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1st Rifle Build...Help with details please.
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<blockquote data-quote="long ranger" data-source="post: 182568" data-attributes="member: 800"><p>I would have to agree with all of this. Having built my share of big 7s have found barrel life especially in the STW and RUMs to be far shorter than a comparable 30 or bigger.</p><p>At real long range you will find bigger, longer bullets are easier to get predictable trajectories with, which is why the big 30s and 338s at so much more popular for extreme long range work.</p><p>For sake of argument a 7mm 175 gr SMK will bemuch more affected by wind drift and will loose velocity faster than a 338 cal 300 gr SMK will. The 7 will likely have a faster muzzle velocity than the 338, but any ballistics calculator will show you what I mean when you stretch way out there.</p><p>I love the 7s but have found real long range to be easier with the bigger calibers, and if you shoot alot you will find the "hot" 7s are hard on barrels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="long ranger, post: 182568, member: 800"] I would have to agree with all of this. Having built my share of big 7s have found barrel life especially in the STW and RUMs to be far shorter than a comparable 30 or bigger. At real long range you will find bigger, longer bullets are easier to get predictable trajectories with, which is why the big 30s and 338s at so much more popular for extreme long range work. For sake of argument a 7mm 175 gr SMK will bemuch more affected by wind drift and will loose velocity faster than a 338 cal 300 gr SMK will. The 7 will likely have a faster muzzle velocity than the 338, but any ballistics calculator will show you what I mean when you stretch way out there. I love the 7s but have found real long range to be easier with the bigger calibers, and if you shoot alot you will find the "hot" 7s are hard on barrels. [/QUOTE]
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