Re: Loads for 7mm08
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I say see what the gun tells you and go from there.and see how the boy handle it also.
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Re: Loads for 7mm08
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Here's what I load for mine. It's a Rem 700 SPS.
WLR primers 43.5 grains Varget Hornady 139 grain BTSP 2.780" COL
Shoots this load very well. It is near max load so use with caution at first. Hope it works as good for you. Nice all around caliber especially for youngsters.
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Re: Loads for 7mm08
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Really like how my 7-08 shoots Barnes triple-X bullets for long distances.
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Re: Loads for 7mm08
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Here's what I load for mine. It's a Rem 700 SPS.
WLR primers 43.5 grains Varget Hornady 139 grain BTSP 2.780" COL
Shoots this load very well. It is near max load so use with caution at first. Hope it works as good for you. Nice all around caliber especially for youngsters. I have been using this same load for 20 plus years in 3 different rifles, I now use the flat base and not the boat-tail
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Re: Loads for 7mm08
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12/29/18 07:22 PM
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What else do you handload for? Id try whatever powders you had on hand first as long as they're suitable . If black bear are on the menu my first choice for a 7mm08 would be 140 grain bullets in a bonded, partitioned, or solid copper model. If you don't want to buy premium stuff, I'd move to a 150 grain bullet.
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Re: Loads for 7mm08
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I shoot H4831 out of my 270 and IMR4831 out of my 7mm. So I have those two plus some other IMR powder I think some 4064 and some other odds and ends.
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Re: Loads for 7mm08
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I have always used RL19 and Nosler 140 grain Ballistic tips for deer. Kill'ems dead. Sarge
Also try 120 grainers, will get the job done with less recoil.
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Re: Loads for 7mm08
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Varget n Hornady 139 or 154 sp, best I ever found.
Last edited by coalminer; 12/29/18 07:58 PM.
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Re: Loads for 7mm08
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When my daughter started big game hunting we loaded up 42.5 grains of H4895 under a 120 grain ballistic tip in the 7-08. Between my daughter and son I have seen them take several deer and 5 elk with this load. We went with the 120 grain bullet to get a little less recoil and never changed as they grew.
Last edited by Range; 12/30/18 12:22 AM. Reason: Powder is under the bullet not over
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Re: Loads for 7mm08
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Years ago I loaded 145gr Speer FB in my brothers 7mm-08. However, I have always used the Speer 130gr FB in my 7x57 (about 2900fps). This load works at less than 100yd out to 400yd on big game (bear, caribou, deer, antelope). If you can still find Hot Core bullets good, but the regular 130gr FB seem to work just as well. You will NOT get the same velocity from the 7mm-08, but should work fine if accuracy proves to be good. IMR4350 for powder, but I'm sure there are other good choices.
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Re: Loads for 7mm08
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Don't own and never fired a 7mm08. I have killed deer elk bear and coyotes with my 270 though a few times. Near as I can tell they are ballistic and bullet size very similar. I shoot 130 grain sierra boat tails at deer. I have killed elk bear and coyotes with them also. On coyotes you will have a tear to sew up on the exit side no matter the bullet. Elk and bear I started loading 130 grain nosler partition. They penetrate a lot better. Never saw a need for pricier bullets to kill deer (mule deer or white tails).
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