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7mm STW
Max COAL with 180 VLD
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<blockquote data-quote="paparickzi" data-source="post: 1057277" data-attributes="member: 86903"><p>I've just got my first STW and have been working on loads for it too. I had the same questions a few weeks ago and had very similar results that you are finding.</p><p></p><p>Using both a dummy round and the Hornady OAL guage, I found my measurement to the lands to be 3.208. My magazine holds an OAL of 3.750, I reduced to 3.740 just to make sure I'll clear consistently. This leads to a measurement to the ogive of 3.020". </p><p></p><p>3.208 - 3.020 = .188 jump to lands to fit in mag with .010 clearance.</p><p></p><p>I am shooting the hybrids instead of the VLDs, which from what I read are less sensitive to jump. I haven't finished testing the load yet and longer ranges, but at 200 yards it was shooting in the .3s at 2995fps. </p><p></p><p>For my purposes, .3s that fit in a mag are more useful then .1s or .2s that don't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paparickzi, post: 1057277, member: 86903"] I've just got my first STW and have been working on loads for it too. I had the same questions a few weeks ago and had very similar results that you are finding. Using both a dummy round and the Hornady OAL guage, I found my measurement to the lands to be 3.208. My magazine holds an OAL of 3.750, I reduced to 3.740 just to make sure I'll clear consistently. This leads to a measurement to the ogive of 3.020". 3.208 - 3.020 = .188 jump to lands to fit in mag with .010 clearance. I am shooting the hybrids instead of the VLDs, which from what I read are less sensitive to jump. I haven't finished testing the load yet and longer ranges, but at 200 yards it was shooting in the .3s at 2995fps. For my purposes, .3s that fit in a mag are more useful then .1s or .2s that don't. [/QUOTE]
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