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Yeah, one can find Nosler and Norma brass selling for Wby prices. Kinda takes the incentive out of forming Wby cases from conventional brass.
Oh well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
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Yeah, one can find Nosler and Norma brass selling for Wby prices. Kinda takes the incentive out of forming Wby cases from conventional brass.
Oh well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
DF What do you think of REmington brass for the 7mm wby?
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I've heard it's OK, don't have a 7 Wby. Mine is a 7RM and Rem brass is OK. It and W/W seem scarce and hard to find.
My concern is when it's available again, it may be priced more like Nosler and Norma, not the old Rem/Win prices we were used to.
Hope I'm wrong.
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I've heard it's OK, don't have a 7 Wby. Mine is a 7RM and Rem brass is OK. It and W/W seem scarce and hard to find.
My concern is when it's available again, it may be priced more like Nosler and Norma, not the old Rem/Win prices we were used to.
Hope I'm wrong.
DF Going to buy up some Remington Brass for my 7mm WBy and try it
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Oeh, I did this for my 7 wea.. I think I used WW.. It was so simple.. 7 REM. brass win, rem, or fed. used to be easy to come by.. Haven't bought any for many years.. It is a bit short, so trimming was necessary with the brass I had..
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Oeh, I did this for my 7 wea.. I think I used WW.. It was so simple.. 7 REM. brass win, rem, or fed. used to be easy to come by.. Haven't bought any for many years.. It is a bit short, so trimming was necessary with the brass I had.. Seems to be easy to get 7mm WBY brass with a R-P headstamp
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Yes you could be right.. I think I went with the reformed 7mm Rem. to avoid a lot of case trimming..
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I've been a 300 Wby fan and have owned one for decades, but with the bullets available today that weren't available back then, I can do anything I used to do with a 243 just as well. I really don't see the need for a magnum anything...MV doesn't hang with BC for retained velocity, so for me it's more about handy rifles and great bullets.
It ain't all burritos and strippers my friends...
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The .257 gives the guy who is never going to shoot past 500 at game, pretty much everything he needs.
I think the same of the 7mm Wby.
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country." Robert E. Lee
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Once I develop a load I like.....
GWB
84.5 gr's IMR 7828 + 180 gr bullet of your choice = Huckleberry
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country." Robert E. Lee
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Have a .257 does everything I need.
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Fotis, is that a typo, 778 yards?
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Nope 778 yards. Still got the bullet.
Year after that I killed a nice 5X5 Bull elk at 510 yards with the 300 Hornie SPBT at 3050 fps with IMR 7828.
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I've shot the 270Hornie/378 melding,more than all of your Imagination could Pretend.
Pass the 270X.
Hint..................
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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Lovely five panel Lazermark Fotis.
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Beautiful rifle Fotis. Do you still have a shoulder?
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Yes sir. I have owned over half a dozen 378's including 2 customs. I have been shooting them since 1992, Personally for me Stick pass the 250 TTSX at 3200 fps. No pretend and no imagination when it comes to my 378's. Soon to start messing with my 375 VM2 350 at 3400 fps or if you want to go to 3k supersonic 414 GS custom (1.2 BC) at 3100 plus fps Case capacity is 188 gr
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If you shot 1% of what you profess volume wise,it'd mitigate 99% of the stupid schit you say.
Funny how it actually works and I mean FUNNY!.................
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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Thanks buddy! Always nice to read your input. And all of this why? Because ONCE we disagreed on the Montana rifle. You like it I do not!
From that point forward you knew everything about me, all I have done, all the animals I shot, and the # of rounds I shoot yearly, my experience with Weatherbies, LR shooting and et.
Bravo!
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