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I set up the brass for the chamber the same way as you, eagle, with belted or rimless - you have to if you want it to last - just don't like them. The belt is not needed - it's superfluous, redundent.

The 7mm Rem. Mag, is one I've never really liked - even though I've had a couple - have one right now but I'm thinking of pitching the tube.

The case capacity is too much larger than a .280 or the 280IMP which matches it, ballstically. It's the efficiency I don't like - and the belt, did I meantion that?

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Then it's the 7x61 S&H you should have had all along belt and all. The belt helps to hold your trousers up as you gasp over the efficient performance you get from this cartridge.

Actually I just remembered the other night that I re-barreled my mates 7x61 Schultz and Larsen when he wore the barrel out (through misuse more than anything). As he did not reload and factory ammo and cases were hard to get I got a 26" barrel for it, same contour, put the original open sights back on and chambered in 7mmRM . Would have been good to chrony it to see how it performed compared to the original cartridge in the same action but I never thought about it at the time and he was not into worrying about what he got out of the cartridge other than it just kept on knocking deer over everytime he pulled trigger.