Encore 7mm-08

[West Canada Creek 30-30]

Just bought a T/C Encore 7mm-08 for hunting. Looking for a load using 140 gr BT or 140 Rem PSPCL. Any help appreciated. Thanks

 

[JD338]

Congratulations on the Encore 7-08. That is going to make for one smooth shooting rig.
A 140 gr BT is just about perfect.

JD338

 

[SJB358]

Just bought a T/C Encore 7mm-08 for hunting. Looking for a load using 140 gr BT or 140 Rem PSPCL. Any help appreciated. Thanks

Don't have any specific loads, but maybe look at RL15 or anything in that burn rate.

Do you have some powders on hand your looking at using?

 

[ScreaminEagle]

36gr of imr3031 and a sierra 140gr gameking was a mild load i had for my 7mm-08. When i was young. Killed to many whitetail to count with that load.

 

[jimbires]

I find the 7-08 easy to load for . it seems like most anything will shoot well and then you can mess around to get a good to great shooting load .

RL17 should give more velocity than other powders while giving good accuracy . I use RL17 with 140 grain berger bullets in a remington rifle . (this load is over book max so I won't give the grains ). I use this for long range shooting .

I use 43.2 grains of IMR4064 in a tikka rifle with 139 BTSP Hornady bullets . this is close to a max load or maybe over max by a little . so as always , start low and work up to this powder amount . this is my main whitetail hunting set up . it shoots well . I've killed a bunch of deer with this combo .

in a browning X-bolt I use a slightly reduced load of H4895 , 39.0 grains with a 120 ballistic tip .this load is accurate too with recoil about the same as a max load in a 243 with a 100 grain bullet . with the reduced recoil it is a good choice for women or kids .

 

[Anonymous]

I've been considering one of these for a while- does anyone know what sort of speeds the 7-08 can reasonably produce from a 15" barrel?

 

[DrMike]

I've been considering one of these for a while- does anyone know what sort of speeds the 7-08 can reasonably produce from a 15" barrel?

Cartridge          : 7 mm-08 Rem.
Bullet             : .284, 120, Nosler BalTip 28120
Useable Case Capaci: 49.378 grain H2O = 3.206 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 2.800 inch = 71.12 mm
Barrel Length      : 15.0 inch = 381.0 mm
Powder             : Alliant Reloder-17

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 2.0% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step    Fill. Charge   Vel.  Energy   Pmax   Pmuz  Prop.Burnt B_Time
 %       %    Grains   fps   ft.lbs    psi    psi      %        ms

-20.0   85    40.56   2177    1263   29359  12005     80.5    1.094
-18.0   87    41.57   2240    1337   31430  12543     82.4    1.064
-16.0   89    42.59   2304    1415   33657  13075     84.3    1.035
-14.0   91    43.60   2370    1496   36056  13599     86.2    1.006
-12.0   93    44.62   2436    1581   38639  14111     87.9    0.973
-10.0   96    45.63   2503    1669   41424  14609     89.6    0.940
-08.0   98    46.64   2571    1761   44438  15089     91.1    0.908
-06.0  100    47.66   2640    1857   47693  15547     92.6    0.877
-04.0  102    48.67   2709    1956   51217  15980     93.9    0.847  ! Near Maximum !
-02.0  104    49.69   2779    2058   55042  16386     95.2    0.818  ! Near Maximum !
+00.0  106    50.70   2850    2164   59197  16760     96.3    0.790  ! Near Maximum !
+02.0  108    51.71   2921    2273   63720  17100     97.3    0.763  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+04.0  110    52.73   2992    2386   68653  17401     98.1    0.736  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+06.0  113    53.74   3064    2501   74044  17662     98.8    0.710  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+08.0  115    54.76   3136    2620   79956  17877     99.3    0.686  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+10.0  117    55.77   3208    2742   86450  18046     99.7    0.661  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

Results caused by ± 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge
Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value:
+Ba    106    50.70   3030    2447   72074  16785     99.9    0.723  !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value:
-Ba    106    50.70   2616    1824   48023  15522     86.9    0.874

 

[SJB358]

Saw an Encore the other day in a 25-06. Pretty impressive on the range. One of these days....

 

[Guy Miner]

I've been considering one of these for a while- does anyone know what sort of speeds the 7-08 can reasonably produce from a 15" barrel?

Hodgdon is showing speeds of 2500 - 2700 fps with a 130 gr bullet, from a 15" 7mm-08.

Go to their online "Data Center" and look up 7mm-08 in the pistol section. Lots of 15" info there.

Regards, Guy