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I was lucky???? My M7 fed like glass from factory parts that came w/260 set up, save for a M700 stamped nickel/chrome looking follower, that is hollowed out on the underside.

Of course mine was a BR and those short things are just about right when a 120-140 or so grain is loaded up. Later a Stiller action in 6BR also fed fine using stock 700 mag parts.

The BR is hard to overlook when you have one in hand and spend some time shooting it. They are very 'user friendly' and have punch to 400 yds on deer, at least the deer I dropped a few years ago thought so via a 105 amax in 6BR

Nothing against a 7TCU, IMO, a 200 yd solid killer on deer in a handgun, 250 or w/a rifle bbl.

As I see it--The bullet tip barely catches on the edge of the chamber opening. All .473 dia cases have a bigger hole to slip into. The smaller cases have to center into a smaller opening. But how do they do it reliably in the factory 204s and 223s ?

My apologies to the original poster. I was wrong on the dimensions in my first response. Just grabbed the gun and measured---has a 19" bbl. Stock has been shortened to 11" LOP. Gun is 36" OAL. Was built by a well known target shooter for his grandkids to use for Silhouette shooting. Obviously single round feeding. Cute but troublesome.

You're right on. It got me thinking about the possibilities of just putting Samuel into a full-bore cartridge and loading it down... for the same reasons you cite above.

Thinking through the logistics of buying so many rifles just to have one may not be fiscally realistic as you rightly point out, but it is fun.

Thanks!