ORIGINAL: DANTHEHUNTER
Did you ever get your 7mmstw shooting good? I am in the process of building a new rifle,I had the thought of an 7mmstw but I have a .270wsm & a .300wm so I dont think it would really fill ant gap there.What do you think?
Yea, I got it pretty acceptable. I was getting consistent 1.1MOA in 10MPH winds. So I figured once the wind settles, I have a nice load. Shot one group out to 300yards, but with that wind it threw the shots around pretty good to 5" groups.
I am shooting 160gr Accubonds and can't remember the exact load but using close to max RL25. I tried IMR7828, H1000, and both were very slow. I think I was shooting under 3Kfps with both. But with RL25, I am getting over 3150fps. Nothing breath taking, but shoots well. I don't see any pressure signs, so I might go up one more grain or so. I have only tried this one bullet. I have some 140's that mossy33 gave me I might try for a long range deer load.
I dont' know what to tell ya about the STW. I wanted a 7mmRemmag when I got this. But got it for a good price. I know some people have faster barrels than I got. With my same load they are getting 3300fps. If I achieved that speed, I would be pretty happy.