7mm STW

If I was buying one I'd have to give the 7 RUM a look. The STW went there first, but the RUM has the advantage of more affordable rifles and easier to source components.

I knew a gal that shot one for everything she hunted in her home state of Montana. Would be the cat's ass for open country.
 
If you have 7mm Rem mag and 7mm Wby, why not build yourself a kick ass wildcat. Someone already suggested the 7mm-.378. Then you could have the fastest 7mm out there, as it seems that is the goal.
 
just pick the 7mag in a rem or win and have it rechambered. both actions are long enough. its cheap to do. your smith will need to set the barrel back a little. i regret selling the one i had. i will build another soon as i still have several hundred new brass squirled away.
 
Yes yes:p Would the 7mm rem mag sendero do it or would one start over with a rem sps and build out with new barrel etc??
Curt said:
If you have 7mm Rem mag and 7mm Wby, why not build yourself a kick ass wildcat. Someone already suggested the 7mm-.378. Then you could have the fastest 7mm out there, as it seems that is the goal.
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are your other 7mm's just not meeting your needs? or do you just want a new toy?
I would think the 7rem or 7weatherby should be able to be loaded close enough to the 7stw with good handloads. I just couldnt see the gain in performance offsetting the cost of gunsmithing, different brass, another rifle, etc.
 
Curt said:
If you have 7mm Rem mag and 7mm Wby, why not build yourself a kick ass wildcat. Someone already suggested the 7mm-.378. Then you could have the fastest 7mm out there, as it seems that is the goal.
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How many Bergers do you think you could launch out of that thing before the throat was roasted? My bet is 1000 or less. Something along the lines of the 25-300WM. Great idea but wicked hard on barrels.
 
Curt said:
If you have 7mm Rem mag and 7mm Wby, why not build yourself a kick ass wildcat. Someone already suggested the 7mm-.378. Then you could have the fastest 7mm out there, as it seems that is the goal.
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7mm-338? Which case? The 7mm Remington mag shares the same case as the .338 Winchester. The 7mm Ultra shares the same case as the .338 ultra, etc etc. Pretty much anything you can think of has been done and done again.
 
2 different animals bud. First, I wouldn't recommend a SAUM at all. If you wanted to go that route, the 7mm WSM is the best option. But with either your still talking 7mm Remington Magnum performance. (That's not a bad thing) The Ultra mag is a different creauture. It is very flat shooting, and exceeds the Rem Mag in velocity. However your shooting alot of fire through a little hole. I would own one, in fact I'm still regreting not buying one years back when they were new. I wanted both a 7mm and a .338 Ultra. The 7mm was a stainless/synthetic BDL and the .338 was a Custom Deluxe BDL. I don't remember what I bought instead, but I still think they would have been cool, and one day I may try to dig the pair up used.
 
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If your going to shoot the gun alot your'll find the RUM will shoot out your barrel faster than most. There's no such thing as a free lunch, you want speed, well speed kills, at least the barrel over time. You can find brass for either one but more than likely not once fired, meaning new brass purchase. No big deal as your spending upwards of $700-$1200 on a rifle anyway.
 
If you're serious, use a Ruger #1 and you'll be able to seat the bullet out, gaining powder room. Overall length in most magazines will seriously limit your velocities. The so-called "Supers" will only burn out the barrel, I've seen barrels burnt out with less than 100 rounds. .......If the 7STW doesn't do the job, nothing else will as your bullets then start to limit you!
~Arctic~
 
Thanks.Im no expert but I do know Weatherbys heat up a barrel.
Arctic said:
If you're serious, use a Ruger #1 and you'll be able to seat the bullet out, gaining powder room. Overall length in most magazines will seriously limit your velocities. The so-called "Supers" will only burn out the barrel, I've seen barrels burnt out with less than 100 rounds. .......If the 7STW doesn't do the job, nothing else will as your bullets then start to limit you!
~Arctic~
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It would be for a toy. Unless they had survivorsaskatchjewan which would involve too much drinking for my tastes.
redlaker1 said:
are your other 7mm's just not meeting your needs? or do you just want a new toy?
I would think the 7rem or 7weatherby should be able to be loaded close enough to the 7stw with good handloads. I just couldnt see the gain in performance offsetting the cost of gunsmithing, different brass, another rifle, etc.
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Nodody has tought of 7.21 Firebird ? It think that this one smokes all of the others. Problem= ammo or brass sourcing.

Mush
 
The SAUM and the WSM are shorter fatter cartridges, that are potentially more accurate, they also use a short action(Rem.), again, making them potentially more accurate. The Saum has less cap.(slightly) but a longer neck, which i like for reloading. Neither of these is any faster then the 7mm Rem. or Wea., and probably slower, but if you believe the mags., they have more potential for good accuracy.
 
ben hunchak said:
The SAUM and the WSM are shorter fatter cartridges, that are potentially more accurate, they also use a short action(Rem.), again, making them potentially more accurate. The Saum has less cap.(slightly) but a longer neck, which i like for reloading. Neither of these is any faster then the 7mm Rem. or Wea., and probably slower, but if you believe the mags., they have more potential for good accuracy.
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The shorter fatter only adds to the odd feeding issue, allows one less in the mag and certainly has little to do with accuracy. smaller capacity by it's nature generally delivers less recoil, hence better accuracy potential from that alone. Length of action doesn't mean anything either as far as accuracy goes and what's read in magazines needs to be taken with a healthy dose of salt. According to these mags, belted cases are outdated, useless, prone to all kinds of stretching issues and "inefficient". Same guys despised the .300 Win Mag because of the shorter neck - they said it was a terrible idea and would never generate any accuracy. Good thing the general public, being less informed than the writers, made it the best selling .30 mag of all time and the 1000 yard guys found it to be awesome in the wind. Any decent 7mm Rem Mag can hold it's own with anything out there for accuracy. The SAUM has had a short life and well deserved death. Nothing new or original there and I suspect Remington won't miss it. If you own one, great, have fun with it, but I wouldn't be scouring the marketplace for one. If belted mags needed to be replaced so badly, what's with the .450 Marlin?
 
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