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7 mm BR

DaBigMoose
Being a sucker for a bargain, I recently acquired a few boxes of factory loaded Remington 7 mm BR ammo and some loading dies. Also a set of forming dies and 308 BR cases that I'm told can be reformed to 7 mm BR. What the hell do I have? Can't find much reference to it anywhere and don't see any listing for this stuff in Cabela's or Midway. Is it all worth anything to knowledgeable people on the market?[?]
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  • cpermd
    You have a small accurate cartridge for a Remington XP 100 or an Encore.
    Used mainly for silhouette competition.
    It is a very specialized cartridge
    Not much use for any thing else due to the low velocity.
    You basically bought an orphan.
    I have killed a few deer and hogs with mine.

    I had an XP100 rebarreled to 338 Whisper.
    It uses the same brass necked up.
    This is much more useful to me.

    CP
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  • Bert H.
    Locate your local IHMSA organization... there will be a number of members who will be interested in what you have. Both the 7mm BR (Bench Rest) and the 7mm IHMSA (a 300 savage necked down to 7mm) are superbly accurate cartridges, and are favored by fellows who shoot in the Unlimited silhouette class.
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  • nononsense
    DaBigMoose,

    Welcome to the Gunbroker Forums!

    I'm sitting here at the airport with a delayed flight (not news these days...) so I thought I would jot down a couple of thoughts.

    The 7mm BR Remington is the original short benchrest style cartridge but chambered in the XP100. As soon as it arrived on the scene folk began working on loads for hunting of course. This cartridge is entirely suited for use in short barreled rifles as well as the longer barreled pistols. I have built many of these for use with 20" barrels, magazine fed woods rifles. My loads are good to 400 with enough remaining energy to kill deer.

    The .308 BR brass is a good find. You can use it for any of the .308 based cartridges, short or standard. Be aware that the flash hole is small so check your decapping pin before attempting to resize/decap. Personally, I'd use these cases to make 6.5x47 Lapua cases and have the best of both world.

    The once fired brass from your boxed ammunition can be resized for 22BR, 6mmBR, 6.5BR up to and including the a fore mentioned .338 Whisper or similar. It can also be necked down and then the neck pushed forward for little more powder space.

    Do some searching around or e-mail me if you want to discuss this further.

    Best.
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  • sandwarrior
    DaBigMoose,

    It sounds to me that you now need to acquire a barrel or two for your Thompson Contender[:D][:D]

    The 7mm BR is great for 500 yds. knocking down the ram in pistol silhouette shooting. Better than the 7mm TCU or 7-30 Waters but at the slightly higher cost of some recoil to the hand. Not as bad as any of the .308 based cases though.

    The .30 BR is pretty much the favorite of the hunter class benchrest crowd. You shoot for points instead of groups and the bigger the bullet diameter the better chance you have of getting a higher score. The natural choice was to get the lightest (almost) .30 cal bullet out there the 125 gr. Although, if that's the reasoning, I could see the 8mm Kurz making a comeback. Anyhow, one of the guys I shoot with up in Northern Minnesota shoots a .30 BR. So far he's done pretty good with it. Both it and the 7mm BR are viable rounds. So is the 8mm Kurz for that matter.
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  • DaBigMoose
    Thanks to all who posted replies. Most helpful.
    DaBigMoose[8D]
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