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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 524144" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>Since you mentioned 6.5 I did a 6.5-300 wsm 2-3 years ago and it was an excellent shooter. It shot so good a guy offered me to much money for it to make since keeping it. Like I said when I had my shop many of the new cases were not out then. Right now if I were looking at doing a 7mm I would look at doing a cartridge with no belt like the Dakota or improved Dakota like the SIN. I have not worked with the 375 Ruger case and don't know about that one. But if you have to neck from 375 down to 7mm I would go with something off the Dakota. Just to much trouble necking that far.</p><p> </p><p> Back when I did all my 7mm-300 wby's and what is now called 7mm STW's we did not have the short fat cases to work with. The improved Dakota can give you STW or better performance in a short cartridge that will feed well through a standard magnum action with heavy high BC VLD type bullets. I shoot the 257, 6.5 and 7mm STW regularly and love these cartridges. However with heavy long bullets they are single shots with the long belted case. The 6.5 STW is a screamer and one of the best long range deer/antelope rifles I have ever owned shooting a 140 grain .612 bc bullet over 3400 fps out of a 28" barrel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 524144, member: 505"] Since you mentioned 6.5 I did a 6.5-300 wsm 2-3 years ago and it was an excellent shooter. It shot so good a guy offered me to much money for it to make since keeping it. Like I said when I had my shop many of the new cases were not out then. Right now if I were looking at doing a 7mm I would look at doing a cartridge with no belt like the Dakota or improved Dakota like the SIN. I have not worked with the 375 Ruger case and don't know about that one. But if you have to neck from 375 down to 7mm I would go with something off the Dakota. Just to much trouble necking that far. Back when I did all my 7mm-300 wby's and what is now called 7mm STW's we did not have the short fat cases to work with. The improved Dakota can give you STW or better performance in a short cartridge that will feed well through a standard magnum action with heavy high BC VLD type bullets. I shoot the 257, 6.5 and 7mm STW regularly and love these cartridges. However with heavy long bullets they are single shots with the long belted case. The 6.5 STW is a screamer and one of the best long range deer/antelope rifles I have ever owned shooting a 140 grain .612 bc bullet over 3400 fps out of a 28" barrel. [/QUOTE]
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