W3PS and their 195 & 208 gr RBT TAC bullets I altered some dimensions to my design to capacitate these new bullets (enroute) and to maintain case h20 capacity at 107.7 gr, seems it was a good decision to have Kiff at PT&G to proceed with reamer since I have just received my X-Caliber barrel, I ordered it to match the Bartlein #10 Light Palma contour & fluted, 30" 8 Twist for the long arse bullets, the awesome part is the boys at X-Caliber jumped all over my requests and produced me the barrel in two weeks !

now it's up to the smith to finalize my new wildcat !
also....
I changed the name to 7mm Long Range Hunter (7mm LRH) as a tribute and thanks to Len and everyone at the LRH forum