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Short barreled 7mm ??? Help me pick - people with experience please
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<blockquote data-quote="vancewalker007" data-source="post: 2339726" data-attributes="member: 66917"><p>In general you will loose less fps with the short fat cartridges, but you may still match or exceed them with a long cartridge but you buy that with a lot more powder and recoil to dampen. My short barrel WSMs lost about 20fps/inch as compare to the longer barrel versions. Out of the standard 7s the SAUM and WSMs seem to be the most efficient short fat ones that typically provide great performance and have several sources for brass. The Sherman 7mm Max would be a great likely very efficient cartridge in a shorter barrel, but has the wildcat issues which may not be a big deal for you. With your long action you can long throat the chamber of any of the short mags to fit long heavy bullets. When my 6.5 PRC barrel is used up I will likely switch to the SAUM or the Max. So for my money in a short barrel balancing recoil, velocity, powder use etc. I would go for a short fat mag.</p><p></p><p>Two good podcasts to listen to with a lot of info on practical data is the following.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.gunwerks.com/blog/lrp-podcast-9/podcast-ep-59-choosing-barrel-lengths-for-long-range-hunting-232[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.gunwerks.com/blog/lrp-podcast-9/podcast-ep-60-get-saum-comparing-7mm-cartridges-233[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vancewalker007, post: 2339726, member: 66917"] In general you will loose less fps with the short fat cartridges, but you may still match or exceed them with a long cartridge but you buy that with a lot more powder and recoil to dampen. My short barrel WSMs lost about 20fps/inch as compare to the longer barrel versions. Out of the standard 7s the SAUM and WSMs seem to be the most efficient short fat ones that typically provide great performance and have several sources for brass. The Sherman 7mm Max would be a great likely very efficient cartridge in a shorter barrel, but has the wildcat issues which may not be a big deal for you. With your long action you can long throat the chamber of any of the short mags to fit long heavy bullets. When my 6.5 PRC barrel is used up I will likely switch to the SAUM or the Max. So for my money in a short barrel balancing recoil, velocity, powder use etc. I would go for a short fat mag. Two good podcasts to listen to with a lot of info on practical data is the following. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.gunwerks.com/blog/lrp-podcast-9/podcast-ep-59-choosing-barrel-lengths-for-long-range-hunting-232[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.gunwerks.com/blog/lrp-podcast-9/podcast-ep-60-get-saum-comparing-7mm-cartridges-233[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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