Buckleman
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Buy a 7mm RUM
7mm stw Ackley improved
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WildRose
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Why?
Yeah Why, They are a Dud compared to the STW
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I like them both, but the 7RUM is certainly not a Dud
Well IMO it is, the core STW group had them back in the day and sent them down the road (I had 3 of them myself)and we all kept the STW's
WildRose
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The STW is in my opinion pretty much the break point on the point of diminishing returns.
There's just not enough of an increase in performance of the STW with the RUM to justify the added powder, blast, flash, recoil and throat erosion.
ShoNuff
Not in 7MM STW AI but in .30 cal. Do NOT let anybody including myself talk you out of what "you really want" to do. Good luck!
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and that's yours too have.. but let me ask you this was your stw custom and the rums not? were any of the rums built right too use all that case and shoot the 195 properly! 100 fps is a 100 fps over bore or not..
still have tons of love for the 7stw
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This has been beat to death before,
I had both, bone stock and one custom STW and three stock 7 RUMs, the STW's hands down were better than the RUM, You are correct in saying a custom built RUM will out run the STW with the 195's but its still minimal for the money spent when you can buy a stock STW for a third of the price, Now as the OP never asked about a 7 RUM lets get back on topic shall we
WildRose
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The STW is in my opinion pretty much the break point on the point of diminishing returns.
There's just not enough of an increase in performance of the STW with the RUM to justify the added powder, blast, flash, recoil and throat erosion.
Since I now own one of them I can attest to that as being a fact.
WildRose
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Worth a repeat, we've derailed the thread enough.
Mike Matteson
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Interesting on what you have stated here. Question, have you ever try to tighten the primer pocket up?. I have read about how to do that. Just haven't gotten there yet. I kind of feel that there would be a lot of work to get there. Case base separtion would be one problem at the same time.
