That thing shoots terrible don't it....lol
Very nice group. The only 7STW I ever shot was a Remington Sendero and it was very accurate also and didn't kick that bad being so heavy.
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I have a 30,7mm,and a 6.5 STW. They are as close to lighting in a rifle as I have ever shot. Very NICE SHOOTING!!!!
I put a Holland quick discharge muzzle brake on my STW.
30 STW is a 7lb 4ounce rifle in a KS brown pounder stock and I had a brake put on it last summer. Got a little to much to handle in my older age. She is a pussy cat now. Yes mine are all Remingtons with Hart barrel though...
I shoot 185's at 3350 and 200's at 3225
That 6.5 STW should kill like lightning. Back in the day I wanted a 257 STW.
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With my hearing issues I use earplugs with every shot now and the 180gr Berger’s I was shooting were pretty rough on my shoulder. It’s sucj an effective brake my 10yr old can shoot it.I couldn’t bring myself to do that. I don’t mind the recoil off the bench, it’s certainly not uncomfortable, and I’ve already got enough hearing issues.
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With my hearing issues I use earplugs with every shot now and the 180gr Berger’s I was shooting were pretty rough on my shoulder. It’s sucj an effective brake my 10yr old can shoot it.
I am the same way as I never put a brake on neither of mine. Looks like your gun likes that load. I ended up settling with Retumbo in mine as it did a little better than RL25........but every gun is different as you know.
Yes sir......I wouldn't test any further myself.I’ve never tried the Retumbo.
I had the RL25 on hand and thought I’d give it a shot. I was previously using IMR 7828. Groups were similar, maybe slightly larger.
I had originally shot the 140 gr Ballistic Tips in it, but I was driving them faster than the recommended maximum speed, and wasn’t getting the results I wanted on deer, so I swapped to the 150 gr Accubond.
I ended up with some Accubond LR, and figured why not try a few loads with the RL25 and see what I get.
I’m pretty happy with it so far...[emoji16]
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Seems like the guys I knew who reloaded for the 7STW used H1000...so theres another powder to consider.
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Both my friends shot 140gr BT's out of their STW's.....all but a couple were DRT the rest ran less than 30yds, according to them.I've tried several powders for mine. I've settled on 7828SSC. I think I tried RL22, RL25, Retubmo, H1000 and seems like there was one more that I tried before I found my pet load. In my gun the 7828ssc gives me the speed and accuracy that I'm happy with. Now I started out shooting Nosler ballistic tips, tried bergers from 140-180gr, and have finally settled on good ol Nosler Partitions. The bergers and ballistic tips just didn't want to exit deer from 0-300yds out and made finding a heart lung shot deer difficult if I shot it on the field edge and it got out of the field. The partitions go all the way through, the deer run the same distance and die the same way, I just have more blood to follow if they get out of the field.
I've tried several powders for mine. I've settled on 7828SSC. I think I tried RL22, RL25, Retubmo, H1000 and seems like there was one more that I tried before I found my pet load. In my gun the 7828ssc gives me the speed and accuracy that I'm happy with. Now I started out shooting Nosler ballistic tips, tried bergers from 140-180gr, and have finally settled on good ol Nosler Partitions. The bergers and ballistic tips just didn't want to exit deer from 0-300yds out and made finding a heart lung shot deer difficult if I shot it on the field edge and it got out of the field. The partitions go all the way through, the deer run the same distance and die the same way, I just have more blood to follow if they get out of the field.
That's a respectable group at a 100. Less than 1/2 moa. It would be fun to see how she groups at 300 or so.