Originally Posted by Les7603006
Never, never, never shoot the donor.
I'd still throat it long and give it the powder it begs for.


Yessir, 100% agree !

Bought two Rem 700's in 7mm Rem Mag and didn't bother shooting the boring ol things and chopped them up, one was brand new with only 1/2 box ammo thru it and came with the 1 1/2 boxes of Barnes Vortx 150 gr TTSX ammo for free, still have it .....

After some minor " give it the powder it begs for " renovations along with the additions of McMillan, Jewell, Bartlein, X-Caliber, ATACR and XTR2
they became rifles worthy of the "magnum"

pic shows what the new 7mm LRH does with the 195 Bergers with initial load developement, have room to go yet and should reach 3300 fps
the other rifle is now the 300 LRH and it does 3300 fps with the 212 ELD-X for max and accuracy load at 3240 fps , and it all works with 5 round detachable mags, imagine that

Well past time to move beyond the antiquated "belted magnum" craze, they are no longer interesting ......
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