7mm STW Brotherhood - For those who shoot the 7mm Shooting Times Westerner

I have DNZ mounts on all my rifles,they have a 1 piece bottom.Might not be everyone's cup of tea,but they work for me
 
I run some with weaver aluminum bases & Burris Zee rings with the plastic inserts top n bottom , they don't scratch mare , or slip , and scope stays nice . Thks
 
DHanisKid said:
I just joined the forum and thought I should post to the sub forum that led me here.

I recently acquired a used Weatherby Mark V with factory 26" barrel in 7 Wby rechambered to STW. Cleaned it up, replaced the black plastic stock with deluxe wood, bedded and floated. Topped it off with a Swarovski z5.

Now trying to get it to shoot... Factory trigger is inconsistent, usually breaks at around 4 pounds, but every 5 or 6 pulls, at 2 something. Fiddling with that and working up handload with RL26. Factory Nosler giving 1.25" to 1.75" with flakey trigger.

Regards,
Bill
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I've done some Hog Hunting over by DHanis
 
DHanis is my old stomping grounds. Got a sh$t ton of pigs, decent deer and plenty of other game... Good people too. Hog killin, sausage and sauerkraut makin, Keystone drinking fools!
 
Well guys I fired my STW for the first time today. I expected some serious recoil but it was actually quite pleasant. I've shot .300 Win Mag before and I have a .338 Win Mag myself, but this gun is nothing like those. It's fitted with a brake so I guess that would make a difference, but I really expected it to be a lot worse.

I was firing Winchester Silvertip 140gr. It's the only factory ammo I've found since buying the rifle. Only downside is it punched a hole in my friend's 10mm AR500 gong... Oops!
 
njc110381 said:
Well guys I fired my STW for the first time today. I expected some serious recoil but it was actually quite pleasant. I've shot .300 Win Mag before and I have a .338 Win Mag myself, but this gun is nothing like those. It's fitted with a brake so I guess that would make a difference, but I really expected it to be a lot worse.

I was firing Winchester Silvertip 140gr. It's the only factory ammo I've found since buying the rifle. Only downside is it punched a hole in my friend's 10mm AR500 gong... Oops!
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With even a half decent brake the recoil with 140's is pretty mild. It's when you move up to the heavies that it becomes significant. Of course the weight of your right has a large effect on how much felt recoil there is. The heavier the rifle the lighter the felt recoil.

Have fun and welcome again to the Clan.
 
Hi i just joined this site. I have been on this thread a lot in the past and have read through it all at one time but that has been a few years back. Anyway, i decided to have a rifle built and chose the STW partly because of this thread. A lot of folks like this round a bunch! So now i have a Winchester model 70 with :
Krieger #5 contour 1:9 twist @ 26"
Manners EH2
Talley bases and rings
Leupold VX-6HD 3x18x44
Its been a long time since this project started but I'm really looking foreword to getting some use out of this one! Its my first custom rifle and I'm happy I chose the STW. I'll be re-reading the reloading thread too and be getting it dialed in with some handloads soon! Thanks to all on here for sharing your knowledge and helping others.
 
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MT-Pockets said:
Hi i just joined this site. I have been on this thread a lot in the past and have read through it all at one time but that has been a few years back. Anyway, i decided to have a rifle built and chose the STW partly because of this thread. A lot of folks like this round a bunch! So now i have a Winchester model 70 with :
Krieger #5 contour 1:9 twist @ 26"
Manners EH2
Talley bases and rings
Leupold VX-6HD 3x18x44
Its been a long time since this project started but I'm really looking foreword to getting some use out of this one! Its my first custom rifle and I'm happy I chose the STW. I'll be re-reading the reloading thread too and be getting it dialed in with some handloads soon! Thanks to all on here for sharing your knowledge and helping others.
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Welcome. Being a nutt for both the STW and Model 70's I wanna see pcitures!

Have you had time to get'r out and see how she shoots or start hutning with it yet?
 

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