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7mm STW best loads and advice
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<blockquote data-quote="yobuck" data-source="post: 1856663" data-attributes="member: 12443"><p>Well i personally wouldnt be sending many down that barrel at dogs, unless on a few occasions i got the urge </p><p>at some real distance. Id be saving it for the bigger stuff at the longer distances.</p><p> Ive developed some rancher friends out there in the SE corner of your state and have hunted dogs there as well as Antelope. Problem is that for me it is a 3 day ride each way, and at my age i question how smart it is to spend 6 days behind a wheel at 70 mph to do it. </p><p>But i certainly wish i could find an easier/better way to go about doing that.</p><p>My favorite rifle to use of the 3 i take along is my 22x250 AI using 69 gr bullets. Unless it's real windy shots out to 600 arent much of an issue with it. A 6x284 with 105 gr bullets is enough gun for me to reach out further for them and use when the wind is stronger at shorter distance.</p><p> I have two 7x300 Wetherby rifles i use for L/R PA hunting, which is actually an earlier version of the 7 STW, and balisticly pretty much a clone. But ive never taken them along to Montana.</p><p> I did build a 6.5x300 WSM to take out there for L/R Antelope, and did manage to take 2 on the same trip with it, both at some decent distance, one being near Gillette in WY. </p><p>But a 6.5x300 WSM with 140s is no 7x300 Wetherby or 7STW with 160s at the longer distances, and when i found that out i sold the rifle. </p><p>Which is what prompted my comment about your gun being what it is, as they all are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yobuck, post: 1856663, member: 12443"] Well i personally wouldnt be sending many down that barrel at dogs, unless on a few occasions i got the urge at some real distance. Id be saving it for the bigger stuff at the longer distances. Ive developed some rancher friends out there in the SE corner of your state and have hunted dogs there as well as Antelope. Problem is that for me it is a 3 day ride each way, and at my age i question how smart it is to spend 6 days behind a wheel at 70 mph to do it. But i certainly wish i could find an easier/better way to go about doing that. My favorite rifle to use of the 3 i take along is my 22x250 AI using 69 gr bullets. Unless it’s real windy shots out to 600 arent much of an issue with it. A 6x284 with 105 gr bullets is enough gun for me to reach out further for them and use when the wind is stronger at shorter distance. I have two 7x300 Wetherby rifles i use for L/R PA hunting, which is actually an earlier version of the 7 STW, and balisticly pretty much a clone. But ive never taken them along to Montana. I did build a 6.5x300 WSM to take out there for L/R Antelope, and did manage to take 2 on the same trip with it, both at some decent distance, one being near Gillette in WY. But a 6.5x300 WSM with 140s is no 7x300 Wetherby or 7STW with 160s at the longer distances, and when i found that out i sold the rifle. Which is what prompted my comment about your gun being what it is, as they all are. [/QUOTE]
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