Thread: New 7mm offering by federal

Originally Posted by 6.5 CRD

I think the barrel wear thing is a bit of a moot point, if your buying this cartridge because you want 3k with a 170+gr pill in a short ish barrel, the only other way your getting there is with the likes of 7 mag/7prc/7saum/28 nosler etc with a stinking hot handload and at that point your giving everything a hard time including the brass and surely best case scenario wearing the barrel out just as fast (more likely faster) than the backcountry.

True, if you want those numbers your barrel is going to be cooked fast no matter how you achieve it