7mm Sherman short

[Lenwood901]

think ive decided to put togather this rifle seems like h1000 and rl26 are the powders to use bye looking around. I want to use the 175g elite hunters or the 180g vld depending on what shoots better and been looking at the ptg and nss rem 700 trued actions. I would like to hear some feed back from you guys that have used this round about accuracy for long distance the action you have used just anything with your experience

 

[elkaholic]

Those are good powders and I also recommend N565, Retumbo, and even RL23. Lots of actions will work well but make sure it will give you at least 2.95" coal. I prefer a DBM center feed over a std box mag. With a good build, long distance accuracy has proven to be exceptional!
Merry Christmas!

 

[Lenwood901]

thank you i was looking at your sight would the sst be better for feeding for a hunting gun or would the ss with dbm center feed be just fine

 

[elkaholic]

thank you i was looking at your sight would the sst be better for feeding for a hunting gun or would the ss with dbm center feed be just fine

As long as you use the DBM center feed, either should work well.

 

[Lenwood901]

what twist are you running 8 or 8.5

 

[elkaholic]

8.5 should be fine unless you might want to run some longer monos and then 8 might be better. 8 wont hurt youbthough.

 

[808caliber]

Ive been runing my 7ss built by LRI. 1 in 9 twist 20" i believe. getting 2770 with 166 a tip and 62.6 h1000. FAR away from pressure. just was a quick load with an ES of 9

 

[Rardoin]

If you can find Vihtavuori N165 I would pick up a some to test. In fully formed cases 60.0gr/190 Hornady A-tip/2780's fps/30" barrel. Very consistent powder from lot to lot. The burn temp is also very kind to the throat. It should push a 180gr well into the 2900's in a 24" barrel. Loading new cases for fireforming with the 190 A-tip with 59.85gr produced 2770's and shot right at 10" of vertical over 80+ rds on a range known for a lot of vertical from the terrain and other factors. Fully formed cases are shooting a less than half of that on a flat range with better conditions.