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<blockquote data-quote="IanCo" data-source="post: 1833619" data-attributes="member: 106861"><p>I have a 7 Dakota and an extremely happy with its performance. Brass is $2 per round if you can find it, dies $200-$300. I decided on it at the time because it's right on the heels of the 28 Nosler but with probably 10gr less powder give or take. One of the downsides is there isn't much current info for reloading it, I've been pretty successful just starting with lighter STW loads and working up incrementally. But that's not for everyone either. </p><p></p><p></p><p>What I rebarrel to will be mostly decided by brass availability/cost. There wasn't much 28 Nosler brass to be had when I built and brass was $3 or so per case.</p><p></p><p>There are a lot of good cartridges in the sweet spot for 7mm and the 28 Nosler is a little past I believe for burning extra powder and not really gaining much velocity over the others.</p><p></p><p>My top choices now would be:</p><p>Any of the Sherman cartridges</p><p>7 Dakota</p><p>7mm Weatherby</p><p>7/300 or 7 Practical</p><p>7 STW</p><p>28 Nosler</p><p></p><p>These are just for magnum bolt faced cartridges. I really would like to turn a 30/06 in the closet into a 280 AI but since it came from my wife's grandpa I will definitely need her blessing on it.</p><p></p><p>There is a lot of good choices and just decide if you want to hand load or buy ammo, and if you hand load decide how much $ and effort you want to put into it. Get the right twist for shooting some of the heavier monos too, even if you don't plan on it. </p><p></p><p>With already owning a 6.5 PRC you could use that for most of your practice and have one of the bigger 7's to just use for hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IanCo, post: 1833619, member: 106861"] I have a 7 Dakota and an extremely happy with its performance. Brass is $2 per round if you can find it, dies $200-$300. I decided on it at the time because it’s right on the heels of the 28 Nosler but with probably 10gr less powder give or take. One of the downsides is there isn’t much current info for reloading it, I’ve been pretty successful just starting with lighter STW loads and working up incrementally. But that’s not for everyone either. What I rebarrel to will be mostly decided by brass availability/cost. There wasn’t much 28 Nosler brass to be had when I built and brass was $3 or so per case. There are a lot of good cartridges in the sweet spot for 7mm and the 28 Nosler is a little past I believe for burning extra powder and not really gaining much velocity over the others. My top choices now would be: Any of the Sherman cartridges 7 Dakota 7mm Weatherby 7/300 or 7 Practical 7 STW 28 Nosler These are just for magnum bolt faced cartridges. I really would like to turn a 30/06 in the closet into a 280 AI but since it came from my wife’s grandpa I will definitely need her blessing on it. There is a lot of good choices and just decide if you want to hand load or buy ammo, and if you hand load decide how much $ and effort you want to put into it. Get the right twist for shooting some of the heavier monos too, even if you don’t plan on it. With already owning a 6.5 PRC you could use that for most of your practice and have one of the bigger 7’s to just use for hunting. [/QUOTE]
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