I am building a 24 inch tikka dbm 7 saum with oal over 3.1 on my dummy rounds sent for the chambering. I dont know which mag length you would want for which oal in a 7ss. However, from what I have heard you need to only shoot the slowest powders to get the accuracy out of the 7ss. So h1000/h4831/retumbo ish. I dont know which if any are better/best, but that cartridge seemed picky if I recall correctly. The kicker-those 3 powders are very difficult to source right now. Id only do that one if you have line on whichever powder is most commonly used (i cant remember which).
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H4831 is fantastic with the 160-170 bullets.
R26 and N565 are my favorites for the 180-190’s
Since your running long H1000 is also a good option.
Did you end up building a sherman or are you running those in your 7 saum? Had you gotten any hits on animals with those 190 bergers you bought?
SAUM: commercial availability (in normal times) of everything - reamer, brass, dies
Sherm Short: very specific availability
I suppose if that’s something to factor in to a SAUM v SS decision as well. That and what bullet you want to shoot. Seems the SS might be the ticket for the 180+ crowd?
Sherm Short: very specific availability
I suppose if that’s something to factor in to a SAUM v SS decision as well. That and what bullet you want to shoot. Seems the SS might be the ticket for the 180+ crowd?
Im planning on shooting 180 bullets exclusively in my saum...when I get my barrel
I know its literally a very different beast, but based on the yote damage do you feel the 190 is a viable hunting bullet for deer and other larger critters as far as expansion/otherwise? I cant get ahold of any 180 hybrids and am thinking of trying those 190s as a substitute
We talking deer. They fall over to a 75gr bullet in the shoulder. 190 be fine.
190 grains of lead ain’t nothing to joke about.
Put it where it needs to go and something is gonna take a dirt nap.
I shot a deer twice with a 338 220gr berger and it pencils through, same with my dads. I think they arent designed to expand at the higher velocity with a deer, but would have with something more substantial like say elk or moose? Theories as to what went wrong, but its all I've got. If a 190 expanded on a coyote id shoot a deer with it, if not...jury is still out.
I didn’t recover the Bullets.
All were a bit messy on the exit including on shot at a bit over 900 yards.
If I was still hunter I’d rather shoot a bullet designed for the purpose.
All were a bit messy on the exit including on shot at a bit over 900 yards.
If I was still hunter I’d rather shoot a bullet designed for the purpose.
So the exit wound showed evidence of expansion it sounds like? I agree with wise bullet selection. I dont want to derail this thread.
I am running a TL3 + Accurate mag 300 wsm mags without any issue for my 7SS. Highly recommend.
https://accurate-mag.com/shop/magazines/300-winchester-short-magnum-dssf-magazine/
What projectiles are you stuffing in there and how well are they working, is distance to the lands reasonable?
I've been slowly collecting parts to build out a 7SS in a short action. I'm keeping an eye out for 180gr Hybrids, I'm thinking those should be the right length to fit well in a short action.
I'm shooting 175 Elite Hunters at 2.900" COAL. And to be honest, I never even measured the lands. I eyeballed putting the boat tail junction right at the neck/shoulder junction. Loaded up a ladder and got a 3.5 SD with 62.0 gr of RL26 with around ~0.5" group and never looked back. This gun has a 20" barrel that I wanted to keep it short and lighter weight to hunt with, so I'm not shooting it too far, except at the range for fun. But this load, in a 20" barrel is going 2850fps which I was pretty excited with.
