Just finished my 7mm Rem Mag build of a Savage action. Barrel is a 27" Kreiger (1:8.5 twist), chassis is a custom, buttstock is Accuracy International AX Fo
7MM REM MAG
- Thread starter harleytuner
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First day out I just shot 20 rounds of junk Winchester 140gr Core Loct without a brake. I just wanted to get through the 1 shot then clean etc break in. It didn't group for shit, I. left thre range highly disappointed. That night I loaded up 50 rounds of Hornady 185 ELDM's, I wanted to be safe and Judy get a footing on the brass so I loaded 63 gr of RL26 -.020 off the lands., I shot 5 5 shot groups and was pretty pleased with the results, all the groups were .5- .8" surpressed (Thunderbeast Ultra 9 with brake). I have a 20 MOA rail and 20 MOA base for my Nightforce so I was holding over. New zero rail will be here Saturday and I adjusted the Timney trigger, I loaded 50 more Hornady 175 ELDX's (15 with RL26, 15 with RL22 and 20 with IMR 8133). I'll report back after I shoot them with thr results. Recoil is similar to my RPR 6.5 worth a Kreiger barrel surpressed.
I want to try some RL33 and N570. I’m at 150 rounds down this new barrel. I’ve had several 7RM mag barrels on this action. I can’t seem to get rid of it.
I definitely will. Looks like RL26 and Retumbo both are going to be very hard top get for the next few months though. I bought a pound about 4 months ago to test for this build before committing to a 8 pounder. Went yesterday to get more and they were out and said they were backordered until August. That's why I picked up the RL22 and the new IMR 8133. I also grabbed a box of Berger 184's and the Horn 180's.
Cool custom chassis. In for updates on groups. I wish my 7mm was fast enough to stabilize the heavy bullets.
