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7mm STW
Need some opinions from the STW guys
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty7mmstw" data-source="post: 1105318" data-attributes="member: 48043"><p>The stw is a very good round, but do NOT try to get cheap brass for it at present; aint gonna happen. </p><p>I just built a full custom 7stw on a trued remmy action with a Shilen select match bbl (27" long 8" twist), Ptg recoil lug and firing pin assembly, Timney trigger, Boyds laminate stock.... chamber cut with a brand new Manson reamer...</p><p> </p><p>First time to the range I found two different loads in the .5 to .6 moa range... I'll wait to do any further ld until the 196 berger finally hits the streets; I have 300 rounds loaded of one of the good loads (it had already been used for years in other 7stw's I have owned--- zero load development)</p><p> </p><p>I will always have an STW in my rifle inventory... I have the brass and am willing to make more if necessary. It does any job I ask of it well... It will out run the 7rem 150 fps at equal pressures and stay within 100 fps of the 7rum while delivering essentially the same barrel life as the 7rem.. not sub 1,000 rounds like the 7rum... </p><p>I've shot barrels out of both 7rum and 7stw rifles so I know a bit about how fast they drop off.</p><p> </p><p>The 7rum re-chamber would make you work on the feed rails of the action on a m700.... more $$ involved and the brass for that one is rare lately too....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In your case I would work a bit more with your rifle and think carefully about whether you want to shake out your wallet for a build. If you don't want to sink another grand + into it, you may as well trade it off on another rifle. Going part way by punching a stock bbl. is throwing $$ to the wind imo as it costs as much to work over a factory pipe as a custom barrel... the only real difference is the barrel cost...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty7mmstw, post: 1105318, member: 48043"] The stw is a very good round, but do NOT try to get cheap brass for it at present; aint gonna happen. I just built a full custom 7stw on a trued remmy action with a Shilen select match bbl (27" long 8" twist), Ptg recoil lug and firing pin assembly, Timney trigger, Boyds laminate stock.... chamber cut with a brand new Manson reamer... First time to the range I found two different loads in the .5 to .6 moa range... I'll wait to do any further ld until the 196 berger finally hits the streets; I have 300 rounds loaded of one of the good loads (it had already been used for years in other 7stw's I have owned--- zero load development) I will always have an STW in my rifle inventory... I have the brass and am willing to make more if necessary. It does any job I ask of it well... It will out run the 7rem 150 fps at equal pressures and stay within 100 fps of the 7rum while delivering essentially the same barrel life as the 7rem.. not sub 1,000 rounds like the 7rum... I've shot barrels out of both 7rum and 7stw rifles so I know a bit about how fast they drop off. The 7rum re-chamber would make you work on the feed rails of the action on a m700.... more $$ involved and the brass for that one is rare lately too.... In your case I would work a bit more with your rifle and think carefully about whether you want to shake out your wallet for a build. If you don't want to sink another grand + into it, you may as well trade it off on another rifle. Going part way by punching a stock bbl. is throwing $$ to the wind imo as it costs as much to work over a factory pipe as a custom barrel... the only real difference is the barrel cost... [/QUOTE]
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