I used H4227 with Hornady 180gr .358 spitzer bullets. Because I was using it for silhouette competition, and I could get similar performance on the steel targets with the .357 Maximum, I chose the Max over the Herrett. The Max wins out for convenience and ease of reloading, but the Herrett is a good cartridge if you need the performance it offers and don't mind forming brass.
"Gunfighting is a thinking man's game. So we might want to bring thinking back into it."-MDFA
Beware of my temper, and the dog that I've found...
So did anyone here actually order one yet? It looks like the early adopters are still waiting for delivery a year later...
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits - Mark Twain
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy / Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
I've had intermittent correspondence with Marty @ Haus of Arms. There was a mention in there somewhere of "S&W interference."
I'm told that I'm on a list for when any not already spoken for become available.
I understand the seriousness of IP issues, but part of me still wants to say S&W can screw up anything...
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I ended up buying a CVA Scout rifle in .300 BLK for significantly less than just the custom barrel described would cost, so that basically checks the box of the concept above, but
...so I recently did a little more research on 7-30 Waters, and realized that everything I wrote above (except about factory ammo) is even more true of the 7-30. Still low pressure, so no issues stretching G1 frames, better ballistic coefficients for a given bullet weight, lighter varmint bullets with still decent BCs, Barnes LRX bullets that are engineered to have the same expansion velocity range as the TAC-TX matching the velocity range of the cartridge perfectly, etc. The 7-30 has a little more of a shoulder and some of the taper blown out, so you might get longer brass life. It is a SAAMI cartridge and there has on occasion been factory brass available. There's lots of good load data, and it appears to be in the H4895/Varget sweet spot for mid-weight bullets.
For a hand loader, a 7/30 carbine would probably be the lightest, most compact, shoulder-fired deer stalker you could come up with.
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@Hambo
https://www.hausofarms.com/Newsletters_bc_2.html
Scroll down on the page for the announcement and screen grab from Book o' Feces:
Looks like Bill is in the monolithic business and SSK is back to focusing on Contenders. Scroll down a little more and they discuss the status of the SSK-50 project.SSK FIREARMS/LEHIGH DEFENSE ANNOUNCEMENT
This was posted on the SSK Firearms Facebook Page and we also shared it on our page. For those not on social media, we wanted to share it here as well:
We are pleased to announce that we sold Lehigh Defense to Bill Wilson the founder of Wilson Combat. Now that Lehigh's future is secure we can focus our efforts on taking SSK to the next level. We know that we have a lot of work ahead us, but we are up for the challenge.
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