| Ripp |
| (.577 member) |
| 17/05/13 12:31 PM |
Re: The 7MM STW Story...
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I picked up a 7mm vom Hofe. A 7mm based on a shortened .404 case long before anyone else thought of doing such a thing. It fits a standard action. The ballistics are on a par with the 7mm STW and this rifle (a Mauser 66), will shoot 3 Accubonds into one tight ragged hole at 100 yards. It seems to me that, the 7mm STW is simply reinventing the wheel, but the longer case means a longer action and more powder besides. These aren't exactly improvements!
Actually a friend of mine who sells weatherby's was taking a 300 Weatherby case and necking it down to 7mm---he talked me into doing one myself for my first caribou trip to Alaska..very similar as well to the 7STW..but unlike yours was also a longer case..
Personally feel there are many new cartridges that are probably not improvements...but different cartidges doing the same thing as others..but I like that..you never know when someone might stumle on a new hallmark cartridge of somekind..ie; the little 17 Winchester super mag rimfire...
Ripp