7mm 08 info
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DrMike
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One of my hunting partners (now moved to Saskatchewan) used a 7mm-08 to take about every type of game to be found in my AO. He used a 145 grain Speer Grand Slam for everything, and it worked pretty well for him. I would think you have one of the finest little cartridges to come down the pike in recent years. I wouldn't hesitate to use 140 grain ABs or 150 grain PTs to tackle about anything up here.
Silentstalker
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My Wife's Savage loves the 120 gr. BT's. We reload it with varget and it shoots under 1/2" moa. It also shoots 139 gr. Interbonds and 140 Accubonds just under moa. Either of them will take elk cleanly. Your going to love that gun!
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Silentstalker
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2.80 coal.
139 gr. Interbond. 40.5 gr. Varget. 2.80 coal. Consistently 3/4" at 100 yds.
140 gr AB. 44.5 gr. Varget 2.80 coal. Consistently 3/4" at 100 yards.
I think the Interbonds are currently not being produced. IMO I would load the 140 AccuBond and use them on everything.
I dropped to the 120's to further minimize recoil for my two young daughters who also shoot the rifle. The 120 is awesome on deer and antelope!
Silentstalker
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Sorry, forgot, Winchester brass and WLR primers.
Silentstalker
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Couple more pics I found for you. Cant seem to find an AccuBond target. All these groups are repeatable and done without any coal adjustment. I have found this rifle loves about anything I feed it. The 120 gr. load is just under 1 1/2" at 300 yds.
My Browning X-bolt in 7mm-08 seemed to like BT bullets but not SST bullets. I developed a very accurate and reproducable load using H-4350 and 140 BT's. It did pretty good with factory Winchester Supreme loads with the CTBST and the older factory Hornady light magnums with the 139 gr. BTSP. I found I had to adjust the OAL for each change in the powder charge. But, I could get MOA with multiple powder charges of H-4350. Good luck with it.
My rem 700 shoots literally every bullet I try in it well. For elk I would reiterate that grand slam in 145 and the AccuBond in 140. I load both over h4350 and have seen elk taken with both. I did put a mb on mine and my tiny 13 year old daughter can handle it. My rifle seems to love h 4350 but my favorite load for it is a 100 gr varmint bullet and blc2. Oh yeah, it handles the 150 ablr well too!
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DrMike
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Either bullet will ensure game is coming home with you if the shooter does his part.
Wincheringen
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I like Ramshot Big Game in my 7/08 with either the 140 BT or AB.
sorry , I'm a little late on this .
I like the 7-08 . I think it's a dandy deer hunting cartridge . fun to shoot , easy on the shoulder , and I've found it to be very easy to load for . with components being hard to get I think you made a good choice in this cartridge . I have three of them . I have a tikka 595 , that I'm shooting 139 BTSP with IMR4064 powder getting around 2800FPS . I have a rem 700 with a broughton bbl that I'm shooting Berger 140 hunting VLD's with RL 17 powder getting around 3080 FPS . then I have my girlfriends Browning X- bolt using 120 ballistic tips with a reduced load of H4895 no chrony info . all will shoot well under an inch at 100 yards . my opinion , I don't think the 7-08 has the case capacity for using heavy bullets . I did play with Berger 168 hunting VLD's , it was slow . I stupidly pushed it waaaaaay past max powder load to get the velocity up . case life was short , and the accuracy was not there . when I dropped back to a more acceptable powder charge the accuracy came around , but the bullet dropped like a rock at longer distances . I never played with bullets in the 150 grain range , this could be a happy medium .
this is the whole target shot @ 200 yards
center dot on target . Tikka using IMR4064 with a 139 BTSP @ 200 yards .
upper right on target . rem using 140 VLD's with RL17 @200 yards
X-bolt shot @ 100 yards . reduced load of H4895 with a 120 ballistic tip .
rem shooting 168 VLD's with RL17 powder @ 400 yards . I shot 3 let the rifle cool and conditions must have changed , or I got the jerks , for the other two shots . you can see the velocity I was getting with a safe powder charge .
even with the jerks it shot moa @ 400 yds .
I like the 7-08 . I think it's a dandy deer hunting cartridge . fun to shoot , easy on the shoulder , and I've found it to be very easy to load for . with components being hard to get I think you made a good choice in this cartridge . I have three of them . I have a tikka 595 , that I'm shooting 139 BTSP with IMR4064 powder getting around 2800FPS . I have a rem 700 with a broughton bbl that I'm shooting Berger 140 hunting VLD's with RL 17 powder getting around 3080 FPS . then I have my girlfriends Browning X- bolt using 120 ballistic tips with a reduced load of H4895 no chrony info . all will shoot well under an inch at 100 yards . my opinion , I don't think the 7-08 has the case capacity for using heavy bullets . I did play with Berger 168 hunting VLD's , it was slow . I stupidly pushed it waaaaaay past max powder load to get the velocity up . case life was short , and the accuracy was not there . when I dropped back to a more acceptable powder charge the accuracy came around , but the bullet dropped like a rock at longer distances . I never played with bullets in the 150 grain range , this could be a happy medium .
this is the whole target shot @ 200 yards
center dot on target . Tikka using IMR4064 with a 139 BTSP @ 200 yards .
upper right on target . rem using 140 VLD's with RL17 @200 yards
X-bolt shot @ 100 yards . reduced load of H4895 with a 120 ballistic tip .
rem shooting 168 VLD's with RL17 powder @ 400 yards . I shot 3 let the rifle cool and conditions must have changed , or I got the jerks , for the other two shots . you can see the velocity I was getting with a safe powder charge .
even with the jerks it shot moa @ 400 yds .
CatskillCrawler
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- Jul 30, 2011
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I've had great results with 39-40.5gr of Varget using 139gr Interlocks & SSTs and 140gr BTs in two 7mm-08s.
