Re: 7MM-08 Caliber Rifle?
[Re: Bigbuck]
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10/27/19 09:57 AM
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Ruger makes (or did) a great youth model 7-08. I much prefer it to a 243 for kids. I reload 140 ge nosler Partition. Can't beat it.
War Eagle!
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Re: 7MM-08 Caliber Rifle?
[Re: SkyeDancer]
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10/27/19 02:30 PM
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The 7mm-08 is an excellent caliber for kids/woman. Or anyone.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. -Albert Einstein
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Re: 7MM-08 Caliber Rifle?
[Re: CoonsBane]
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10/27/19 05:06 PM
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Why not just get the .308? It is similar to a necked down .308, with a .284 diameter boat tail bullet. It is said to retain more energy down range than the .308. I am curious what the difference in felt recoil is between these two rounds. I do know that there is significantly less recoil in a .243 (a necked down .308) compared to a .308. I use both regularly and can watch the impact of the round on the animal with the .243, but cannot with the .308. Both guns are heavy barreled with target stocks.
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Re: 7MM-08 Caliber Rifle?
[Re: Bigbuck]
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10/27/19 07:12 PM
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https://www.snipercountry.com/7mm-08-vs-308/Not much difference between the two rounds. .308 is a bit cheaper and may be a bit more readily available. Won't notice the extra recoil of the .308 when hunting. I'm getting a rifle for my boy this week and have been trying to determine what's best. I think the .308 will be the best choice for a gun that will last his lifetime.
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Re: 7MM-08 Caliber Rifle?
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Does anyone have experience using it for larger-than-deer animals such as caribou, moose, ...? Thanks. I saw a 12 year old shoot a moose with a 7-08 this past season. It stood there and died from having both lungs punched.
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Re: 7MM-08 Caliber Rifle?
[Re: Bigbuck]
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I got one last year since I decided I don’t only archery hunt (hadn’t rifle hunted for big game in 15 years). Killed 2 whitetail and 3 antelope in wyoming (from 75 yards and out to 225 yards), a desert bighorn ewe in Nevada (215 yards), and then shot a cow elk in Nevada (315 yards). All one shot kills using 150gr nosler AccuBonds that I hand loaded. Great caliber, very little recoil. A well placed shot is more important than size. If the gun is so scary that you flinch when you pull the trigger and are afraid to shoot the gun, then it won’t do you any good.
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If traps work like the Antis say......I would have no fingers.
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Re: 7MM-08 Caliber Rifle?
[Re: Bigbuck]
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10/27/19 08:15 PM
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.308 Savage model 700 bull barrel. rounds are easily available in all shooting formats.
jim
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Re: 7MM-08 Caliber Rifle?
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10/27/19 08:44 PM
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Youth models are often a trimmed stock. If you check with manufacturers you may find they have stocks you can advance into as they grow.
. Osky
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Re: 7MM-08 Caliber Rifle?
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10/27/19 09:37 PM
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Does anyone have experience using it for larger-than-deer animals such as caribou, moose, ...? Thanks. Google Karmojo Bell Bell recorded all of his kills and shots fired. It was a business to him, not pleasure, and he needed to record expenditures. •He shot exactly 1,011 elephants; about 800 of them were shot with Rigby-made 7x57mm (.275 Rigby) rifles and round nose 173 grain military ammo.
note - 7mm-08 is probably 7x51........ compared to Bell's 7x57, but basically the same thing.
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Re: 7MM-08 Caliber Rifle?
[Re: 30/06]
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10/27/19 09:43 PM
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[quote=30/06]Does anyone have experience using it for larger-than-deer animals such as caribou, moose, ...? Thanks.
The 6.5x55 has been used for over a century by the Scandinavians on moose and caribou and the 7-08 will do anything the 6.5x55 will.
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