keithcandler
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I have been shooting the 7 STW's since 1990 or so. Back then, our thinking was very different. 120g and 140g Nosler solid base lead tips were readily available. I ordered a reamer set up for the 120g solid base as they and the 140 had never blown up on deer. We fire formed the 8 Rem mag with R#22 at 3800 fps using a 27" hart barrel, group were sub half inch in the Hart barrel.
Next barrel was a 27" Pac Nor Super match with an 11 twist, and the reamer has .020 freebore. 120's are at 3920 fps and the 140's are at 3700, the barrel shoots 3/8" or less groups with the 120 nosler solid base and the 140g C/T bullet from Nosler, never have had a bullet blow up on deer on this rifle since 1999.
Two SS Sendero 7 Mags were purchased when they were readily available for nephews, and the barrel was set back a tad and the same short freebore reamer used on both of them by a gunsmith in Utah, Steve Hendry.
Both of these Sendero barrels shoot the 140g Nosler C/T bullet at 3600 with IMR 7828.
As you might imagine, brass primer pockets do not last long, but accuracy is astounding. Brother, cousins, and nephews have never used anything other than 140g C/T Nosler bullets, no blow ups, near or far. Since these are deer hunting rifles only, barrels last a long time.
None of our rifles are fancy, one single shot Savage long action, the rest are Remington 700's that have not had the actions trued, but they are pillar bedded in the stocks. All of the rifles are extremely accurate, as it seems that the 7 STW is an extremely accurate case.
I was shocked to see how accurate the 120g Tipped Barnes are at 3920 fps, as they shot a single tiny bullet hole that was barely opened up with the Burris Black Diamond 8-32 on it.
Next barrel was a 27" Pac Nor Super match with an 11 twist, and the reamer has .020 freebore. 120's are at 3920 fps and the 140's are at 3700, the barrel shoots 3/8" or less groups with the 120 nosler solid base and the 140g C/T bullet from Nosler, never have had a bullet blow up on deer on this rifle since 1999.
Two SS Sendero 7 Mags were purchased when they were readily available for nephews, and the barrel was set back a tad and the same short freebore reamer used on both of them by a gunsmith in Utah, Steve Hendry.
Both of these Sendero barrels shoot the 140g Nosler C/T bullet at 3600 with IMR 7828.
As you might imagine, brass primer pockets do not last long, but accuracy is astounding. Brother, cousins, and nephews have never used anything other than 140g C/T Nosler bullets, no blow ups, near or far. Since these are deer hunting rifles only, barrels last a long time.
None of our rifles are fancy, one single shot Savage long action, the rest are Remington 700's that have not had the actions trued, but they are pillar bedded in the stocks. All of the rifles are extremely accurate, as it seems that the 7 STW is an extremely accurate case.
I was shocked to see how accurate the 120g Tipped Barnes are at 3920 fps, as they shot a single tiny bullet hole that was barely opened up with the Burris Black Diamond 8-32 on it.
