Going back to the original question. Like many I pondered this as I wanted a 7mm saum. I almost went down the tikka 708 conversion road but a couple of gunsmiths I talked to said its easier said than done (apparently they had some bad experiences) I then bought and sold a model 7 with wyatt box. Ended up rebarreling a 270wsm ruger I got cheep to 7mm saum using a $100 rem barrel I bought on TM . Barrel was chopped to 20" and fluted . Shoots under 1" no probs with 150 coreloks over 2209 and 160 nabs over RE19 and RE17. Have been able to get Remington cases ok.
Im in the midst of gathering the bits for a 7-08 > 284 build on a tikka action that will take place over the winter months. Will be an 18" barrel T3. SHould be a bloddy good allrounder.
The Saum seems to have a bit more poke but would require boltface mods no?
Currently mortgaging my house to buy a t3 LA mag , christ they are expensive for 20cents worth of plastic. They are even expensive from the states, although slightly cheaper than here. I hear the 7mm mag mag?! feed the 284 very well
Think I have this nailed down to a tikka 7-08 then rechamber to .284
Or factory model 7 saum, what's everyone's thoughts on the model 7 in
Saum? Only concern is ease of feeding and short mag length
My Model 7 in 7SAUM feeds a 140accubond load well. My 162 amax is too long for the magazine so I single feed those with no issues. Good luck finding a model 7 in 7SAUM, unless you already have one sorted.
can't fit a wyatt's extended mag box to a model 7 as rear of magazine slot cannot be machined as trigger is too close, so no easy options to seat longer projectiles out close to lands and feed out of mag. For those of you necking down the norma brass, have you found it soft versus the rem brass and are you having to back loads off in norma versus the rem?
Yep Norma and nosler custom brass is soft compared to Remington.
The models 7's dont come in stainless now either. If thats important for you
three from memory, will check tonight.
Three
And they fit in the mag well enough that fluting doesn't bother them
A big fast bullet beats a little fast bullet every time
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