DG, you are miscalulating again.

A 140 grain Ballistic Tip fired at 3000 fps from a 280 Rem has a time of flight of .463 of a second, that's at 400 yards. Now, driving the same bullet to 3400 fps from a 7mmSTW the time of flight at 400 yards is .404 seconds.

OK, now we take .404 and subtract that from .463 and we get a difference of .059.

That's a mere fifty-nine thousandths of a second. Is burning 15-20 grains more powder worth the gain, some may think so some not. It's your choice. Dont get me wrong, the STW is a fine round but truly not needed for 400 yard shots.


bigger is always better....NOT!!!!
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