I shoot a 300 WM plenty. I've taken two shots with an 7mm STW that was enough for me. It has a lot of felt recoil. The gun that I was shooting was a Rem 700.
I'm slightly biased but I would choose the .300WM.
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I have an STW in a Remington stainless sendero and love it. My buddy has a 300win mag in a 700bdl stainless and loves it too. They are very similar in ballistics, not worth arguing over. I'm pushing a 140Barnes to nearly 3500fps, and a 160 gr Accubond to 3300 with no signs of pressure. My buddy is shooting a 165 accubond to 3250 in his 300. I have him beat a little bit on trajectory, but he can use up to a 200 gr bullet in a 300. 7mm only goes up to 175. It's all in what you want. Keep in mind a lengthy barrel is necessary to take advantage of the mags potential. And nowadays, you can't find a new STW. They will either be used, or custom built, nobody I know of chambers them anymore.
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Which do you guy's like better? What would you think is the better round? Would be used for paper and or beanfield rifle.
I shoot a 300 WM plenty. I've taken two shots with an 7mm STW that was enough for me. It has a lot of felt recoil. The gun that I was shooting was a Rem 700.
As someone that has owned three 7mmstw rifles,I find the recoil about equal to the 300winmag.The 7mmstw is a great long range hunting cartridge but the barrel life will be shorter than for the 300 win mag,so it won't last as long as a target gun.
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I have him beat a little bit on trajectory, but he can use up to a 200 gr bullet in a 300. 7mm only goes up to 175. It's all in what you want.
I have taken pronghorn,deer,bighorn,elk and moose all with 140gr bullets out of my 7mmstws.If you choose the right bullet,you don't need a heavier bullet.
I think if you want to compare big boys, it would be the 7mm STW vs. 300 RUM etc...
or 7mm rem mag vs. 300 win mag.
the .300 win mag is very popular, a classic,
For a beanfield/paper/deer, I would just take a 7mm Rem. Mag., anything larger and I start thinking about elk...so if were talking beanfield/deer, no need for even the 7mm Rem Mag let alone 300WM or 7mm STW.
Not sure how popular the 7mm STW has become? will it last etc...? if you handload who cares, but in comparing the 7mm STW vs. .300 win mag, seems like 2 different style of cartridges.
I have both, and my 300winmag with 180gr ballistic tips with 78gr RL22 kicks much harder than my 7mmSTW even with 160gr accubonds with 78gr of RL25. 300RUM blows them both away in terms of recoil
.300 Win mag or 7MM STW
