Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Long searched for M7 7mm SAUM

Been searching for a while for one of these and scored at Buds gun shop in Tennessee, while on vacation. It’s a little heavier than I like, but it has some potential for being a great shooter. Debating on upgrading the stock but not sure what would be my pick. I plan on finishing out the season with her then changing the scope and more than likely the stock.

I don't know how much your scope weighs but shouldn't be a problem to cut a pound or darn close to it off that weight.

A stock swap for a quality synthetic will help a bunch. Those were some heavy stocks on those rifles.

The scope is around 15 oz if I remember correctly

What load are using?

currently just factory 150 grain Corelokt, there is plans to reload into some AB's or one of the new Barnes LRX

Well right off the bat see if you can find lightweight rings and base to use with a Leupold Vari X ll 2x7, bet that would knock half a pound off the weight. Sure like mine, although it sure did not like that 70 buck a box Nosler ammo with 160 accubonds. Good luck. Mb

For reference, my custom shop AWR with factory McM stock, talleys and a 3.5X10 is 1 lb. lighter.

This is the scope that was top of my list. The next was the 4-12x40 or 50 VX freedom. I also thought of having the barrel and bolt fluted.

Those DNZ mounts are fairly lightweight, I had ordered talleys but the vendor sent me 2 front mounts so I had to send them back. Already had the DNZ’s at home. I’ve only shot the 150 corelokts so far and they shoot really well for me.

If I'm not mistaken I believe Judman really liked the factory Rem 150's also and they are at $50/ box. Finding brass can be tough don't pass on any 300 rsaum it reforms nicely but you need to seat long for the fireform. Mb

Yessir, my ruger shoots em good, work great on critters. 👍

any idea of the velocities you are getting out of them?

No never ran em over a chrono.

As I recall I was using up a part box of 140 sierras and some 139 gr. Horn sp for the fire form load right at 58.0 grs 760 just under 3000fps. Seated the bullets long to force the case head against the bolt face so the shoulder would move forward. The 300's shoulder is short of the 7's.. that is why they weren't loaded nearer to max. 3 shot groups were nickle sized at 50 yds.MB

Nice find!

If I can get 150’s and 160’s to 3000 without problems I’ll be ok with that.

67 grains of H-1000 gives me 3052 f.p.s. out of my 700 remington with a 150 grain partition.

thanks

I just swapped the factory synthetic in a M7 in 7-08 for a Bansner and dropped 1 lb 2 oz of weight. Factory was 38 oz and the finished Bansner was 26 oz, even with the 1" Limbsaver. The factory stocks make the M7 extremely butt heavy. Much better balance now.

I'm at 6lb 3 oz with a VX3i 2.5-8×36 in weaver aluminum bases and vertical split aluminum Leupold rings