Thread: 284 on Husky action

Load your 7RM with 162 eldm to 2800fps (or whatever you fancy) and spend the thousands you've saved on the rifle project on hunting trips.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Load your 7RM with 162 eldm to 2800fps (or whatever you fancy) and spend the thousands you've saved on the rifle project on hunting trips.

For sure...but once you get down to 55 grains of powder you have a more compact gun...shorter barrel with a smaller suppressor.
I have to prove the point to myself yet...but the goal is to kill things dead at 600 with less muzzle blast...
At the moment with the Rem Mag I yet slightly fuzzy vision in my shooting eye after a handle full of shots...and not so much a headache but I sure as hell don't want to pull the trigger again for a day or two...old age

Maybe I should be seeing my doctor rather than my gunsmith...

Originally Posted by Fisherman

For sure...but once you get down to 55 grains of powder you have a more compact gun...shorter barrel with a smaller suppressor.
I have to prove the point to myself yet...but the goal is to kill things dead at 600 with less muzzle blast...
At the moment with the Rem Mag I yet slightly fuzzy vision in my shooting eye after a handle full of shots...and not so much a headache but I sure as hell don't want to pull the trigger again for a day or two...old age

Maybe I should be seeing my doctor rather than my gunsmith...

NZ Hunter have been singing the praises of the 7RM in "super pig" guise. (20" barrel and suppressor). They have mentioned it in their last two magazine issues with loads for longer ranges than the standard bush pig type rifles. Could be worth a look but I get the impression you're keen on a more elaborate project, and fair enough.

Originally Posted by Shearer

NZ Hunter have been singing the praises of the 7RM in "super pig" guise. (20" barrel and suppressor). They have mentioned it in their last two magazine issues with loads for longer ranges than the standard bush pig type rifles. Could be worth a look but I get the impression you're keen on a more elaborate project, and fair enough.

It would be nice to be able to buy his articles on line.
I've just started playing with 150 grain bullets which lets me use 2209...284 loads basically.

And I have thought about rechambering the Rem Mag to SAUM (if that's possible) and running gentle loads in that...
The Tikka leaves me cold...and the Husky is such a beautiful thing (but not original like FRST's one).