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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 201948" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>I do not know the answer to the chambering issue but I will tell you a few things about a 7Wby. It has freebore to ease the pressure curve. Several non-Weaterrby rifles have a lot of freebore on non-Weatherby cartridges and the most notorious of them is Ruger. There is room for a family of toad frogs to hide out for several years in there.</p><p></p><p>So if you go to a custom 7Wby chamber, it is important to decide on the freebore issue as it will affect velocity. Secondly, with a tighter custom chamber, if done properly, you can push the pressure higher before the case separates which is always an exciting event. I have probably separated 20-30 7Wby cases in my life.</p><p></p><p>With the slower burning powders available today you should be able to get 3200 fps with "soft" 160's but not the Accubond. The Accubond is a long bearing, surface hard to squeeze bullet and pressure will get bad in a hurry.</p><p></p><p>Those are my experiences and every rifle is slightly different so I do not particularly say my rifle was representative of what yours will do.</p><p></p><p>I regretted having it chambered that way. I should have gone to a 7-300Wby but I didn't know it existed until it won at Wimbledon or wherever it was.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 201948, member: 8"] I do not know the answer to the chambering issue but I will tell you a few things about a 7Wby. It has freebore to ease the pressure curve. Several non-Weaterrby rifles have a lot of freebore on non-Weatherby cartridges and the most notorious of them is Ruger. There is room for a family of toad frogs to hide out for several years in there. So if you go to a custom 7Wby chamber, it is important to decide on the freebore issue as it will affect velocity. Secondly, with a tighter custom chamber, if done properly, you can push the pressure higher before the case separates which is always an exciting event. I have probably separated 20-30 7Wby cases in my life. With the slower burning powders available today you should be able to get 3200 fps with "soft" 160's but not the Accubond. The Accubond is a long bearing, surface hard to squeeze bullet and pressure will get bad in a hurry. Those are my experiences and every rifle is slightly different so I do not particularly say my rifle was representative of what yours will do. I regretted having it chambered that way. I should have gone to a 7-300Wby but I didn't know it existed until it won at Wimbledon or wherever it was. [/QUOTE]
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