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7mm WSM 120 gr Varmint Load

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29 April 2003, 15:10
Savage99
7mm WSM 120 gr Varmint Load
This load might be way too hot in other rifles. Work all loads up. Who knows what lot of powder you and I have or what our bore diameters etc are like.

120 gr Hornady V Max 71.0 grs RL 22 Fed 215M.
3521 fps. Extreme spread 7 fps.
In a Win M 70 Classic this load shot .63" at 100 yds and 1.03" at 200 yds with some wind. The 120 7mm V MAX has a Ci of .375.

The temperature today was 82F and I kept the ammo out of the sun. Extraction and all other signs were ok but it's a hot load. This is the second time that the load made this same velocity.

[ 04-29-2003, 06:11: Message edited by: Savage99 ]
30 April 2003, 00:33
Dave Jenkins
Nice load Sav. Most loaders Ive read are suggesting against the use of Mag primers in our WSMs. In my 300 I had the best luck with CCI250s and RL-19 for the light pills....125 to 140 grains. How far off of the lands are you starting that Vmax? Id bet that a couple less grains of the Rl-22 under a 139IB would be some powerful deer medicine.
Dave