What is Federal paying to shill for 7 backcountry?

[43.6N]

So when is somebody going to stick a scythe Ti on a 16” 7bc?

 

[cal30_sniper]

I think they said its was to reduce case diameter to fit another rd in a mag.

It could also be to reduce bolt thrust with the higher pressure case. This may be one of their strategies to help actions (especially bolt lugs) survive the higher pressure.

That's pure conjecture, but if true, may mean we won't see magnum bolt face peak alloy cases, at least not on current actions.

Edit to add that I could also see some engineering manager at Federal making a call to pilot this technology on a standard bolt face for this reason to increase safety margin, regardless of whether or not the analysis shows that the increased bolt thrust is even a problem.