Help with 7-08 load?
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old_sparky
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I shoot a couple rifles in 7-08 and the load data listed for varget is good I have used others like h380 but I like the varget
http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp
http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp
hickerx2
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Originally Posted By: old_sparkyI shoot a couple rifles in 7-08 and the load data listed for varget is good I have used others like h380 but I like the varget
http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp
Looks like lots of options there...Thanks guys!
http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp
Looks like lots of options there...Thanks guys!
Like 2much, I never found Nosler bullets to my liking with the exception of their Partition bullets. I run the Hornady Interlock 139gr. behind H414 powder and find it a very accurate combo in my Kimber. And I under stated that too.
I would "maybe" have to rethink my bullet selections if I lived out West and regularly shot game past 400yds., but I don't and I won't shoot that far. Therefore, I find that the ol' standby bullets which are generally scoffed at work perfectly for me and others I know who hand load. From 30-06 to 270 to 7-08 to 7mm mag. to 243 to 280 and to 300 Win. mag. our bullet of choice is either Rem. core lokt or Hornady Interlock sp flatbase. The game is Whitetail Deer and between all of us the average is 30 plus Deer harvested every season.
So for what its worth, that's our experience.
I would "maybe" have to rethink my bullet selections if I lived out West and regularly shot game past 400yds., but I don't and I won't shoot that far. Therefore, I find that the ol' standby bullets which are generally scoffed at work perfectly for me and others I know who hand load. From 30-06 to 270 to 7-08 to 7mm mag. to 243 to 280 and to 300 Win. mag. our bullet of choice is either Rem. core lokt or Hornady Interlock sp flatbase. The game is Whitetail Deer and between all of us the average is 30 plus Deer harvested every season.
So for what its worth, that's our experience.
Nitro-Express
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I've had decent accuracy with under max loads of H414 and a SST 139.
4350 is a classic powder for the 7mm x 57, may work here also.
If your goal is to cut the velocity, you may want to try a heavier bullet.
http://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase/7mm-08+Remington.html
I quote: "Heavier 154-162 grain 7mm bullets often produce the most consistent results in the 7mm08 across a wide range of game body weights and ranges. The only downside of this approach is that at a theoretical level, the lower velocity of a 154-162 grain bullet seems to go against everything hunters have strived towards for the last 100 years- high velocity as a means to produce fast killing.
Each cartridge has its own performance parameters and using a slower, yet higher BC bullet in the 7mm08 does not in any way remove killing power or limit trajectory within this cartridge’s existing limitations. This is not the same theory as the slow moving heavy bullet practice relative to big bore performance or 20th century ballistics theory. Rather, it is simply a method of utilizing current bullet designs, particularly, the sleek, soft 162 grain A-max. The A-Max allows the hunter more error with shot placement at extended ranges as rear lung wounds are usually so severe that game cannot move far from the point of the shot. At the same time, velocity from the 7mm08 is so mild as to not cause shallow penetration with point blank range raking shots."
4350 is a classic powder for the 7mm x 57, may work here also.
If your goal is to cut the velocity, you may want to try a heavier bullet.
http://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase/7mm-08+Remington.html
I quote: "Heavier 154-162 grain 7mm bullets often produce the most consistent results in the 7mm08 across a wide range of game body weights and ranges. The only downside of this approach is that at a theoretical level, the lower velocity of a 154-162 grain bullet seems to go against everything hunters have strived towards for the last 100 years- high velocity as a means to produce fast killing.
Each cartridge has its own performance parameters and using a slower, yet higher BC bullet in the 7mm08 does not in any way remove killing power or limit trajectory within this cartridge’s existing limitations. This is not the same theory as the slow moving heavy bullet practice relative to big bore performance or 20th century ballistics theory. Rather, it is simply a method of utilizing current bullet designs, particularly, the sleek, soft 162 grain A-max. The A-Max allows the hunter more error with shot placement at extended ranges as rear lung wounds are usually so severe that game cannot move far from the point of the shot. At the same time, velocity from the 7mm08 is so mild as to not cause shallow penetration with point blank range raking shots."
Originally Posted By: 2muchgunCore-Lokts, Interlocks, Hot-Cors, SGKs, Winny Powerpoints, all perform perfectly on deer IME. Tougher or pricier bullets are simply not needed(although I sometimes use them anyway
).
Ballistic Tips just make too much of a mess for my liking.......
Same thing we/I figured out long ago.
Ballistic Tips just make too much of a mess for my liking.......
Same thing we/I figured out long ago.
2MG...I just pulled some bullets from .284 handloads that I had bought. They were loaded with 140 BT's. I have never felt the need for a BT or similar type bullet, but I thought I would play with them. Your comment about them making too much of a mess was in line with my thinking about BT's, although I have no personal experience with them.
The differing reports about their effects on deer or similar sized game were a factor in my never buying them for my use, but these were in the deal I made on these loads.
I had thought about loading them for my grandson's 7-08, but am not convinced they will do what I want. There are times when you need a bullet to make an exit wound, in order to leave a blood-trail. In the real world, not every deer drops in its' tracks, regardless of what they are hit with. My own experience is similar to yours, in that I mostly load SGK's in a PSP and have not too many complaints.
Last year, grandson shot a trophy buck at about 125 yards, with the 7-08 and a 140 factory loaded PSP. The buck ran, stopped and rolled over, slid down the hill and done. He was dead and didn't know it when he ran the 15 steps. You can't ask for much better performance from a bullet.
The differing reports about their effects on deer or similar sized game were a factor in my never buying them for my use, but these were in the deal I made on these loads.
I had thought about loading them for my grandson's 7-08, but am not convinced they will do what I want. There are times when you need a bullet to make an exit wound, in order to leave a blood-trail. In the real world, not every deer drops in its' tracks, regardless of what they are hit with. My own experience is similar to yours, in that I mostly load SGK's in a PSP and have not too many complaints.
Last year, grandson shot a trophy buck at about 125 yards, with the 7-08 and a 140 factory loaded PSP. The buck ran, stopped and rolled over, slid down the hill and done. He was dead and didn't know it when he ran the 15 steps. You can't ask for much better performance from a bullet.
My experience with Nosler BT's has been anything but positive, especially on Deer. A lot of huge entrance holes where they blew up on the surface and made a real mess. I tried them in 3 calibers, 270, 280, and 30-06 always with the same results. Nosler Partitions were a totally different story. In a 6mm and a 25-06 they were perfect.
