Anyone for a New 7mm?

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You had to know they'd do it.
 
Must be doing okay if they followed it up with the 28.....the long-range market is still pretty hot.
 
No way they were going .277 first... I said when they brought out the .26, that the case was better suited to a 7mm bullet... don't need it or want it... but I like the potential of the 7mm better.

Interesting in the ad they say "Introducing the 28 Nosler," but then add "Now available in 7mm." Did they think we couldn't figure that out?
 
This rebirth of the metric calibres in the U.S. is fun to watch...fun to see how they name them anything but what they are in metric....lol

I suspect many people have no idea what 7mm is in standard measure...kind of like the 325WSM that was really an 8mm but 325 doesn't equal 8mm....you know....lol
 
It looks like a good platform. What bugs me is as with the 26 N and the other new fast 284 the 7LRM; brass must be about made of gold for what they're charging! I like to start out with at least 100 new brass for a new to me calibre but something about laying down 4 C notes for brass doesn't sit well. Hopefully that will change some with time.

And just a bit of an aside is it just me or is 30 cal going out of fashion a bit here, all these new cartridges and I think the last new 30 was quite a while back. I think we're talking Ruger's 30 RCM or didn't TC have one too. .. neither which grabbed much traction. 300saum maybe before that? Anyways I think it has to do with today's bullets getting sleeker, longer and a bit heavier for calibre that you don't need a 30 any more to keep big energy way out there. And of course bullets hold together and a lighter one does a hell of a lot more than it used to. Just an observation. ..
 
sheephunter said:
This rebirth of the metric calibres in the U.S. is fun to watch...fun to see how they name them anything but what they are in metric....lol

I suspect many people have no idea what 7mm is in standard measure...kind of like the 325WSM that was really an 8mm but 325 doesn't equal 8mm....you know....lol
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Yeah, the 325WSM was probably a misprint when it was introduced...someone in marketing hit the 5 instead of the 3....lol
 
Salty said:
And just a bit of an aside is it just me or is 30 cal going out of fashion a bit here, all these new cartridges and I think the last new 30 was quite a while back. I think we're talking Ruger's 30 RCM...
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The "new" attraction to smallish, peppy calibers... a trend that will likely continue... perhaps, unfortunately... as for the .300 RCM, it is one that I really enjoy... mild, easy to load for and very forgiving... easy to work up accurate loads with a good variety of powders and no shortage of .30 cal bullets... it really should be doing better than it is... hard to slice a piece out of the WM pie.
 
sheephunter said:
This rebirth of the metric calibres in the U.S. is fun to watch...fun to see how they name them anything but what they are in metric....lol

I suspect many people have no idea what 7mm is in standard measure...kind of like the 325WSM that was really an 8mm but 325 doesn't equal 8mm....you know....lol
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Yes, cause none of them with the metric designation were very successful. Laughing!!
 
chuck nelson said:
Yes, cause none of them with the metric designation were very successful. Laughing!!
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Americans are very slow or unwilling to embrace anything new with an "mm" behind it. It keeps marketing departments up nights trying to name these things. Name is more important than function for the most part. It's no accident Nosler called these a 26 and 28.
 
sheephunter said:
Americans are very slow or unwilling to embrace anything new with an "mm" behind it. It keeps marketing departments up nights trying to name these things. Name is more important than function for the most part. It's no accident Nosler called these a 26 and 28.
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So that explains why the 7 "MM" Remington Magnum was such a flop. I can see why they would want to distance themselves from that debacle.
 
Hmmmmmmm, similar to the 7mm RUM, if not, the Lazzeroni Firefird..............lets reinvent the wheel. Alas, another magnum sans that thing-a-magig........la belt.:rolleyes:
 
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chuck nelson said:
You are fun to watch.
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I'm actually more fun to read but some seem to have difficulty with that or just choose not to. My point was that most "NEW" cartridges with the "mm" designation behind them have been flops and American marketing types go to great lengths to disassociate "NEW" cartridges with anything metric...as in the case of the most recent offerings from Nosler and the 325WSM, etc, etc. Hopefully that helps you understand better. The 7mmRM is a bit of an anomaly in the universal acceptance it seems to have received.
 
I read recently the USA is one of two countries in the world that did not convert to metric.

26 = .264
27 = .277
28 = .284

The difference of .007 versus .020 makes more sense to me. My prediction as to the next step is 30.
 
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