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    Anyone own a 7mm 300 Win Mag?

    Hi Brian, on your unknown, I suggest you start with a Hornady 7mm Mag neck die. this differs to the regular Hornady 7mm neck die. The 7mm Mag neck die has both body and shoulder clearance to cope with a range of case styles. Its not the most ideal die for match level concentric ammo but it is...
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    Hornady 7mm 180 eld-m terminal performance (pics)

    Nice work. I have not visited this forum for a very long time, dropped by a few minutes ago to see whats been happening and saw your ELD-M post, perhaps my ears were burning. Certainly good to have a projectile that works under a variety of conditions and as you have probably already seen, it...
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    Anyone own a 7mm 300 Win Mag?

    Wow, page 89. This has to be the longest thread ever. Firstly, I need to apologize for not dropping by sooner. I see also me email must have bounced one private message. My sincere apologies to Clucknmoan for missing your questions. Regarding the 195 grain. We now have a number of shooters in...
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    Anyone own a 7mm 300 Win Mag?

    Hi Kev, a standard Federal 210 works just fine with these powder charges. The 210 is an already hot primer. Nevertheless, you can change to magnum primers as a part of experimentation if need be, enabling slight alteration or manipulation of powder burn rate which in turn will effect pressures...
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    Anyone own a 7mm 300 Win Mag?

    Sorry for these ongoing rerplies, I am only just reading past questions. Regarding the 30 degree shoulder, it has no bearing on how prepped brass chambers. Simply neck .300 brass to 7mm and away you go. If your ammo does not chamber, either the chamber is out of spec or more than likely, you...
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    Anyone own a 7mm 300 Win Mag?

    Both RWS and Norma can have lower case capacity than the likes of Winchester. Norma brass is also very soft. Norma / Nosler can at times display very thick necks, enough to spike pressures when necked to 7mm.
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    Anyone own a 7mm 300 Win Mag?

    Hi there, regarding the brass question, I would take Win or Hornady over Remington brass. Nevertheless, I have used Remington brass in the Practical with success. The case capacity is slightly greater than others- but the case head is also quite soft. The net result is that you end up with the...
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    Anyone own a 7mm 300 Win Mag?

    Thanks fmajor, my bad, I did not use the LRH forum hyperlink properly. 7mm Practical
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    Anyone own a 7mm 300 Win Mag?

    Hi guys, sorry to interupt, just wanted to let folk know that I have revised the 7mm Practical article on our site to make it more user friendly (hopefully). New article is here: http://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase/7mm+Practical.html
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    Anyone own a 7mm 300 Win Mag?

    When PTG create the neck diameter for these 7mm wildcats, the neck is generally tight, but without need of neck turning- for the most part. A while ago I came across a batch of Nosler .300 Win Mag brass that was too tight, jacking up pressures and limiting accuracy potential. The client was...
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    Anyone own a 7mm 300 Win Mag?

    If running a fixed lead reamer in the 7mm Practical, a good versatile bolt face to lead measurement would be 73.08mm or 2.877". This gives max COAL's of around 92mm or 3.622" with the A-Max and 92.2mm or 3.630" with the 190 grain Matrix. But again, it is important to check your magazine length...
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    Anyone own a 7mm 300 Win Mag?

    Here you go... 7mm Practical: http://www.ballisticstudies.com/Resources/Articles/The+7mm+Practical.++A+Practical+Magnum..html Up one level shows the full index: http://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase.html And the user submitted wound data base...
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    Anyone own a 7mm 300 Win Mag?

    Hi Guys, again I have not been following this thread all that much over the last couple of years so please excuse me if I cover the same old territory. Several posts ago, a man asked about who he could get to do a basic rebarrel. Garou22 replied: "My Practical Is A 30 Inch Lilja 3 Groove...
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    Anyone own a 7mm 300 Win Mag?

    Hi Cockcroft, sorry I don't get much time to stop by LRH.com these days. Please check the necks on fired cases, try to pass a projectile through the case mouth. Will give an immediate indication of case neck thickness. The projectile should pass through easily. Some brands including Nosler...
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    Anyone own a 7mm 300 Win Mag?

    He is a good boy. You can see he had been there a while before we got there, had decided he had enough waiting as soon as he saw me and was off sniffing around to see if anything else was about when I came up on him with the camera.
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