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R700 SA build... 7SAUM?
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<blockquote data-quote="catamountsierra" data-source="post: 1261023" data-attributes="member: 79865"><p>I am planning on having 7mm-08 built once I get some money together. I have been quite pleased with it as is, but have wanted to build it since before I bought it. After initially toying with 7mm-08AI or 284 Win as potential chamberings, I got to talking to my brother, and am now seriously considering going all the way up to the 7SAUM. I figure that if the 7mm-08 would do fine for most any game here in Idaho, the SAUM should be able to do it farther out and better. This will be my primary hunting rifle until I manage to shoot out the barrel for anything bigger than coyotes. I am planning on using a Wyatt's mag box so I can load a bit longer. Right now I have bullets on the mind, and I am leaning toward the 168gr ABLR or 175gr ABLR because I prefer bullets that stay together more, though I will be trying the 162gr ELD-X in the 7mm-08; the 162gr ELD-X or the 175 ELD-X might be good candidates too. If I try to set up the rifle for, say, the 175ABLR, and then decide to try something fairly different like the 162 ELD-X, how much difference is that likely to make? I know a lot of people like the ELD-X bullets, but I haven't been finding as much information about the ABLR's (aside from complaints about inflated BCs, which can be corrected...); what are people's thoughts/experiences with these bullets? Are there others I should be considering?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catamountsierra, post: 1261023, member: 79865"] I am planning on having 7mm-08 built once I get some money together. I have been quite pleased with it as is, but have wanted to build it since before I bought it. After initially toying with 7mm-08AI or 284 Win as potential chamberings, I got to talking to my brother, and am now seriously considering going all the way up to the 7SAUM. I figure that if the 7mm-08 would do fine for most any game here in Idaho, the SAUM should be able to do it farther out and better. This will be my primary hunting rifle until I manage to shoot out the barrel for anything bigger than coyotes. I am planning on using a Wyatt's mag box so I can load a bit longer. Right now I have bullets on the mind, and I am leaning toward the 168gr ABLR or 175gr ABLR because I prefer bullets that stay together more, though I will be trying the 162gr ELD-X in the 7mm-08; the 162gr ELD-X or the 175 ELD-X might be good candidates too. If I try to set up the rifle for, say, the 175ABLR, and then decide to try something fairly different like the 162 ELD-X, how much difference is that likely to make? I know a lot of people like the ELD-X bullets, but I haven't been finding as much information about the ABLR's (aside from complaints about inflated BCs, which can be corrected...); what are people's thoughts/experiences with these bullets? Are there others I should be considering? [/QUOTE]
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