7/08 and 45-70 range session

[remingtonman_25_06]

Finally got a decent break from the heat and wind this morning so loaded up the 4Runner and took the wife's Kimber 7/08 with a freshly mounted Vari X III 6.5-20x Leupold and the new CVA 45-70 with a fresh DNZ mount and a Burris Fullfield E1 4-14x. Ammo for the 7/08 was handloaded 150g NBTs over 46g RL17 in Winchester brass and CCI 200 Primers loaded to max mag length. Velocity was 2840fps over 5 shots. The 45-70 was factory Hornady 325g FTX and average velocity was 2000fps over 5 shots. Need to move the 45-70 up about 1" and the 7-08 down about 1.25" for a good 100y zero. All in all not to shabby from a 7# rifle and a $350 rifle. Wind started to pick up pretty good so I decided to just leave well enough alone on a good note.

 

[bdbrown66]

That will get the job done!!

 

[JD338]

Nice shooting. Both rifles and their loads are game worthy. Well done buddy.

JD338

 

[TackDriver284]

Good shooting, killer load with the 7-08 gets the nod. Not shabby indeed.

 

[RL338]

You got to love those big holes. ES of just over 11 pretty good for factory ammo.
7-08 and RL-17 perfect match , load looks pretty darn good

 

[SJB358]

Great shooting. That 7-08 is quite impressive for its weight.

 

[Blkram]

Will have to try that 150 gr BT load in my 7mm-08!
Rebarreled Win Model 88 w/ 20" Benchmark barrel.

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

That's the best group I've fired with that 7/08 load. It's never been over .75" It is a little warm though, so I'd definitely work up to it. But that's where this rifle seems to likes it.

I've been thinking about trying the 150g ELDX in it with H4350. I have two 8# jugs of H4350 and only 2# of RL17 left. So eventually I will run out of RL17 and that load will be history. I haven't seen any Alliant powders locally for quite some time, and when you did it was $100 for 1#. No Thank you. H4350 won't provide quite the velocity RL17 does, but it will make up for it in consistency, and should be every bit as accurate.

The 45-70 wasn't to bad to shoot. Definitely still let's ya know from the bench. On 14x I could feel the scope almost kissing my eyebrow each shot. The trigger on these are amazing for a $350 rifle. I'd say it's easily 2# maybe a bit less. Seems to be the norm for these rifles, 1" groups from factory at 100 yards. I may be able to tighten things up with some handloads around the Hornady 300g HP and IMR4198, but a full day at the bench doing load development won't be a lot of fun haha. I did notice whatever powder Hornady uses in their factory loads burns super dirty. Hoping IMR4198 will fix that.