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Heck, 100-200 cases should last the life of the barrel with proper care.

I have 100 case for each hunting rifle and 300 for each colony varmint rifle that I load for. If they are common cartridges, I just buy brass as I need it. If they are uncommon, obsolete, or orphan cartridges, I buy at least 300 cases to use in 100 case lots and I'll buy more cases if they are available and the price is acceptable. The most brass that I have ever bought at one time were 8K pieces of Federal WSSM brass that I bought on closeout from Graf's.

I have a 7mm SAUM and have 100 cases that that I'm currently using, with another 200 new cases from the same production lot that I'll use when the first set of 100 cases wear out.

I assume that I'm going to get at least 8 reloading cycles from each piece of brass and I'm not likely to shoot my 7mm SAUM much, so the 300 cases will probably still be in use when I dead and buried.

According to Mule Deer, the 7mm SAUM is the short action equivalent of the 280AI.

Thanks for the replies on number of cases. Sounds like I'm set!

Why would you buy any magnum cartridge in a rifle as light as the mod 7? I am not a fan of the mod 7 to begin with but the one I had was a 223, worst shooting rifle by a long shot I've ever had. Nice looking rifle with a wood stock though!

The Remington Sevens factory chambered for SAUM and WSM cartridges came with longer, heavier contour, barrels.

A sample size of one is not statistically significant.

Love my M7 7saum. It shoots most anything 1 moa or less. Ive been running the Barnes 120 ttsx last couple seasons.

Love mine as well I put a high tech stock on it

That's why I said what I said....

Yes it is, really neat cartridge in a short action if you don't want to run the heavys.

Only reason IMO to run a 7 Saum, is if you get a really good deal on one. It'll work fine, just like plenty of others will too. M7 has magbox issues with bullets of higher BC. But, the SS version in a McM Edge makes a great killing rifle and it shoots extremely well off a pack.

I jumped a 162 no problem with great accuracy. Worked well.

I too have struggled with the M7. I love the idea, but have always struggled with the ergonomics of them. I have owned four and just have never gotten comfortable enough with them to keep any of them. The only 7saum I have owned was a 700 and it was a good one. Used it on several whitetails with good results. It broke an extractor and it set at the gun smith for several months, by the time I got it back, I had moved on to other calibers and I never used it again and eventually sold it.

Sorry to hear about the negative experiences with the Model 7. My "go to" hunting rifle for a lot of years has been a Model 7 in .308. I put it in an HS Precision sporter stock and mounted a Leupold Vari-X II 2-7X Compact on it. It shoots 1.5 MOA with factory ammo, which is good enough for its purpose. I have another in .243 that outshoots it; my kids who hunt all started with that .243. My .223 Model 7 in a factory laminate stock is surprisingly accurate; last range trip testing Fiocchi 50 grain Vmax loads it achieved 0.5 MOA five-shot groups, which did in fact surprise me. Given my very positive experience, I jumped on my 7 SAUM Model 7. Haven't had time to put it through its paces yet, but have every expectation it will satisfy.

I've owned 2 7mm SAUMs that I shot, a 7ss with a 22" barrel and a 700ss with a 24" barrel. I decided that I liked the balance of the 24" 700, so I kept it and eventually bedded it in a McM Hunter style stock. It is a nice shooting rifle with either the 140 grain BT or Partition over 63 grains of H4831.

As much as I like that rifle, my CLR in 270 will shoot the same weight and style of bullets about 50' fps slower and it is lighter to carry in rough/steep terrain, so it goes afield while the Remington stays home.

Can't speak for the model 7, I had a model 700 BDL though and it had feeding issues.

I have shot four or five elk and a moose with mine. It feeds flawlessly. Always have a new round chambered and never remember doing it. Mine has a laminated stock with stainless. I am considering a McMillan stock to lighten it just dont want to ruin the balace.
Only thing that is a minor problem is short magazine box.

Both my Model 7 and Model 700 in 7 in SAUM shoot really well. I like the longer neck on the SAUM case as opposed to the WSM's too. Both of mine have feed flawlessly also.

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Just scored some ammo for mine. 120 rounds of out-of-production Remington 150 grain Core-Lokts for (drum roll) $80.00. Heck, hard to find 120 pieces of virgin brass for that price!

I sold my 7SAUM but still have my 300SAUM. I just verified my zero today as a matter of fact. It has proven to be my most accurate hunting rifle. The 7mm was the same but I had a mad sell off of extra elk rifles to buy something with a higher cyclic rate. I bought the 7saum to make a 6.5 but shot the donor...

I might have to join in on this 7 Shamu fun. Or maybe even a 300 Shamu...