Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles 7mm 154 hornady?

Wife uses them just over 2800fps. in her Browning BAR 7mmRM 20" barrel its a limited run Browning made about 10 years ago, had to cut 1 1/2" off stock to fit her. A train car load of big game animals, none have gone more than 50 yrd. she is a behind the shoulder shooter, don't like to waste a ounce of meat.

Have never recovered one.

Maybe I will be better off with the 150 Partition then

Good luck finding 150 grain Partitions. I've been looking for them for the month or so. They are pretty scarce as well.

In stock at shooters proshop:

http://www.shootersproshop.com/nosl...0-150gr-partition-spitzer-blem-50ct.html

Sorry, the above is for .227 partitions, but they also have the .284 160gr partitions as well"

http://www.shootersproshop.com/nosl...m-160gr-partition-spitzer-blem-50ct.html

Have plenty of them on hand

Either will work just fine Fotis. I just like the Hornady bullets if I'm not going to use a premium or bonded bullet. Their interlokt lineup from the 117gr 25caliber to the 139gr 7mm to the 154gr 7mm to the 162gr 7mm all are wonderful game bullets. Any of the 7mm bullets will work fine for elk...and that includes the 139gr. powdr

i think that the 154 grain hornady is tougher than the 150 grain ballistic tip that I posted up on the nosler reloading site. My hornady book also lists the 154 grain hornady for big game.

My 7mm bee just loves them and I do have several hundred of them

If I have a 7mm anything and it doesn't like the 154 IL it might be a bad gun! Even my little contender 730 waters shoots it well!

I was surprised to see this thread resurrected. Have you put some into game from that 7mm 'Bee? I'd be interested to know how well they'll hang together at 3,000 - 3,200 fps.

I found an accuracy load for them from my 7x57, but at < 2,400 fps, I don't usually get much expansion. I'll settle for 1-shot kills, though.

FC

That is the question....I am the OP

This thread is filled with love for that bullet. Dogzapper tells a great story of killing an Asian water buffalo with it. I did see that, toward the end, Keith mentioned sending them at 3,200 fps. Maybe you can pm him to see how they did at that speed.

FC

I have always like Hornady Interlocks. I have shot them in 6mm, 308, and 7mm. I prefer Partitions for elk, but I have used the 7mm/175 Interlock on elk and it did well.

My buddy runs the 154s out of his 7mm mag at 3026fps and has had no issues. They have killed deer from 200 yards to just under 700 yards and they just knock the piss out of em.
We bought 500 bonded blems from midsouth. they are pretty accurate. I ran them in my 7 mag and him in his and they grouped extremely well. I sold my 7 mag so he got the 150 or so I had left lol.
Im glad I looked on here cuz I need to load his 270 and was wondering about the 150s.

Kique

Yes, the .270 Hor 150 SP is just as great as the 154 in 7 mm.

My buddy shoots the 7mm mag 154 superformance SST. I have no idea what speed they run.

A few years ago we compared bullets after we downed moose. His 154 SST mushroomed exactly like my 160 accubond running 2950 fps. Both bullets hit heavy bone too.

Those hornady's are tougher than lots of people think. I have 200 154 interlocks ready to go if I run out of accubonds and can't find any. I'm already using interlocks in 3 other calibers.

The 154 SST should be softer than the 154 IL in theory at least!

If you're still wanting some Noslers, they have the ballistic tips in 150 here for $15 per 50
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