Thread: What to build with a Rem 700 SA

7mmSAUM is what you want. I can help... :grin:

Dont be loaning that reamer out to anybody till I've had a chance to give you a call.

Originally Posted by DAF

Straight 284 or 7mmSAUM both have plenty of punch

Now theres a thinking mans answer, although I could be a bit biased

You know you want a saum Kiwi Greg

Pop a cci 250 primer in behind plenty of 2217 and critters will die out in front of you.

You will roam the earth with your firestick, grass clad peoples will sketch your silouette upon overhanging rock by the orange glow of manuka embers.

The wind will remember your name, there will be a street named after you in Nelson...................Well Maybe.

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Now theres a thinking mans answer, although I could be a bit biased

You know you want a saum Kiwi Greg

Pop a cci 250 primer in behind plenty of 2217 and critters will die out in front of you.

You will roam the earth with your firestick, grass clad peoples will sketch your silouette upon overhanging rock by the orange glow of manuka embers.

The wind will remember your name, there will be a street named after you in Nelson...................Well Maybe.

Ha Ha Ha.

I still miss my 7mmSAUM Titanium....the good old "never should have sold it" issue

The Saum does have a lot of potential, a bit close to my 6.5wsm though.....& a little common :grin: :grin: :grin:

Good man throw that idea away. I have a 280ai already, no need to buy its balistic twin. Stay on track with my 7mm Fatso or max.

I've played with my version of a shortened 338 lapua necked down to 7mm, if you choose to go this way be prepared for alot of work to get your brass made, the ballistics is about the same as the 7mm STW with about the same barrel life, but I'm still leaning towards the 338 Norma and the new Berger 300gr hybrid BC.818 for a light high volume shooting practice rifle for hunting, targets and steel. Just need a good brake

A 7mm-338 Norma would have to be a single feeder in a short action but would work with about 7mm RUM velocities
But after using the 338s for a while now my vote would still be the 338 Norma

There was a guy on an American forum that did a 7mmsaum improved with a shorter neck for more powder room it fitted better in a short action than a 7mmWSM and was its equal, just something different?

Originally Posted by Terminator

There was a guy on an American forum that did a 7mmsaum improved with a shorter neck for more powder room it fitted better in a short action than a 7mmWSM and was its equal, just something different?

isn't that just a WSM smiley:

350 Rem Mag... big pill, much more modern cases will out perform it but its a fun looking round.....I have 100 new brass here and might know where there is a reamer

I might build a 338 SAUM .... sort of a larger version of the 308, Bit plain but should perform good for an all round hunting rig, built with a lightish barrel.

or go even bigger bore smiley:

If it's a straight hunter then put the 30 06 on and go kill shit.

dirty old rem, might be better making something from it that it will do well at....a paper weight?
7mmsaum and be done

Originally Posted by DAF

isn't that just a WSM smiley:

Yip your right DAF, he admitted it only equaled the 7mm WSM but was a much better mag fit than a 7mm WSM, some people just wont something different, a wyatt mag would fix the mag length issue with the 7mm WSM

Originally Posted by The Claw

I have thought of doing something like this with my 7mmSAUM which I don't "need" anymore. Thinking 338 Thor/Excaliber, single shot, probably 27 inch barrel. But I'm trying to sell the rifle to resist the temptation... In my way of thinking, a hot 7mm out performs a 338 Norma as an all round hunting rifle (other than barrel life), so if you are doing a 338, do a big one...

You wont regret the the 338 excaliber imp 300gr 3150fps, I've just got to get the brass sorted and mine should be up and going some time next year.
You might not need your bigger 338 anymore Claw??
Did someone say 375 Shhh smiley:

I suggested 243WSM as you allready have a barrel,338s are cool but how many of them do you want? for a "gerneral hunting rifle" hard to go past a 308, Oh hang on a minit how many of them do you want:grin: You must be a right barstard to buy a xmas present for! Ever thought of a fast twist 30/378? that would be cool but maybe not in a unbraked hunting rifle