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Like Dan, I acquired a 7mmWSM this year. I haven't dialed it in, but 160g AB were going over 3100 and functionally accurate. The accuracy was adequate, but the terminal performance was amazing. Great morning in the woods... -B

More on this story here: https://forum.nosler.com/threads/todays-deer-was-full-of-surprises.46410/#post-505880 -B

This deer has much character, so much so it is probably worth a short story and a few pics. After a couple of hours sitting on a perfect morning and seeing zero, he snuck right by me upwind. But with the strong wind keeping my scent away he was none the wiser. After a rather poor shot...

Context: Last weekend was the opening of muzzy season. I had found a good rub line in a part of our lease where nobody had been. Opening day I set up properly based on the morning's wind and chose to sit on the ground in the hardwood due to leaves and field of view. Around 8:30AM comes a...

3MPB, a decade or so ago I was where you are currently. All the above is great, and read all you can. I would add that what assisted me the most was going to a good archery shop. We had one in the next county over and the manager of the shop let me shoot numerous offerings, fitted me, gave me...

I had a first while bow hunting last Sunday. As the sun was about to come up I had a Great Horned Owl fly right by me in the tree. He never made a sound coming, going, or taking flaps. This really freaked me out b/c it didn't make sense or register with my small brain. I was astonished as he...

I have a pair of the custom molded 31db. Some days I wear them, some days I use foam or silicone. I need to re-boil them and shape them again to my ear. It took me a few times of boiling/shaping to get one ear fit just right the last time. If I lost these, I would certainly order myself...

bob_d: Listen to every other person on here first, and to anyone who might chime in on what I offer here - but I think it might be the temp of your barrel interacting with these loads. I would suggest waiting 5 minutes or more between shot and check your groups. I had something similar with a...

Many thanks for all the suggestions; here's where I landed. First off I knew I had to select a scope before trying to get the rings and mounts right. I was in no rush with this project so I wasn't really looking for an optic, until I was. On vacation last week it rained one day. I went to...

I like that reticle - 2.2 and 4.8 MOA for the dots. I bought that scope within days of when Leupold released it; I put it on one of my 7mmRM. It's just like the older Leupold LR (long range) reticle I have on a VX-2. I wish they would make that reticle an option in more offerings. Kudos to...

This is my first Winchester. I have admired them from afar for 40 years, until last week. This is a 2002 7mmWSM; it was made at that time with a sporter barrel placed into a featherweight stock. I'm not a fan of Leupold Standard or Dovetail setups. What do you suggest? For a scope I'm...

Sorry, I was just continuing with a post above from last year. Truly, I never thought I would find a Superposed or a true sized 525 16 gauge w/ the schnable forearm; nor did I ever expect to find a FW M70 in 7mmWSM. Each of these speak strongly to the affective side of my hunting life b/c of...

Who would have thought I would find my unicorn in my backyard of east Tennessee? Original owner from 2002, only 6 shots ever down the barrel, 20+ years in the back of the safe. I am beyond thrilled. Bill

So this post set my mind spinning. Yesterday I pulled my rifle apart before tightening the screws ever so slowly by hand; I felt nothing touching or out of alignment. And tonight I borrowed my friend's dial indicator (what an amazing tool). I had a few thou of movement undoing the front...

Update - Thank you for all the suggestions. I did drill and bed pillars (1st pic), before bedding the recoil lug and tang (2nd pic). About the third pic... Prior to bedding, this T3x shot 160s and 175s lights out. Didn't matter the powder or bullet. Crazy. But of course I want to shoot...

I picked up a carbon stock from Stocky's. Look at the recesses around the holes for the action screws. How should I go about bedding this? My initial thought is to bed just around the front recoil lug and around both recesses. If I choose to fill them in w/ compound I would need to cut...

Opening day was last Saturday. Here in TN - as in most of the southeastern states - they have moved Turkey Season back 2 weeks so as to get more hens bred. That certainly seemed to be the case last weekend; all the Toms gobbled once early, had hens come right to them, and disappeared. I...

BP - My backyard! Great pic! I am fortunate to live close enough to go on frequent day hikes during the year, including this coming Saturday. And to the rest of you, if given the chance do come. It really does look like the picture. Feel free to DM me if you care for options or suggestions...

I too have one. I currently use it on a T3x 7mmRM. I think I have had it three or four years. It is somewhat light, holds zero weekend after weekend (load development), the reticle isn't cluttered (I don't see the lower hash marks unless I mentally go looking for them), and I really like the...

My experience is limited, but with my 7mmRM I get spin drift starting around 500 yards. Then it depends on my bullet as to how large a group I have at 600+ yards. But up to 400 yards my MOA measurement is consistent from 100 yards. B