I believe another significant reason is because it passed the drop test: https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/maven-rs1-2-2-5-15x44mm-field-eval.338756/#post-3419581
My 17 year old and my 15 year old sons both killed raghorn bulls this past fall. 17 year old used his 22" Tikka T3 in 7mm-08 with 145 grain LRX hand loads at 2804 fps and 15 year old used his 20" Browning X-Bolt with 150 grain ELD-X hand loads at 2712 fps. I was guiding so I wasn't with them...
Qualifier: I’ve been reloading for a few years but I’m no expert. I have a lot to learn so maybe I missed something but he said there was no bolt lift or difficulty with extraction and on the cases that I saw, the primers did not look deformed and there were no extractor marks.
This is my first post. Found a lot of great info in this thread that helped me figure out a velocity issue for a friend. So much so that I had to join and share this info:
A friend has a Savage 110 Ultralight in 7mm PRC (22” barrel). He bought 6 boxes of Hornady PH 175 gr ELD-X ammunition and...