Thread: 7SAUM bullet options

Originally Posted by caberslash

Honestly? If it's a fresh barrel then you need to find a load (bullet and powder) that shoots first, stock up with a barrel's worth instead of worry about what BC is best etc.

Have seen blokes whip up a world beating load but then find out the 200 bullets and one tub of powder they bought are now unobtanium or have to scour the ends of the earth/pay insane prices.

Here in the UK the 180 ELDM never took off as the initial reports of blow-ups and most people not having a barrel twist fast enough or magazine long enough ment the price hovered around £40 per 100 (before 7PRC came out). When I found them at close to £30 per 100 and rumours of a lead ban, I went ahead and got a barrel's worth.

They are quite a long yet jump tolerant bullet. Not seen any mid-air blow ups (touch wood) and very happy with them, most shops had them on the back of shelves due to the method of stocking items being a random purchase of whatever the distributor had.

If you can get to a shop with a large amount of the same lot, it would be prudent to stock up or even ask if they have a bulk discount if buying 1-2k of the same projectile.

I'd not touch Bergers due to availability problems, F class mob buying them by the thousand no matter the cost and also price.

Some bergers are readily available here the 175 not so much 180eldm are easy now days were a struggle Covid era