stw

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The rifle laying crossways is my Weatherby Mark V Accumark chambered in 7mm STW. Only difference is now it sports a Leupold VX-III 4.5-14x40 Long Range scope. I'm lovin' that round and it's a great shooter! Currently I'm shooting a custom made cartridge made by a firm out here in California that builds with blended powders. It's pushing a Barnes XLC bullet at about 3400 fps and my "point blank range" is about 395 yards if I recall correctly. I'm in the process of handloading the Nosler Accubond for it now but haven't shot or chronied any of the numerous test loads.

When I bought it, I too was curious and concerned about availability of ammo (which is sort of mute since it came with 250 custom cartridges and I handload anyway) but was surprised to see the availability of cartridges built by many different manufacturers. To go against the RUM, out here the shelves have more bullet choices for the STW than RUM, your results might vary.

7mm Rem Mag, 7mm STW, 7mm RUM....they'll all get 'er done!