Tanner,

Long time, no talk! Looks like Alaska was a fun adventure, yet again.

I've got 10 loaded up for the Montana 7WSM, and I'll take it out to see what's up as soon as I'm done sheep hunting for the season. I'm hoping to see 2800-2900fps. The new pipe will be going on another 7WSM build, this one will be on a 700 LA with PTG 1-piece bolt. I'm thinking 25" finish and something like a Greybull stock or a Mickey GS or Manners EH1 should balance it out nicely. It'll be throated for the 195, so I'm hoping for good things from that bullet.

Here's what my RAR 7-08 did with its 9.5" twist. BTW, these groups (from the Kimber and RAR) were shot while I was in moose camp at 2500 feet ASL in 40 deg temps. Ignore the top right 2 shots and bottom left 4 shots that were from a bud's rifle. You can see evidence of some pretty unstable bullets...

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