Thread: Short barreled 7 saum or .284 win

Originally Posted by von tempsky fan

I went for the 284 over the 7mm saum mainly for the brass selection - lapua and it would do everything I wanted to 10m - 600M , I went the rechambered t3 7mm08 route which was cheap and easy , cut barrel down to 19 mm , wacked on a can and NF 2.5 -10×42 and use the 150grn LRAB to 2970fp .Just got back from down the line shot 7 deer from 240m to just over 500m and it went perfect the only thing I might change is the scope , a bit more magnification would be nice as I passed up a nice fallow stag at 625m

More long range practise with the scope you are using now will see you right, i have the same scope on a 7mm08 and have no problem hitting an A4 sheet of paper at 1000yrds.

Practise practise practise

But i do commend anyone passing up a shot if things don't feel right on the day.