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2900fps seems a little slow for a 24" barreled 7RM...definitely not pushing any envelopes. Good barrel life so far? 2900 is about my average over the years (got the rifle in 1982). A couple thousand rounds down range and the rifle shoots as well as ever. Got my best groups ever a couple years ago and have been too busy with other rifles to shoot it much since. Forgot to mention, case life is great, too. My 7mm RM leaves a small scratch in the cases after they are chambered. The scratches don't polish out in the tumbler but they are not deep enough to hurt anything so I've never had the problem fixed. A bonus of the scratches is thay I can count exactly how many times a case has been chambered, which generally equals the number of times it has been fired. At 18 firings I tossed my brass and started over. Nothing wrong with 2900fps - it has downed everything I've shot with that rifle with authority.
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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