Seafarer12
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I have an itch to build up an Encore pistol in 7mm Br. Anyone have any tricks or tips on reloading it.
Anyone reload 7mm Br
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steveno
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unless you find factory 7 BR brass the forming dies are expensive and definitely not a fun way to spend time forming cases. I should also add that with the amount of forming required you had better have a stout press like a RCBS Rockchucker.
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Seafarer12
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You can buy brass for them.
steveno
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if you can find the brass have fun because it is one of the most accurate rounds ever made. if you have to form the brass it ain't worth the effort.
Seafarer12
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Thats why when I found some I bought 500 rounds of it. Would have bought more but at .50 a piece thats all I cared to spend. It will probably last me forever. I am not planning on using it as a plinking gun. I would buy a .223 barrel for that.
steveno
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when Remington first brought out the 7 BR for IHMSA they figured that the shooters wouldn't mind forming brass. I think that they looked at IHMSA as a big experiment. in the beginning all Remington made was a 308 case (small rifle primer) with slightly thinnner case walls for easier case forming. with all of the work involved not all of the shooters were that crazy about forming the BR case. it wasn't until several years later that they came out with factory 7 BR brass. a lot of shooters had their xp's rechambered to 7-08 which had came out in about the same time frame. the gain was factory brass and the loss was a LOT more recoil. it is a very accurate round. I got rid of my XP becuase I just couldn't shoot creedmore with it. I think that it would be a really neat rifle round in one of the Winchester M-70's with the wssm action.
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Mine is going to be a 14 inch TC Encore with a 4x scope. It should be interesting. I am going to save the 7mm-08 for a rifle barrel. I knew I wanted to do a BR in a pistol but I was having a hard time between the 6mm and 7mm. What made up my mind was long range ballistics. The 7mm just has more energy down range. This will be a hunting rig so I will feel better having that extra punch. If it was just shooting paper I would have gone with the 6mm. I also thought about the 6.5mm Br but the 7mm has more bullet selection. I would love to have a XP100 in 7mm Br. Maybe one of these days if I ever find a good deal on one. Atleast from now on I will have an excuse to get another 7mm Br. I am already set up for it.
steveno
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if you find a xp in 7 BR make sure it is a factory original. IHMSA was offering a deal to rechamber the 7 BR to 7-08 with arrangements with a gunsmith(who I don't know) and a quick turn around like 2 weeks. this was when the 7 BR first came out. I don't remember how much but the quality of the rechamber was less than stellar. the 7-08 reamer wouldn't completely clean out the 7 BR chamber. if you find an XP with 7 BR lined out and remarked 7-08 I would avoid it at all costs.
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Does anyone have the 7mm br ammo for sale, I need a few boxes, from Andy
Schleprok62
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I'm asking for education and curiosity...
Wouldn't this be more or less the 7mm-08?? I looked at the case specs in one of my reloading manuals, and assuming I looked at the correct pages (7mm IHMSA), They do look an aweful lot a like, slight differences in case dimensions.
If this caliber was THAT good... why did it fail so miserably?? But then, why is the .280 Rem ignored more often than not... ok, I'm beginning to babble... LOL...
just curious...
steveno
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the 7 mm IHMSA is basically a 300 Savage necked down to 7 mm. it has a slightly sharper shoulder after fireforming. IHMSA (Elign Gates) designed a number of IHMSA rounds in 6.5 mm , 30 cal & 35 cal and all were based on the 300 Savage case. the 7 mm I think was the most popular and is a very good round. you just form the cases by running the 300 case into a 7 MM IHMSA sizing die. it is a very accurate round
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I have an XP-100 in 7mm BR that is one of the most accurate firearms in my collection. My favorite powder for the 7mm BR is Winchester 748. For hunting the 140gr Nosler Partition loaded to 2200 fps is what I use. I had enough success with that round that I wanted a rifle chambered the same (for hunting at night). In the end the almighty dollar made be go with 7-08 down loaded to around 2300fps. It works fine, but without the “hole in a hole” groups of the XP.
Google 7mm br ammunition and there are a number of places to buy pre made ammunition http://www.cpcartridge.com/7mmBR-P.htm is one of them.
Google 7mm br ammunition and there are a number of places to buy pre made ammunition http://www.cpcartridge.com/7mmBR-P.htm is one of them.
Seafarer12
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It is less than the 7mm-08. The 7mm-08 is just necked down. The 7mm BR is shortened and then necked to 7mm. I am probably going to get a 7mm-08 barrel one of these days just because they are easy to get.
What kind of charge are you running with that 140 grain?
I have been thinking about trying some 335 or 322
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This is good input, thanks peoples, from Andy
7mm br
I load for a rifle, 19" bbl. Went to the range last weekend, 6/28.
For 120gr:
H-335 is very good. 30-32 grs.
I'm gonna try 4895 and 3031 next,
748 was not that good.
I'll try 140gr next. RL7 and RL10x may be a good bet.
7mmbr cases come up on ebay once in a while.
I load for a rifle, 19" bbl. Went to the range last weekend, 6/28.
For 120gr:
H-335 is very good. 30-32 grs.
I'm gonna try 4895 and 3031 next,
748 was not that good.
I'll try 140gr next. RL7 and RL10x may be a good bet.
7mmbr cases come up on ebay once in a while.
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