I have had a 7 Mash since about 2015 now. It’s been a great cartridge for me. The first was a rechambered old 70, then I had one built. As most of us who have had rifles built, the first time, it was a little heavy. I also didn’t spec the throating on my custom and it had a mile of throat. Made getting near the lands with any bullet nonexistent. So, I set it back to Kevin Weaver, had him knock the shank off, turn it down to about .6 on the muzzle and put it into a Hunters EDGE McMillan. I also traded the Blackburn bottom metal for Winchester Featherweight metal.
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Got it down to about 7lbs bare. My goal is to have it scoped and such around 8lbs with a NF 2.5x10 or a 3x9 SS. Well, I didn’t have any 30mm rings so I grabbed a Meopta 4-14 I had at the house and fitted it up, till the rings come in.
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Just a tic over 8 1/4 scoped. I was pretty happy with how it felt.
So I decided to zero it with some old ammo I had with 175 PTs and RL33. I shortened them some so they weren’t jamming and was pretty happy for the first group out of the gun.
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Once I had it zeroed close enough I decided to try some VV N570 and 175 ABLRs. I seated them so they were about 70 off the lands and did a quick load work up.
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With 77 grains looking pretty decent I loaded up three and let em fly.
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I was quite happy with that. Butttttt I’ve been tricked so many times by ABLRs I decided to put three more on top to see if they held up.
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Now I was very happy. It’s a fairly light rifle with a decent amount of recoil but man, I am ready to get this one out long.
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I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. Seems like it’ll be ready to hunt in no time.
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Got it down to about 7lbs bare. My goal is to have it scoped and such around 8lbs with a NF 2.5x10 or a 3x9 SS. Well, I didn’t have any 30mm rings so I grabbed a Meopta 4-14 I had at the house and fitted it up, till the rings come in.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ww233/beretzs/BB7C4FCC-1743-444E-B57E-ED52E4C512EE.jpeg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
Just a tic over 8 1/4 scoped. I was pretty happy with how it felt.
So I decided to zero it with some old ammo I had with 175 PTs and RL33. I shortened them some so they weren’t jamming and was pretty happy for the first group out of the gun.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ww233/beretzs/BA1165BD-79DC-4BDE-8C9B-CE17887C2E9A.jpeg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
Once I had it zeroed close enough I decided to try some VV N570 and 175 ABLRs. I seated them so they were about 70 off the lands and did a quick load work up.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ww233/beretzs/9556865B-1561-460D-A160-6892D40544C3.jpeg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
With 77 grains looking pretty decent I loaded up three and let em fly.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ww233/beretzs/9CD68610-C45D-42EF-B388-0BEB68813B85.jpeg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
I was quite happy with that. Butttttt I’ve been tricked so many times by ABLRs I decided to put three more on top to see if they held up.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ww233/beretzs/893B1AE3-5F3D-4ADB-B035-B9C87B6801AB.jpeg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
Now I was very happy. It’s a fairly light rifle with a decent amount of recoil but man, I am ready to get this one out long.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ww233/beretzs/9C779403-D9D1-4574-83D5-452509B2AD88.jpeg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
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I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. Seems like it’ll be ready to hunt in no time.