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<blockquote data-quote="GoodmanCPA" data-source="post: 1593945" data-attributes="member: 57398"><p>Thanks for info. My 7 mm STW was built by Bob Hart. He converted my idle like new 7 mm mag Remington 700 BDL, by switching to a 24 inch Hart barrel plus 2 inch muzzle brake. He bored the bolt, accurized the action, and changed the beautiful wood stock to a fine Bell & Carlson stock that fits perfectly. I reluctantly sold the wood stock and 7 mm mag barrel. He suggested 80 grains of IMR 7828. I worked up 13 ladder loads in .50 grain increments, using Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets and Nosler brass. All shot under one inch at 100 yards. 79.8 grains shot 4 rounds into one perfect hole. At first, i thought I missed the target! I cannot shoot better! 80 grains is well above the recommended maximum load per the Nosler and other reloading manuals. I get no pressure signs. I do not have a chronograph. The books say I am probably getting around 3200 feet per second. I am at 700 feet above sea level in PA, with abundant humidity. Temperature was around 70 degrees F. i do not have my notes handy. The bullets were seated just off the lands, around one thousandth of an inch. But these long rounds would not fit in the Remington magazine. So I marked them for hand loading in to the chamber. Then I slid more bullets inside the cases about .25 inches to fit the magazine, and marked them accordingly for follow up shots. They still group under an inch at 100 yards. I do not have the rounds or notes handy to give precise measurements. I have not tried heavier bullets in my 7 mm STW since I have other hunting rifles. I have a Ruger model 77 in 30-06 (150 to 180 grain bullets) , a Weatherby Mark V in .300 Weatherby mag, (180 grain bullets), a Savage Bear Hunter 116 in .338 Winchester mag. (225 grain bullets), and a Winchester model 70 in .375 H & H mag. (270 grain bullets). They all shoot very accurate groups. I wish I needed and used them all! Bob Hart said he shot an elk several hundred yards away, with the recommended Nosler Ballistic Tip bullet using 80 grains of IMR-7828. Nosler advised and I believe I should have used Nosler Accubond bullets, not Ballistic Tips for long range shooting of deer. I may switch next time I hand load rounds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoodmanCPA, post: 1593945, member: 57398"] Thanks for info. My 7 mm STW was built by Bob Hart. He converted my idle like new 7 mm mag Remington 700 BDL, by switching to a 24 inch Hart barrel plus 2 inch muzzle brake. He bored the bolt, accurized the action, and changed the beautiful wood stock to a fine Bell & Carlson stock that fits perfectly. I reluctantly sold the wood stock and 7 mm mag barrel. He suggested 80 grains of IMR 7828. I worked up 13 ladder loads in .50 grain increments, using Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets and Nosler brass. All shot under one inch at 100 yards. 79.8 grains shot 4 rounds into one perfect hole. At first, i thought I missed the target! I cannot shoot better! 80 grains is well above the recommended maximum load per the Nosler and other reloading manuals. I get no pressure signs. I do not have a chronograph. The books say I am probably getting around 3200 feet per second. I am at 700 feet above sea level in PA, with abundant humidity. Temperature was around 70 degrees F. i do not have my notes handy. The bullets were seated just off the lands, around one thousandth of an inch. But these long rounds would not fit in the Remington magazine. So I marked them for hand loading in to the chamber. Then I slid more bullets inside the cases about .25 inches to fit the magazine, and marked them accordingly for follow up shots. They still group under an inch at 100 yards. I do not have the rounds or notes handy to give precise measurements. I have not tried heavier bullets in my 7 mm STW since I have other hunting rifles. I have a Ruger model 77 in 30-06 (150 to 180 grain bullets) , a Weatherby Mark V in .300 Weatherby mag, (180 grain bullets), a Savage Bear Hunter 116 in .338 Winchester mag. (225 grain bullets), and a Winchester model 70 in .375 H & H mag. (270 grain bullets). They all shoot very accurate groups. I wish I needed and used them all! Bob Hart said he shot an elk several hundred yards away, with the recommended Nosler Ballistic Tip bullet using 80 grains of IMR-7828. Nosler advised and I believe I should have used Nosler Accubond bullets, not Ballistic Tips for long range shooting of deer. I may switch next time I hand load rounds. [/QUOTE]
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