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7mm stw or 28 nosler?
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<blockquote data-quote="vancewalker007" data-source="post: 2585747" data-attributes="member: 66917"><p>I had an STW from 1993 to 2010. In 2010 it became an LRM for my son. So I reloaded and used it a lot. Back in the early 90s we made brass out of 300 Weatherby brass. Here is my advice on either of these cartridges.</p><p></p><p>I assume you plan to shoot long heavy for caliber bullets, if not ignore this and cut the chamber to SAAMI and call it a day. Set up your action/magazine to fit the cartridge with your chosen bullet loaded where the base of the bullet is just at or above the neck/shoulder junction. This means the leade in the chamber needs to be cut properly to allow your bullet to be loaded this far out.</p><p></p><p>You don't want to get trapped into the situation where long heavies have to be single loaded because you mag is 300 WM SAAMI length.</p><p></p><p>We found over the years of use of the STW that it could be very consistently accurate but you had to work to find the right combination of neck tension, powder load, and bullet seating depth. I'm not sure if the 28 is as finicky. The 7mm RUM was really finicky as well. The biggest drawback for the 28 I see is short throat life. It looks like you can buy STW brass still, but you can fireform 300 Weatherby brass to make it. I have done it many times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vancewalker007, post: 2585747, member: 66917"] I had an STW from 1993 to 2010. In 2010 it became an LRM for my son. So I reloaded and used it a lot. Back in the early 90s we made brass out of 300 Weatherby brass. Here is my advice on either of these cartridges. I assume you plan to shoot long heavy for caliber bullets, if not ignore this and cut the chamber to SAAMI and call it a day. Set up your action/magazine to fit the cartridge with your chosen bullet loaded where the base of the bullet is just at or above the neck/shoulder junction. This means the leade in the chamber needs to be cut properly to allow your bullet to be loaded this far out. You don't want to get trapped into the situation where long heavies have to be single loaded because you mag is 300 WM SAAMI length. We found over the years of use of the STW that it could be very consistently accurate but you had to work to find the right combination of neck tension, powder load, and bullet seating depth. I'm not sure if the 28 is as finicky. The 7mm RUM was really finicky as well. The biggest drawback for the 28 I see is short throat life. It looks like you can buy STW brass still, but you can fireform 300 Weatherby brass to make it. I have done it many times. [/QUOTE]
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