Forums46
Topics537,029
Posts9,719,585
Members86,989
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
7 Rem Mag Rebarrel
#7067191
02/05/18 11:15 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 3,832
Texan Til I Die
OP
Extreme Tracker
|
OP
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 3,832 |
Based on recent performance, I believe my trusty old 7 Rem Mag is nearing the end of it's barrel life. Plus I want a heavier contour to help with heat related issues when I'm shooting steel with it. So what brand, contour, and twist do I need? Here's the criteria that I can think of:
Primary use - target shooting on steel out to 1000+ yards Secondary use - hunting from a stand Likely bullet selection - 175 ELD-X for hunting and maybe targets, or possibly 175 or 183 SMK on the targets
The rifle is a Savage 116 so I would prefer to buy a factory finished/chambered barrel and install it myself. In the past I've used the Douglas Air Gauged barrels twice - one shoots excellent, the other just average. I've also used one EA Brown Accuracy barrel and it shoots greats. I don't have any personal experience with any of the other brands.
Silver spurs and gold tequila keep me hanging on. Pretty girls and old cantinas give me shelter from the storm.
|
|
|
Re: 7 Rem Mag Rebarrel
[Re: Texan Til I Die]
#7067212
02/05/18 11:43 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 4,432
TFF Caribou
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 4,432 |
ER Shaw makes savage barrels that I’ve read a lot of good stuff about.
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference. -George Washington
|
|
|
Re: 7 Rem Mag Rebarrel
[Re: Texan Til I Die]
#7067258
02/06/18 12:30 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 29,576
Sneaky
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 29,576 |
Plenty of good brands to choose from. My gunsmith recommended a Lilja for 7mm, and that’s worked out quite well.
You could probably get by with a 1:9 twist, but I would definitely go a little tighter to be sure, for those 175’s. For a proper stability factor, 1:9 starts to fade as you approach sea level. If you can get 1:8.75 or 1:8.5, you would be covered at any level.
As for contour, I would say something in the Sendero range, whatever number that may be for that particular make, but that’s just my preference.
|
|
|
Re: 7 Rem Mag Rebarrel
[Re: Texan Til I Die]
#7067326
02/06/18 01:32 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 41,083
J.G.
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 41,083 |
The specs on my 7 Rem Mag barrel, and it has performed excellent!"
Rock Creek, Light Palma contour, stainless, 26" finish, 1:8.5 twist, Kampfield spiral flutes, loaded with 180 gr Berger VLD-Hunting, and a whole bunch of H-Retumbo.
They'll leave at 3000 fps out of my muzzle. It is a sight to see them hit steel and hide.
I'd stay in, or real close to that bullet weight. Certainly give Berger and Hornady a look. The Hornady 180 gr ELD-M is what I would buy, if it weren't that I've got more Berger 180's than I have barrel life, left.
Hornady 7mm 180 gr ELD-M G-1 .796 G-7 .401
^^That's bad to the bone, right there!! So much so that 1000 yards is no biggie. Run em a mile if you get the chance.
800 Yard Steel Range Precision Rifle Instruction Memberships and Classes Available
|
|
|
Re: 7 Rem Mag Rebarrel
[Re: Texan Til I Die]
#7067347
02/06/18 01:40 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 29,576
Sneaky
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 29,576 |
Those are beautiful numbers.
|
|
|
Re: 7 Rem Mag Rebarrel
[Re: Sneaky]
#7067360
02/06/18 01:44 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 41,083
J.G.
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 41,083 |
Those are beautiful numbers. Hornady continues to impress. Those BC's are monster. And the old 7 Rem Mag can drive them damn fast, and consistent.
800 Yard Steel Range Precision Rifle Instruction Memberships and Classes Available
|
|
|
Re: 7 Rem Mag Rebarrel
[Re: Texan Til I Die]
#7067414
02/06/18 02:11 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 29,576
Sneaky
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 29,576 |
|
|
|
Re: 7 Rem Mag Rebarrel
[Re: Texan Til I Die]
#7067995
02/06/18 04:17 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 18,907
ChadTRG42
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 18,907 |
If you are going to spend the money to get a new barrel and want top accuracy, I would not be going with a cheaper barrel, like the ER shaw barrels. They make decent barrels for the money, but they are not a custom barrel or one I would put in the "match grade" category.
|
|
|
Re: 7 Rem Mag Rebarrel
[Re: Texan Til I Die]
#7068048
02/06/18 05:08 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 3,832
Texan Til I Die
OP
Extreme Tracker
|
OP
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 3,832 |
I haven't really priced anything yet. Off the top of my head, I'd planned to spend around $500 or so. Will that get me into something decent, or should I up that figure?
Silver spurs and gold tequila keep me hanging on. Pretty girls and old cantinas give me shelter from the storm.
|
|
|
Re: 7 Rem Mag Rebarrel
[Re: Texan Til I Die]
#7068093
02/06/18 05:40 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 41,083
J.G.
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 41,083 |
I haven't really priced anything yet. Off the top of my head, I'd planned to spend around $500 or so. Will that get me into something decent, or should I up that figure? $350 for a cut rifled blank. But a choice of some of the finest barrels in the world. Bartlein, Brux, Obermeyer, Rock Creek, Krieger. $350 to the gunsmith.
800 Yard Steel Range Precision Rifle Instruction Memberships and Classes Available
|
|
|
Re: 7 Rem Mag Rebarrel
[Re: Texan Til I Die]
#7069063
02/07/18 10:43 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 315
trigger time
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 315 |
It's worth spending the extra 100 or so to get a premium barrel and have a good smith chamber it. Buying a drop in Shaw or the like vs having something like a bartlein chambered by someone doing it right is kinda comparing a ls engine out of a truck to one out of a corvette. There basicaly the same.. but not really.
|
|
|
Re: 7 Rem Mag Rebarrel
[Re: Texan Til I Die]
#7071254
02/08/18 11:42 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 441
VAFish
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 441 |
Get a Shilen Stainless Select Match barrel. $449 and you can install it on a savage yourself with a set of Headspace gauges. http://www.shilen.com/savageBarrels.html
"If your plan is for one year, plant rice. If your plan is for ten years, plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years, educate children." -- Confucius
|
|
|
Re: 7 Rem Mag Rebarrel
[Re: Texan Til I Die]
#7071689
02/09/18 12:24 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 507
scdogman
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 507 |
Shilen barrels are cheaper at NSS. A select match barrel is $339 plus shipping. That’s stainless.
I have installed 2 of them after attending Youtube University
|
|
|
Re: 7 Rem Mag Rebarrel
[Re: scdogman]
#7072472
02/09/18 10:55 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 39,481
redchevy
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 39,481 |
Shilen barrels are cheaper at NSS. A select match barrel is $339 plus shipping. That’s stainless.
I have installed 2 of them after attending Youtube University I assume NSS is Natchez shooters supply? Or is it somewhere else, couldn't find them on their site?
It's hell eatin em live
|
|
|
Re: 7 Rem Mag Rebarrel
[Re: Texan Til I Die]
#7073084
02/10/18 01:58 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 33,799
Buzzsaw
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 33,799 |
Proof Research or forget about it
SPACE FOR RENT
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|