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Nice ! , what bullet brass primer combination did you use ?
I'm extremely interested in all aspects of this cartridge and rifle build factors involved .
I am in the process of building a 7SAW on a FN SA reciever and am considering barrels and gun smiths !
Happy new year to you too mate.Simia Dei , any updates ? , sorry for my impatience !
Happy New Year !
Simia , you are way beyond where I'm at , I'm still in the infancy of my build , what new build are you doing for the next SAW ? , another Tikka ? , you should be able to acheive any coal you wish with that action magazine dependant ! as for me at the present time I'm limited to a coal of 2.885 for reliable feeding from my FNH SPR build . Even if I had all the stars aligned the weather here is horrid ! , three feet of snow and single digit temps for the foreseeable future . Please keep everyone infofmed of your progress .
Thanks again !, and all the best in 2019 !
I would be curious to see if the same could apply to regular 308 or regular 7mm-08... run them with lapua palma brass at higher pressures... I looked for on google about it and could not find anybody talking about the 308 Lapua Palma brass as an opportunity to run them with more pressure than regular 308 brass…?The key to the performance seems to lie in the Lapua Small Primer case, allowing it to run higher pressures. Eyeballing it looks very similar to what would be a 7mmSLR.
Good info, I'm going to run a test with some R16 as soon as I get my rifle back from WTO I'm hoping its reported lower pressure with better speed in some chamberings over varget will get me the velocities im looking for. Was having awful pressure spikes with varget in my TAC30, piercing cci450s pretty bad even at 42gr. Also had real weird issues with my loads sometimes getting stuck in the chamber maybe a bad set of redding dies but it was hard to tell what's going on.
have 100 each of 162eldm and 180eldm on the way. gonna see how they compare at distance as soon as everything arrives. just waiting on the headstamped brassDoes anyone plan to test 180 class bullets like the 175 ELD-X/180 ELD/183SMK? Would be interesting to see if these super low form factor bullets can reach 2700+ fps.
Cheers mate, it'll have the freebore bumped to the same length as the other rifle and I'll find a load between them that shoots similar enough. This rifle balances bloody well with that barrel and optic, really easy to handle.Sweet looking rig, let us know how it shoots!. I almost went with a Proof Carbon on my build but went with a Bartlein #23 left gain twist 1n9-8.25, bummer is the barrel will not be ready till August.
taking mine out this weekend to put some rounds through it before i start load development
27" benchmark. heavy varmint. 8 twist. 162 ELDMs. H4350
I’m keen to hear what velocities you hit with that barrel lengthtaking mine out this weekend to put some rounds through it before i start load development
27" benchmark. heavy varmint. 8 twist. 162 ELDMs. H4350
I’m keen to hear what velocities you hit with that barrel length
Ha! Yeah nice. What projectile(s)? I’ve only tried reloader 16Stand by while I pop a couple out my window with his rifle ?? will start at 44.5 h4350 (Clayton rec) and see how it goes. New Alpha brass
Ha! Yeah nice. What projectile(s)? I’ve only tried reloader 16