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7mm STW
7mm STW Brotherhood - For those who shoot the 7mm Shooting Times Westerner
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<blockquote data-quote="Jim Oliver" data-source="post: 682962" data-attributes="member: 7171"><p>Gonna add my 2 pesos here guys------well built (precisely fitted) rifles don't show pressure until you are way too high; sometimes the damage has been done by then.</p><p></p><p>When I bought my first 7 STW Sendero I also bought 100 Rem factory loads --140 Corelocked bullets. When I chronoed the loads, I saw about 100 fps higher velocity than the Rem catalog listed; confirmed by several tests on two different chronos. Recent Rem factory loads are slower. </p><p></p><p>Also, some of the loads Mr. Simpson listed in the original Shooting Times article were later found to be over pressure----"safe" in his rifles but over pressure none-the-less. As I recall, the load I tried was 88/H1000 with Nosler 140 Bal. Tip-----about 3500 fps with 1/2" groups as 100 yds. but with ejector marks on the case heads.</p><p></p><p>Down to 82/H1000 with the Nosler 140 Bal. Tip for 3348 fps, still 1/2" 100 yd. groups. Pretty much my standard load for the STW for southern whitetail hunting.......</p><p></p><p>Have fun and be safe.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jim Oliver, post: 682962, member: 7171"] Gonna add my 2 pesos here guys------well built (precisely fitted) rifles don't show pressure until you are way too high; sometimes the damage has been done by then. When I bought my first 7 STW Sendero I also bought 100 Rem factory loads --140 Corelocked bullets. When I chronoed the loads, I saw about 100 fps higher velocity than the Rem catalog listed; confirmed by several tests on two different chronos. Recent Rem factory loads are slower. Also, some of the loads Mr. Simpson listed in the original Shooting Times article were later found to be over pressure----"safe" in his rifles but over pressure none-the-less. As I recall, the load I tried was 88/H1000 with Nosler 140 Bal. Tip-----about 3500 fps with 1/2" groups as 100 yds. but with ejector marks on the case heads. Down to 82/H1000 with the Nosler 140 Bal. Tip for 3348 fps, still 1/2" 100 yd. groups. Pretty much my standard load for the STW for southern whitetail hunting....... Have fun and be safe. Jim [/QUOTE]
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