.300 WSM or .300 Win Mag

[C Ward]

My proof is a consistent 1/2 moa with everything I've fed it . The thing with lighter rifles to remember is a lighter rifle is less forgiving and the fundamentals are more important to repeatable accuracy .

[Delfuego]

I also went with an 8.5 twist. I actually added +4lbs kit to the stock and a Fat Bastard brake to mine to help with recoil and piss off Chuck...

[Hoser]

to help with recoil and piss off Chuck...

Win-Win

[C Ward]

Don't make me angry , you won't like me when I'm angry

[omega1]

I plan on bringing my 7 saum to the long range magnum match in Raton this month and I'm happy to report that I finally got that suppressor that I've been promising to get for the last 3 years.

[smchop]

I plan on bringing my 7 saum to the long range magnum match in Raton this month and I'm happy to report that I finally got that suppressor that I've been promising to get for the last 3 years.

I'm gonna go with a 7 SAUM, thinking 1:8 twist, probably 22", switch barrel so I can run my 6.5x47 on the same action when its not set up for hunting.

[C Ward]

7 SAUM and 6.5x47 have different case head diameters and the internal dimensions of the feed lips in the action are different also .

May be able to get by with just changing the bolts , not certain on that and you would need to get with the action manufacturer.

[smchop]

7 SAUM and 6.5x47 have different case head diameters and the internal dimensions of the feed lips in the action are different also .

May be able to get by with just changing the bolts , no certain on that and you would need to get with the action manufacturer.

I knew about the bolt and just so happened that there was a magnum short action bolt for sale on the Hide, so I snatched it up. I've seen other rifles running on Surgeon actions run both before, meaning a standard boltface caliber and swapped to a magnum caliber. But your right, a quick call to Surgeon won't hurt. Any advice on whether to run SAUM or WSM? Is 1:8 to fast for the 180's? Thanks

[Delfuego]

I know the Bighorns are machined with exact tolerances and you can swap barrel and bolt heads w/o headspace issues. I do not know about Surgeons. Likely both barrels and both bolts will need to go to the smith's together and a reputable smith.

[Hoser]

I knew about the bolt and just so happened that there was a magnum short action bolt for sale on the Hide, so I snatched it up. I've seen other rifles running on Surgeon actions run both before, meaning a standard boltface caliber and swapped to a magnum caliber. But your right, a quick call to Surgeon won't hurt. Any advice on whether to run SAUM or WSM? Is 1:8 to fast for the 180's? Thanks

Many years ago I ordered an action from Surgeon with a 223 and 308 bolt. I am *still* waiting on that 223 bolt. Its ok though, I sold the action once I started getting the runaround from those knuckleheads.