I fully understand the reason Ruger, Winchester, Remington, etc., built the rifles with a throat to accomodate ammunition loaded with the 175 grain bullet and I do not necessarily view it as a negative. As a hunting rifle I seat the the bullets in the case to achieve an C.O.A.L. that will fit in the magazine or just off the lands...which ever applies. In all cases
In addition, my Uncle and Nephew have a Remington 700 BDL and Model 70 respectively. Inverted bullets in cases indicated the following dimensions:
Overall case and bullet length
Ruger - 2.572"
Remington - 2.512"
Winchester - 2.675"
An amigo has a Winchester M70 measuring 2.820"
The 7MM certainly has not been the easiest to load for accuracy, but with persistence it can be achieved.
There are always surprises...the Ruger with a 1 - 8 3/4" twist shoots the 115gr. Speer hollow point like a sub-MOA varmint gun, which blows some theories that light-weight bullets will not shoot well in the 7MM. 48.5gr IMR4320 at 3100fps.
