160 Gr Accubond for 7MM Rem Mag

[Mike Winter]

I'm wanting to load 160 gr Accubonds in 7MM Rem Mag and not able to locate reload data to include recommended OAL and anticipated fps. Any help would be greatly appreciated. My components will be said bullet, Remington brass and WLRM primers. I currently have IMR4350, H4831, REL19 & 22, and N160 available for powder. Thx mike

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

My dad just bought a tikka lite in a 7 mag. I"ll be working up loads for it with a 150g btip as it will be a long range deer getter. With that said, I've reloaded for quite a few 7 mags over the years. I'll be testing both RL19 and 22 powders, as well as H-1000. I would rather use H-1000 as its not temp sensitive, and the RL series of powders are horribly temp sensitive. Anyways, your OAL can be 3.290" Dont matter what weight or style of bullet your using for a 7 mag, the OAL can always be 3.290" The longer the OAL, usually the better your groups tend to be. WIth your powders you list, the MAX are as follows according to the nosler manual. However, books are a guideline and your particular rifle will tell you what your MAX load is. RL19=61.5g, RL22=63g, IMR-4350=60g, H-4831 is not listed but IMR-4831 is at 63g and H-4831 is a tad slower burning, so I'm gonna say about 64g for H-4831. N160 is not in the book, N165 is at 61g though, I have never used vihtavuori powders so am not to familiar with there burn rates to give an idea for you. You should expect around 3000fps with those powders, give or take 50fps. Hope this hels.