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7mm STW
help me decide.... keep 7mm STW alive or move on to different caliber??
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<blockquote data-quote="Starbuck" data-source="post: 2653250" data-attributes="member: 120719"><p>Well, I put my post out there in a light hearted context, as in there's those of us who will always be tinkering with something even if it's "working"; but since you asked, I do feel that there's .284 cartridges that are better, at least by certain metrics, than the 7mm STW.</p><p></p><p>The main limitation of the 7mm STW is in handling higher BC bullet offerings. As such, .284 cartridges that will yield more energy at the same and further off distances with the same or less powder and, by extension, recoil, would meet my definition of "working better".</p><p> </p><p>That's not to say that the STW hasn't killed a lot of game or that it is incapable, just that things have changed since it was the latest and greatest. In it's day, most hunters were set it and forget it with their scopes, and high BC bullets weren't as widespread and/or built for hunting use as they are currently. Likewise, not as many hunters had a LRF. Thus, a rig that offered the longest and flatest MPBR was a great boon to a lot of hunters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Starbuck, post: 2653250, member: 120719"] Well, I put my post out there in a light hearted context, as in there's those of us who will always be tinkering with something even if it's "working"; but since you asked, I do feel that there's .284 cartridges that are better, at least by certain metrics, than the 7mm STW. The main limitation of the 7mm STW is in handling higher BC bullet offerings. As such, .284 cartridges that will yield more energy at the same and further off distances with the same or less powder and, by extension, recoil, would meet my definition of "working better". That's not to say that the STW hasn't killed a lot of game or that it is incapable, just that things have changed since it was the latest and greatest. In it's day, most hunters were set it and forget it with their scopes, and high BC bullets weren't as widespread and/or built for hunting use as they are currently. Likewise, not as many hunters had a LRF. Thus, a rig that offered the longest and flatest MPBR was a great boon to a lot of hunters. [/QUOTE]
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