I'm looking at building a hunting rifle around a short action magnum with a short-ish barrel. Right now I'm thinking a 7mm SAUM in a 20" barrel. I understand that I'm not getting maximum performance from the round, just looking to get increased performance over a 6.5creed/308/7mm-08 type of cartridge. Mainly hunting Whitetails, I wouldn't expect to ever shoot the rifle at game over 4-500 yards.
Like I said, right now I am thinking a 7mm SAUM with 16X class bullets with a 20" barrel to make it a compact handy hunting rifle.
Anyone have any experience with a 7mm SAUM and a short barrel, or another short action magnum out of a short barrel? I'm not hard set on 7mm or anything, just seemed like a happy medium. What was your load and performance? What powder did you see best results with?
Like I said, right now I am thinking a 7mm SAUM with 16X class bullets with a 20" barrel to make it a compact handy hunting rifle.
Anyone have any experience with a 7mm SAUM and a short barrel, or another short action magnum out of a short barrel? I'm not hard set on 7mm or anything, just seemed like a happy medium. What was your load and performance? What powder did you see best results with?