Federal introduces 7mm Backcountry

dan belisle said:
Have you tried reloading the cartridge yet? I'm curious as to how that will play out for the average reloader. - dan
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No I haven’t tried reloading yet as die’s are not available yet as far as I know, RCBS is going to produce them from the info/videos posted

I haven’t seen any reloading data either, I’m ok testing it out with factory ammo for now, if it doesn’t work out I’ll just rechamber the barrel to something else.
 
I got the fierce twisted rogue with 22” barrel. Lrx load runs 3075 fps. I bought Lee dies. Loading is easy and straight forward. Lee size wax makes it much easier though. Regular lube not so good. Velocity of hand loads with 168 ablr was 3050 with superformance. No load development yet but shoots right at 1/2 with factor or hand load. Awesome cartridge and rifle
 
25tikka said:
I got the fierce twisted rogue with 22” barrel. Lrx load runs 3075 fps. I bought Lee dies. Loading is easy and straight forward. Lee size wax makes it much easier though. Regular lube not so good. Velocity of hand loads with 168 ablr was 3050 with superformance. No load development yet but shoots right at 1/2 with factor or hand load. Awesome cartridge and rifle
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Kool and Interesting ! What Load of what powder did you use to get to 3075 with the Nos 168 ABLR bullet ? You say NO Load Development Yet ? but So where - what did you do for your 168 nos load Please . Thxs (y)
 
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I used federal posted data for the 7bc for the 168 lrx. Used the mid point to start with superformance. I’ll update as I do some more loads with it but it seems accurate with both the factory options I could find and the first load. Recoil is lighter than expected with brake removed. Very light with it installed.
 
Thanks for the update. It's going to be interesting to see how things go on a longer term basis. Do people run into any issues with necks splitting or cases not resizing enough or... How long do cases last?

Have they released cases yet or is it all 1F factory ammo currently?
 
25tikka said:
I used federal posted data for the 7bc for the 168 lrx. Used the mid point to start with superformance. I’ll update as I do some more loads with it but it seems accurate with both the factory options I could find and the first load. Recoil is lighter than expected with brake removed. Very light with it installed.
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Thanks 😊 please keep us informed - I might start to like this Cartridge 😀
 
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