New 7mm cartridge from Federal

[Bob Wright]

Ultimately, ignore the hype and let the consumers of this sport decide what works or doesn't. It's capitalism at its finest. I'll be an interested observer. I certainly have a lot of reloading questions rather than boxed ammo questions. Federal is rolling the dice with the consumer. I don't see the hybrid 277 Fury brass/steel cartridges floating around for sale. I don't know anyone that owns a firearm for it.
We shall see with the BC cartridge.

 

[fseaman.js]

I can't find the post that had the link to Ron Spomer's video. It has some new things.

They show a sectioned 7mm BC case. It is as I copied from the provided drawings.

Thick wall at the base but actually very thin in the upper body, shoulder and neck. The primer pocket does not look special. We should get more on that when the "how to reload" is worked out.

This "new" technology may actually work out.

 

[liber]

The epoxy on carbon fiber stuff is very UV susceptible. It could very well be an issue someday. My carbon fiber wheels need to be recertified every 5 years.

Agreed, but many of them are milled and don't have seams. Many could stay in a closet most of their life, that we don't know, or inside a case when not in use. I don't know, just what I know working with wood. It moves constantly, with the climate, even after it is cut. I'm sure many of those stocks are dry as a rock and most likely don't change much, but nobody can guarantee that, that's all I'm saying.

The verdict is out on carbon or any other synthetic material. Wood is not a problem for me as anything I build only needs to last another 20-25 years if I'm lucky. I'm gonna keep eating game meat. But my money is on carbon fiber lasting longer than wood. There are various things that could happen, like cracking, separating, etc...so yeah, not known for certain.