Deciding My Next Rifle’s Chambering
- Thread starter Jud96
- Start date
Help Support Long Range Hunting Forum
Haha I'll have to design one first. That would be cool though.
Yep! My build is finally done, and I will post some pictures soon. Stay away from modern cartridges; most are already improved and offer little improvement opportunity.
What did you chamber it in?
BAKPAKR
Well-Known Member
Check your PM.
If you want a fire breather go with 28N. Nothing wrong with the 7RM. Depending on your bolt face another option would be a milder 280AI. Peterson brass and a pleasant cartridge to spend time behind.
xsn10s
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Mar 7, 2016
- Messages
- 7,390
You could even build your own reamer too.
I wanted to clarify some things. I know there's much more modern and "better" designs than the 7mm Rem Mag. However, I feel like every cartridge has an ultimatum. Brass is either hard to get or you have to make it, or the brass is low quality in general, or the SAAMI specs aren't ideal and you have to order a custom reamer to make it right, dies are custom or hard to find, the cartridge is too overbore, etc etc. I like the cartridges that fall around the 180 @ 3000fps sweet spot. I have a 284 Win/Norma already that pushes a 175 @ 2820ish. I'd like to have a little more than that but maybe not go to a fire breather like a 28 Nosler.
I'd like to try that one out, but I'd have to order a reamer and wait 4-5 months.7-300PRC running the 180Hybrid @ 3100fps and not even leaning on it. It loves H-1000. Great case capacity too, incase you think about the 195
308win
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Aug 10, 2017
- Messages
- 437
Nothing against the 7Mag, but this thing shines with 180s! I don't think you would be disappointed, except for the wait
Yep! I have the chamber reamer done by Manson and the sizing reamer by PT&G, and all of my dies, including the hydraulic forming die, are custom-built by my GS using blank dies.
