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7mm STW
7mm STW vs 7mm WBY
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<blockquote data-quote="Black67" data-source="post: 988470" data-attributes="member: 41359"><p>If you look over the years at factory ammo, you will notice that some rounds are now slower than before. The STW lost its steam against the 7mm Rem Mag and 7mm Weatherby Mag when the 7mm Rem Ultra Mag came out. The 7mm Rem lost steam when the Short Mags came out. These rounds were de-turned for the new kids on the block. This is in factory ammo, and in some of the reloading manuals too.</p><p> </p><p>If you compare some of the 160 gr factory ammo, you will see that the STW is a bit faster, but not by much. Nosler has a difference of about 25 fps in favor of the STW. Now, a few years ago this load from Federal was around 3200 fps, almost 125 fps faster than Nosler. If you look at Double Tap ammo, they say 3300 fps for this same load!!!</p><p> </p><p>The current Federal loads are dead even, so this brings the rifle that you want into play.</p><p> </p><p>The Weatherby has a higher overall pressure point too, that is how it gets past the 7mm Rem Mag. </p><p> </p><p>Both of these rounds have free bore, so you can more them out some when reloading.</p><p> </p><p>At one point, factory ammo was way easier to find for the STW, but it has lost ground there. But, both have good high end factory loads now with bullets that will hold together, when you can find it.</p><p> </p><p>Now, when I went to buy my first STW I was really going to get another 7mm Rem Mag. The problem was, is the rifle that I wanted it in, they could only get a 7mm STW. The Rem Mag was sold out and they could not get any. I sold my brother my old Rem Mag, and it was a shooter too, so was not sure of changing things up at the time. I did some research that night, and the next day I ordered the STW. I have been hooked since, and now I own 2 STW's. They both shoot good, with one being a dead nuts crazy accurate rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Black67, post: 988470, member: 41359"] If you look over the years at factory ammo, you will notice that some rounds are now slower than before. The STW lost its steam against the 7mm Rem Mag and 7mm Weatherby Mag when the 7mm Rem Ultra Mag came out. The 7mm Rem lost steam when the Short Mags came out. These rounds were de-turned for the new kids on the block. This is in factory ammo, and in some of the reloading manuals too. If you compare some of the 160 gr factory ammo, you will see that the STW is a bit faster, but not by much. Nosler has a difference of about 25 fps in favor of the STW. Now, a few years ago this load from Federal was around 3200 fps, almost 125 fps faster than Nosler. If you look at Double Tap ammo, they say 3300 fps for this same load!!! The current Federal loads are dead even, so this brings the rifle that you want into play. The Weatherby has a higher overall pressure point too, that is how it gets past the 7mm Rem Mag. Both of these rounds have free bore, so you can more them out some when reloading. At one point, factory ammo was way easier to find for the STW, but it has lost ground there. But, both have good high end factory loads now with bullets that will hold together, when you can find it. Now, when I went to buy my first STW I was really going to get another 7mm Rem Mag. The problem was, is the rifle that I wanted it in, they could only get a 7mm STW. The Rem Mag was sold out and they could not get any. I sold my brother my old Rem Mag, and it was a shooter too, so was not sure of changing things up at the time. I did some research that night, and the next day I ordered the STW. I have been hooked since, and now I own 2 STW's. They both shoot good, with one being a dead nuts crazy accurate rifle. [/QUOTE]
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