7-08 hunting load for 2026

[ReloadKy]

Did some shooting Friday with my son's Browning 7-08. I believe I have found the load that he will use for this upcoming season. I shot this 3 shot group with Barnes 120 gr TTSX using 44.5 gr of TAC to produce velo of 3146fps! It always super satisfying to get the lethal combo of great accuracy and excellent velo. I do not think that there is a whitetail in North America that could stand up to that load combo!

 

[highoctane]

Nice shooting! That'll fill the freezer right there!

 

[salmonchaser]

Jeepers that is fast, not much is going to stand up to that.

 

[sako2]

That will work.

 

[wvbuckbuster]

Grand! Good load development, shooting to boot. Got it all with that load. Be looking forward to pictures this fall.

 

[bdbrown66]

Good job, Brad!!

 

[RL338]

That will do the job on deer.
Late last year I tried the 120gr TTSX/7-08 with MP-521 with similar results , great bullet for the 7-08.

 

[Firebird24]

My daughter shoots the 120 ttsx from her 7mm-08 loaded over bl-c2. It is an excellent deer load. I think you will be very pleased

 

[Aussie Wanderer]

That is a proper bug zapper. The terminal damage should be emphatic. Funny how you don't hear much about Browning rifles, but they are some of the most accurate I have shot.

 

[JD338]

Excellent job at the bench and the range. The deer are in deep dark trouble with that load. Time to sharpen up the knives.

JD338

 

[ReloadKy]

As several of you mentioned the 120 TTSX is an excellent bullet for deer in the 7-08. My son has used that combo for the last two years and we have had excellent results. We shot all of the previous batch which was loaded with CFE 223 so I decided to try TAC and bingo!

 

[FOTIS]

That will do just fine!

 

[Ralt71]

Very nice! What barrel length on that gun? My daughter shot the 120 TTSX. I'm not working on 120 hammers, that's velocity is not on our horizon haha.