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Tom I'm just now getting into my 7RM, and I can say for sure that 800 yards isn't even warming up for the big high BC 7mm bullets. I'm shooting the 162 AMAX at 3050, and it is an absolutely vicious pill.

I'd go 700 of your choice, 7 Rem, 4.5-14, and kick butt.

Tanner-I'd still kind of like to get a McM HTH (general purpose) handle for my M70/WSM and have Dr Dan stick my #3 Brux on it and run it in 7WSM with 168 Bergs. Light fill on the stock if they'll do it?

3-10 w/M1 and thangs are gonna be deep in the hurt locker for a long long ways...grin

Dober

Crown shmown, so what's the problem if the rifle shoots sub moa even with a poor crown?

Until you shoot the rifle your point is moot.

If you could get the handle to come in under or at 30oz that'd be sweet! I've not used an HTG, but the low comb might bum me out a bit. I would sooner run the AMAX than the Berg, but that's just the cheapo talking.

I agree on the 3.5-10, its wh at I run and is a killer scope.

My Zebra rifle (700, Ti take off stock, 260 Mtn barrel take off, just sub 7 lbs scoped) will do .8" @ 100 a good share of the time, often though 1.25" or so with 140 Bergs, 120 Bergs and or 120 SMK's.

I don't get overly concerned about it though as that's 10 shot groups...grin

Dober

The problem is they are figments of people's overactive/arithmetic challenged minds. Barrels without good crowns don't [bleep] shoot for [bleep].

I let my shooting finger do they talking, not my mouth, and no overactive mind, as evidenced with above pic.

Over 25 700's and yet one that could not shoot to my sub moa standard.

Here's a thought, if a crown is bad on an inexpensive SPS Rem 700 take it to a gunsmith and give him a couple of bucks to clean it up, it's not that dificult.

What a novel thought... A 30 dollar fix?! Blasphemy.

Dober, STW, and SU35 know the scoop.

Let's make it simple.....

Buy an SPS, SS in 7mag, make sure you have a 26" spout.

Send said rifle to Karl or other top notch smitty.

Have them punch the chamber to STW, cleanup the crown, square up the action, spin it back together.

For effect, I had mine titanium cerakoted , and had Karl sprial flute the bolt....optional, but killer none the less.

Buy some IMR7828, you fav 150's or 160's.

Go shoot, be ready to get shocked at the results.

So for maybe $800 (sans optional schit), you'll have a tack driving, slaying machine.

Thank me later.....

Tony

And possibly even simpler, Tony.

I bought one of these.

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/.../76117/Remington+700+SPS+7MM+STW+26+BLUE

Here...160AB, 76 IMR7828, F215M.....chrono was reading a bit slow, due to lighting conditions when I shot...usually hovers around 3180-90.


Questions ?

They'll be a quiz later...

Tony

Are you pretty much right at the end of the box with that bullet? Load looks awesome.

One with the oiginal 24" factory tube..


Shooting 150 Sciroccos here.....

Tony

Tanner,

My bullet seating is easy...set to fit clip...rock on.

So much for bullet jump won't shoot.....

Tony

That was my luck with my Sendero SF as well. Load 'em as long as the mag would allow, ignore the third of an inch of jump, just go shoot 3/4ths of an inch groups at 200 yards with both the 120 grain ballistic tips and 160 grain partitions ... with zero scope adjustment between the two.

Tom

Yup...that be the method.

Cool part about it, I use the same seating die settup for both 160AB and Partitions, both fit, both shoot lights out...

Same load also....76.0 IMR7828.

Tony

Tony, you mentioned a gunsmith named Karl. can you post or pm his info.

Thanks Tom

Sweet. I don't remember if I adjusted the seating die between bullets or not. My loads were 83 grains of 7828 under the 120 ballistic tip and 87 grains of H5010 under the 160 partition. I moly coated both bullets.

yeah but you were lucky and had a good crown....

Dober