7mm WSM or 7mm SAUM

[Cold_Bore_88]

Thinking about rebarreling my Tikka T3 lite and dropping it into a better stock.

Which caliber and why? I don't mind reloading either way.


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[Sonic Crack]

SAUM. depending on what bullets your gona run. SAUM has a little shorter case so your not over stuffing bullets in an AI type mag. Tikkas dont have a ton of room when used as a long action. If your running the factory plastic mag you could go either way and be ok

 

[spaniel]

Both brass are unicorns. Before you build a rifle, stock up enough brass to toast the barrel.

Basically, if you want a short action, go SAUM. If you want a long action, WSM. The mag length restriction of a short action neuters the WSM. The SAUM was really designed to maximize what can be done in a short action. The WSM can work in a short action, but not with the long, high BC bullets set to ideal length.

 

[Skimafia]

Brass is tough, but can be found. I found some norma brass recently amd have been slowly stocking up on nosler stuff as well. It can be found but it's expensive.

 

[MachoKing]

The 7 SAUM brass by Norma is fairly easy to find and not of bad quality.

 

[bkw1911]

Yeah the Norma is great and pretty easily available. Just bought a couple hundred. I'd go with the saum for the overall length vs the wsm.

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[Cold_Bore_88]

Sounds like SAUM is the way to go.


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