ClymR is 27 oz with aluminum block and pic rail. Magnus is 28.5 oz.
The big change is that instead of a shell filled with foam, we have a sandwiched structure that significantly increases stiffness and strength.
They are live for sale again. Looks like I need to update some language, but you can checkout.
The caveat. This is a real gunsmith install. We can't do the "tang blow-out" style that you get with most Rem clones, you have to hand fit the last 0.050" around the tang, and we leave a little...
About 2 years ago we changed the barrel contour to the new C20 (.750 muzzle diameter) this dropped about 8 ounces. One year ago, we changed the stock process and dropped another 8 ounces.
Today's Clymr is almost too light!
The new stock process dropped almost a half pound! The ClymR is light! 7 SAUM is a handful, but right on if you might want a moose/bear or get an opportunity way out there on a big mtn caribou.
I was running the Swaro NL Pures and the br4. Pretty much the ultimate combo. The new Revic binos are working so well, I think I'm making the switch. I've spent a half day in the glass and didn't feel I gave up anything. Ranging performance is solid.
The best rework you could do to enhance berger bullet terminal performance is to turn a groove partially through the jacket on the ogive.
Devastating.
Vld style bullets go unstable and tumble inside an animal. Usually breaking off the nose. The scoring ensures this behavior.
Smashing bone...
Respective answers (opinion):
Throat for heavy LR bullets, Factory ammo to 65k psi, Mag bolt face and component availability, do we even need a reason....
These are all factory ammo answers. From the perspective of handloading and custom rifles, the redundancy is strong.
If I was going to take it mainstream, I would just approach a major manufacturer and talk them into making one!
Wildcats usually get changed a little when standardized for safety reasons.
The 7LRM is great, we just never made the push to standardize it. The throat is short for hybrid ogive bullets and standard magazines.
Other than the throat, I've always felt it's close to perfect.
As a hand loader, your options for what to shoot are awesome, so it's hard to get excited about...