I started dreaming of the 7mm STW from the first time it was written up in Shooting Times. I also had fantasies of owning a Ruger #1.

Then Ruger chambered the #1B SS in 7mm STW, and Sportsman's had one on the rack.

I have used it to kill two bull elk. Each within 15 yds of previously lasered 400 yd marks. Ammo was the Hornady 162 gr spire point boat tail over H1000 at 3200 fps MV.

Sure, I could have used my previously owned 30-06 and my favored 190 gr Hornady spire point boat tail. But the trajectory would have been a bit steeper.

People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.