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7mm STW
Why 7mm STW?
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<blockquote data-quote="bitbythebug" data-source="post: 1189209" data-attributes="member: 90401"><p>I'm building an STW because you can't get good BC bullets in 8mm so I am rebarreling, blueprinting and turning my old 8mm rem mag into a gun I will use because of the bullet selection. I loved my 8mm back in the day but the new powders and new bullets make these over-bore bruins plausible and I get to keep my old 8mm(kind off). My 8mm rem mag would push the 220 Sierra spbt at over 3000fps but the bc was .521 so it was getting its butt kicked out past 500 yards by many of the large 30's and 338's which you can get great bullets for. I am also hoping to minimize some of the thumping I used to take when shooting the old 8mm mag without a brake. Funny story; I took my dad out mule deer hunting when he was in his early 70's and we found a descent 4-point at about 300 yards. My dad always shot his old 30-06 and was usually deadly but his eyesight was failing and we got him a scope. We sighted it in but when he shot at this buck he hit 6 feet to the right three shots in a row I finally convinced him that his scope was off and gave him my 8mm rem mag to shoot. He took one shot and let out an expletive laced outburst among which was why would anyone in their right %#@&^ mind shoot a %$#& gun that kicked like that. He then collected his hat and glasses from off the ground and vowed that he would never shoot that blankety blank gun again in his life. And he never did. We sighted in his scope and went back the next day and the same buck was in the same spot and he shot it for his last regular season deer. He shot a 33" muley on a late special hunt several years later but with his trusted old '06. He drew on that same late hunt several years later and had the opportunity to shoot a buck that may have made the book but 'he said " that it was in too tough a place". I knew he didn't have it in him to kill any more and we let it live. He would go again but never shot another animal. He hunted into his 80's for birds. Good memories</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bitbythebug, post: 1189209, member: 90401"] I'm building an STW because you can't get good BC bullets in 8mm so I am rebarreling, blueprinting and turning my old 8mm rem mag into a gun I will use because of the bullet selection. I loved my 8mm back in the day but the new powders and new bullets make these over-bore bruins plausible and I get to keep my old 8mm(kind off). My 8mm rem mag would push the 220 Sierra spbt at over 3000fps but the bc was .521 so it was getting its butt kicked out past 500 yards by many of the large 30's and 338's which you can get great bullets for. I am also hoping to minimize some of the thumping I used to take when shooting the old 8mm mag without a brake. Funny story; I took my dad out mule deer hunting when he was in his early 70's and we found a descent 4-point at about 300 yards. My dad always shot his old 30-06 and was usually deadly but his eyesight was failing and we got him a scope. We sighted it in but when he shot at this buck he hit 6 feet to the right three shots in a row I finally convinced him that his scope was off and gave him my 8mm rem mag to shoot. He took one shot and let out an expletive laced outburst among which was why would anyone in their right %#@&^ mind shoot a %$#& gun that kicked like that. He then collected his hat and glasses from off the ground and vowed that he would never shoot that blankety blank gun again in his life. And he never did. We sighted in his scope and went back the next day and the same buck was in the same spot and he shot it for his last regular season deer. He shot a 33" muley on a late special hunt several years later but with his trusted old '06. He drew on that same late hunt several years later and had the opportunity to shoot a buck that may have made the book but 'he said " that it was in too tough a place". I knew he didn't have it in him to kill any more and we let it live. He would go again but never shot another animal. He hunted into his 80's for birds. Good memories [/QUOTE]
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