7mm STW ANY INFO OR OPINIONS

[torrey.harris.5]

According to the ballistic charts
It’s pretty bad ass caliber.
There isn’t a lot of info on it though


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[wapitibob]

Works fine, 140 Barnes tsx hauls ass. 1000+ shots on the barrel, still waiting for the "barrel burner burnout" to kick in. 28 Nosler would be good too except Nosler has jacked the brass price into the stratosphere.

 

[davsco]

i bought one way back when it came out, certainly gets the job done. downside for non-reloaders is ammo choices have dwindled down, though good news is hornady just started making a load for it. but looking at its numbers, hard round to beat if you want to reach out and touch something.

 

[Copen1822]

Good friend of mine has one and I've had the pleasure of shooting it on several occasions. His is a M700 and an absolute hammer. Very accurate and devastating on what you hit. I want one!

Recoil is stout and ammo options limited if you don't handload.

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[dieselchessy]

Curious what you want to do with it? Hard to imagine a 7 rem mag wouldn’t do everything a guy wanted to do with a 7mm.
I’d think if a guy wanted more than that the next step would be a 30 or 338 rather than a little more speed out of a 7mm.

 

[camping1601]

Although I really don't shoot it much I've had one since it was a wildcat. It's fast and flat!

 

[Huntin wv]

My brother has one in a Savage with 26” medium contour barrel. As everyone has said it’s very fast and accurate. Also as has been mentioned, ammo choices may be limited if you don’t hand load.


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[Billinsd]

Curious what you want to do with it? Hard to imagine a 7 rem mag wouldn’t do everything a guy wanted to do with a 7mm.
I’d think if a guy wanted more than that the next step would be a 30 or 338 rather than a little more speed out of a 7mm.

A whole lot of extra recoil for just a litter extra performance, not a linear relationship. I did a lot of research on 7mms 10 years ago and talked to several guys that sold their souped up 7mms due to the recoil. This was the same time folks started hunting with high ballistics coefficient Berger bullets. The 7mm bullet has the best ballistic coefficient around 160 to be 180 grains. The 30 cal shines over 200 grains, something like that I remember. Excessive recoil and having to probably reload are only real downsides to the STW.

 

[FURMAN]

The 28 Nosler has slightly more case capacity but 180s can be seated with the boat tail junction at the neck shoulder junction and still fit in a Remington 700 mag box. A 7-300 in Nosler brass will have slightly less and most likely get 180s to the same node with better component availability.

 

[wapitibob]

195 Bergers would be my choice for a heavy bullet.

 

[mtmuley]

7mm STW | Long Range Hunting Forum This will keep you busy for awhile. mtmuley

 

[snarpezal]

I have one on a Ula action, 26in barrel, shoots good, Nosler factory 160 accubonds at just under 3200. Weighs a little over 6.5 lbs without a scope. Recoil is not bad, maybe Melvin’s stock. Kills well with good shot placement, like most other similar calibers.

 

[doverpack12]

I won one In a cooper Model 52 Jackson Hunter in 2015. Started with some nosler factory loads for brass and bought a few boxes as well. Factory 160 accubonds are loaded hotter than I would intentionally load. 175 ABLR actually shot pretty well but wasn’t up to the speed on the box. All that was just to get some brass. I bought my first Berger bullets 180 hunting VLD and worked up a nice 0.5” load easily. Loaded up enough rounds to hunt and off I went. Shot a nice big wide Muley buck up close probably 50-60 yards quartering to and never recovered after tracking on hands and knees for two days and countless grids walked with a gps so I could see all of my tracks. Had the help of a few friends the second day and nothing more turned up. Week later killed a decent buck with fist size exit at 175 broadside. Few more weeks and had a cow broadside inside 100 yards and hit behind the shoulder little below mid body. Gave her a little time got on the tracks and sparse blood trail and had to shoot her twice more quartering away and then when I got up to her twice in the head. Once through the ears and once back to front that finally put her down. After that I moved on to nosler partitions and determined the Berger’s were not meant to be shot over 3000 fps in a 7mm. 175 ABLR and ELD-X never even came close to shooting under an inch. Then I found Hammer Bullets and order the 143 Hammer Hunter. I ran that up to almost 3700 fps in a ladder before hitting pressure. Backed up to 3400 and loaded some to test out. My rifle shoots them basically one hole when I’m shooting it well enough and they are flat shooting. Three elk and two deer now with those bullets and couldn’t be happier.

If you want flat shooting that will handle almost anything I don’t know that there are too many better rounds. If you want to dial every shot anyway I don’t know that there is a huge advantage. A lot of the manuals don’t push to the full potential of the round so the numbers look less impressive.

 

[Young_Gun.20]

The Barnes TTSX 140's and 150's have shot 1 MOA out of my 7mm and they will kill anything! 140 and 150 is a bit light for most Elk Hunters especially Long range guys. They shoot faster and a bit flatter out to 500-600 yards.

 

[belly-deep]

I've had one since 2004. Mine is a Winchester M70 classic stainless. Mine has been easy to load for - 7828 is the best powder I've found.

Recoil is about on par with a 300 Win Mag

Great elk/mule deer round, but in the age of turrets and laser rangefinders, I don't carry it as much now.

 

[MTElkChaser]

If I was looking at 7mm STW, I’d have to seriously consider the 28 Nosler.

 

[YBPS]

I have one. It’s my go to gun for deer and elk. I have a wayatt mag box and a longer lead and shoot 180 Berger’s at 3150 FPS ( retumbo 79 grains). Never had an elk or deer walk away.

I have a 28 on order, as the STW will need a new barrel someday. I like the idea of not having the belt and my STW has a COAL of 3.950 so it doesn’t feed perfectly. The 28 will be more like 3.7 COAL.