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7mm STW
Why 7mm STW?
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1279435" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>For me it was that it was the most practical way to go to get more velocity and longer reach than I could get with my 7mm RM's that I'd grown up with.</p><p></p><p>I stayed with it because there's a point at which you gain very little velocity and pay for it in substantially more powder, blast, recoil, and shorter barrel life. I gave the 7mm Wby a hard look too but found that at the time the cost differential between the STW and WBY's factory ammo and brass was substantial.</p><p></p><p>When the Rum came along I realized that for my purposes the law of diminishing returns had kicked in. It just wasn't worth the extra cost, blast, recoil and shorter barrel life to justify owning one. Now of course it's even worse because IF you can find Rum Brass or Ammo, the cost is ridiculous.</p><p></p><p>If I had to choose between the 28 Nosler and 7mm STW starting out today I'd probably lean towards the Nosler because they are the only supplier of Brass and may remain the only maker of factory ammo for some time and that could end up really putting 28Nosler owners in a deep ugly hole at some point in the future.</p><p></p><p>As it sits now I've got a lifetime supply of brass saved up for the STW so even though I'll continue to buy some now and again just to add to the pile I'm good and even feeding 3 different STW's I'm not likely to run out anytime soon.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully Nosler won't pull a Remington and drop support for their own proprietary cartridges just when they are getting enough of a following to justify their initial investment.</p><p></p><p>As many others have said, the STW for me has been a love affair that has outlasted all of my dogs and a dozen women. I own more long guns than I'd care to mention publicly and when I absolutely need a one shot kill on something and time to make up my mind which gun I'm going to grab it will always be one of the STW's. I'll probably be buried with one of them some day HA!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1279435, member: 30902"] For me it was that it was the most practical way to go to get more velocity and longer reach than I could get with my 7mm RM's that I'd grown up with. I stayed with it because there's a point at which you gain very little velocity and pay for it in substantially more powder, blast, recoil, and shorter barrel life. I gave the 7mm Wby a hard look too but found that at the time the cost differential between the STW and WBY's factory ammo and brass was substantial. When the Rum came along I realized that for my purposes the law of diminishing returns had kicked in. It just wasn't worth the extra cost, blast, recoil and shorter barrel life to justify owning one. Now of course it's even worse because IF you can find Rum Brass or Ammo, the cost is ridiculous. If I had to choose between the 28 Nosler and 7mm STW starting out today I'd probably lean towards the Nosler because they are the only supplier of Brass and may remain the only maker of factory ammo for some time and that could end up really putting 28Nosler owners in a deep ugly hole at some point in the future. As it sits now I've got a lifetime supply of brass saved up for the STW so even though I'll continue to buy some now and again just to add to the pile I'm good and even feeding 3 different STW's I'm not likely to run out anytime soon. Hopefully Nosler won't pull a Remington and drop support for their own proprietary cartridges just when they are getting enough of a following to justify their initial investment. As many others have said, the STW for me has been a love affair that has outlasted all of my dogs and a dozen women. I own more long guns than I'd care to mention publicly and when I absolutely need a one shot kill on something and time to make up my mind which gun I'm going to grab it will always be one of the STW's. I'll probably be buried with one of them some day HA! [/QUOTE]
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