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Sandgroper wrote:7x66 Vom Hofe Express?

Blimey, that looks a bit recoily

Can I have a play please Mr? :lol:

Stuck wrote:

Sandgroper wrote:7x66 Vom Hofe Express?

Blimey, that looks a bit recoily

Can I have a play please Mr? :lol:

Just doing a bit of badger baiting - but it's a round I'd give a home to, just for fun of it!

Hell yes.

Thanks for bringing that round to my attention!

We've decided, oomans. We have a 7mm-08 on order. Thanks for all the advice. :goodjob: sign92

It should look a little like this:

Now oomans, where is a good place to buy 7mm Remington Magnum canned bangs ? (Yes, 7mm Magnum, not -08)

get your local gunshop to get some in or better still make your own

Yes, ooman, we'd thought of that. We just wondered if any of you large brained creatures knew of a dealer that actually had some in stock, and at a Yorkshire badger friendly price...

You can get it in the UK if you look around however it is usually special order unless you find someone with it sitting on a dusty shelf. We had to order in a couple of boxes (Norma) last year and it was quite pricey.

7mm Rem Mag for target shooting, with factory ammo? Firstly expensive. Secondly, is any factory ammo loaded with suitable target bullets? It can be a bit of a barrel burner as well, allegedly. Not much over 1000 rounds barrel life. I'm not sure you've made the right choice....

Sim G wrote: I'm not sure you've made the right choice....

We agree with you in part, ooman, but we think we have made the wrong choice for the right reason. Allow us to elucidate.

As you'll know from our many other threads, we have a growing collection of olde gonnes but no modern target shooting rifle - our newest full bore rifle being a Swiss K31. Ovenpaa is currently working some magic on a nice P14 target rifle for us, so we are well able to shoot out to 300 and 600 mards with our existing military surplus rifles. We have been contemplating the options for a 600 to 1,000 mard target rifle for some time and seriously considered getting something in .338 Lapua. However, lack of suitable ranges and advice from the denizens of this esteemed forum guided us towards something in 7mm. We were in the process of settling on a Howa 1500 or Remington action, an AICS stock and a Truflight or Bartlein barrel in 7-08 when the opportunity to buy a used 7mm Magnum popped up. The 7mm Magnum has a Remington action and is in an AICS stock, and is priced at rather less than the cost of the components we had identified. The barrel looks to have plenty of life left in it too. Our plan is therefore to use it as is until the barrel wears out, at which point we may have it re-barrelled in 7x57 or 7x64. Until then, we'll have a flat shooting, accurate rifle capable of being used on most UK ranges, at a very good price and an incentive to take up paw loading to feed it.