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If I were the OP, i would try a faster powder and less velocity with the 150 and 168. Doesn't really matter what miracle powder we are using....when you get over the top velocity wise, rifles/bullets frequently quit shooting. These thin skinned NABLR may simply do better driven slower,and with...

Good article! Far more relevant for much BG hunting than reading BC tables.

The STW is so close to the Mashburn it's hard to tell them apart. The Mashburn is a better design due to the bullet seating that SJB mentions above. Powder charges are slightly lighter for the Mashburn. The STW is not really "new" because people had designed and built rifles for various 7mm...

Dan thanks! It's a great rifle. Wish I had built it years ago. I would not have needed anything else. :grin:

Bunch of favorites, but among them I liked the old JOC formula of 68-69 gr H4831,WW brass and 150 Nosler Partition for something over 3100 fps. Works great with 150 BT as well with no change in sight setting.

Preacher I guess that's why I built mine 5-6 years ago.... (y)

LOL preacher is right! My experience with the 7 Rem Mag parallels his,and I always felt the case could have used a little more capacity and a longer neck to get the velocity I wanted from a 24" barrel.In the meantime I hunted with 3 that I completely wore out,shot out the barrels,and hunted...

First, the Mashburn (like the 300 Win Mag) will work in a 30/06 length mag box. You will be simply seating bullets deeper of course. I have never done it that way so can't say what you gain or lose but feel pretty certain you will still get more velocity that a SAAMI spec 7 Rem Mag. even if not...

It sure does! I like that 250.

Very cool rifles on this thread!

You could certainly rechamber your Savage to Mashburn if you don't mind being wrapped into the wildcat dies and brass forming. It's extra cost and expense but you will see the 175 started close to 3100 fps with todays powders and a 24" barrel. Mine does 3075 with 73-74 gr of H1000 depending on...

That would be......uuhhhh.......correct! (y) Given the same construction, their on game performance is indistinguishable. Those are fabulous mule deer!

First impressions can be deceptive, even among experienced shooters. A pal of mine railed against the share, fast rap of my 300 Win Mag and 180 gr bullet;yet he found my 338 Win Mag with 225's pleasant by comparison. I had a 375 H&H built on a M70 with a Brown stock the weighed 8 pounds scoped...

Interesting test and informative. I'm thinking that they should do even better when fired in full house loads at magnum velocities at actual distance, since rotational velocities will be much higher; something that is always missing from these reduced load/close range tests. This might not...

All three will work on the same stuff. To me the 7/08 is only worth it in a short bolt action. The 7x57 is a logical choice in a #1 because it's a classic old school cartridge for a single shot. Personally I'm sort of a velocity junkie so it would be a 280 for me.

Excellent! Nice shooting!

Guy that's part of the fun! It's what makes us rifle nuts!

35: All very true. Bill's Bitterroot was 20,30 years ahead of its time,and set the gold standard for bonded bullet performance. They were the first and led directly to the Aframe, Jack Carter's TBBC. They perform as well as anything of their type today. But there really is no reason to lament...

I've sifted through lots of cartridges, wasted lots of money and time in search of "perfection",and have to agree with 35 Whelen......just grab a 270,and go hunt. Ive killed them all over the continent with it and no matter what else I use I can't make them any deader than I can with the 270...

160 7mm BBC from bull elk. Into neck from behind over the withers and traveled up neck. Recovered under chin while caping. 7 Rem Mag at 3080 +- fps. Distance 175-200 yards. Retained weight about 155 gr. Have not weighed it in awhile.