.223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

[Jt13]

how big is the mag box on a model seven?

Mine measures about 2.350" with calipers.

My line of thinking was $125 to thread my existing barrel OR $400 installed for the new one. $275 to play with something new.... why not

 

[DadWil]

Ended up going with Shaw barrels, 223AI, remington sporter contour, 1/7 twist, 18in, threaded 1/2x28 for $300.

I've bought 2 barrels from Shaw a regular 223 & a 223Wylde.. both 26" 1/8 twist Magnum contour. Both more accurate than the nut behind the trigger. Did my own blueing with a Chem blue kit I had.
Factory 55gr loads spit out at 3500fps. My 75gr home rolleds I try to get close to 2882fps

 

[Jt13]

I've bought 2 barrels from Shaw a regular 223 & a 223Wylde.. both 26" 1/8 twist Magnum contour. Both more accurate than the nut behind the trigger. Did my own blueing with a Chem blue kit I had.
Factory 55gr loads spit out at 3500fps. My 75gr home rolleds I try to get close to 2882fps

I really struggled to decide on contour. I was very, very close to doing either magnum or their heavy sporter.

I settled on sporter figuring that at only 18" it'll be plenty stiff. Also I have to carve less wood out of the stock to get it to fit and float in the original wood stock

 

[SC HUNTER]

I stumbled across this site by accident a few weeks ago while researching 7mm-08 terminal performance because I want a more compact rifle with less recoil that I would want to shoot more often. I saw a comment from Mr. Form talking in depth about 6.5 CM vs. 7mm-08, which led me down a rabbit hole to here. I'm 50 pages and 1,000 comments in with 9,000 more comments to go. My wife is starting to get suspicious and jealous since I've been glued to my phone the past few nights, lol.

I'm in my early 30s, and I've been hunting my whole life, but nothing serious like y'all do here. I sort of just accepted all the conventional fuddlore from mainstream forums and YouTube and didn't think much past it. I've been shooting a .30-06 since I was 14 because that's what I was told was needed to anchor 120-lb Deep South whitetails.

Anyway, this isn't a particularly noteworthy comment, but I just wanted to express my gratitude for totally changing my viewpoint and educating me. I still have a lot to learn, but knowing that my dream of a short, handy, mild-recoiling rifle that's capable of ethically harvesting big game is a reality is exciting.

Welcome! I'm also in the South more so the South East over in Georgia and a 223 will kill them dead as a door nail. I'm shooting a 6.5 Creedmoor most recently but I've killed hundreds of deer with a 223 and probably over 1000 hogs with the same caliber. BTW a 7mm-08 is an awesome caliber that I love alot!