7mm Popularity?
#11
That's just a bit of an exaggeration, right? At least using factory loads, it looks more like the STW will do at 500 yards what the RM does at 450, and what the 7-08 does at 300.
#12
Per Remington's website: All 140 gr PSP Core Lokt, velocity at 100, 300, 500:
7mm-08
100 ...............300................500
2625..............2189...............1798
7mm RM
3175..............2458...............2039
7mm STW
3325..............2585................2153
Sounds like maybe you are comparing a "max" STW reload against average RM and 08 loads.
7mm-08
100 ...............300................500
2625..............2189...............1798
7mm RM
3175..............2458...............2039
7mm STW
3325..............2585................2153
Sounds like maybe you are comparing a "max" STW reload against average RM and 08 loads.
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Adirondacks
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FWIW I have a 7x57 and .280.Either will get the job done on any animal at any range I'm good enough to shoot at.For me that's between 3 and 4 hundred yards depending on shooting position/rest and wind conditions.
#20
Most of the time I hunt with my 7mm Rem.Mag.(Just because I have been using it for so long I know it like the back of my hand and what and how far it will do it.)That being said I am a huge STW fan. Matter of fact I have been in the market for a custom built job.My gunsmith bud and myself sat down and had about a 90 min. discussion wound up with preliminary plans for a STW .Stiller predator or tac 30 action(I think the only difference is the finish between the two),Krieger barrel ,finish length depending on how close we can get it to node #4 Macmillan A 5 chassis.Single set trigger I forgot what brand I decided on ,don't have the spec sheet in front of me.What 'cha think Ridge? Do you like the Kriegers?
Last edited by Swampdog ; 04-02-2011 at 07:16 AM. Reason: left something out of post