Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles What's your go-to load for the 7 Rem Mag?

Which bullet and powder combo almost always works for you? Thanks.

63g RL22 w/160 AB's
66.5g RL22 w/140 AB's

139grain SST, and 69 grains of IMR7828 SSC Powder.

Winchester LR Magnum Primer

It depends on the purpose. For deer/antelope, it is hard to beat a 139/140-grain bullet under Re 22 or IMR7828. I prefer Accubonds, Partitions, and Hornady Interlocks. I load them to around 3100 fps.

For elk, I use a 160-Partition under Re25. Re33 works well, also. I load them to 3000 fps.

If I had to have a one load only, I would go with 160 Partitions.

A number of powders will work with the 7 mag. It depends on what your rifle likes.

Do-all load for me the last 5 years or so has been 70 gr RL25-150 NPT or BT.

POI is pretty much the same to 400 with the BT showing slightly less drop at 500.

66g of 7828 and a 160g.

55 grains of 4064, 160 grain SP.

66.0 grains of rldr22, under a 160gr Accubond.

Thanks, guys.

I've tried Re25 and 7977 w/ 160 Accubonds and Partitions. Nothing perked accuracy-wise. The rifle's bedded and barrel floated and it's a good scope.

It may be time to rebarrel, but before I do I"m going to try some 150's and Re22 and 7828 combos and see if those help.

Retumbo, somewhere in the 68 to 69 grain range.

175 nosler, but have used the good ol'horn 175 grain sp also.

CCI 250 cap

2900-2950 fps chronoed two different rifles.

H 870 Max load 160 -175 gr bullets. Fast very accurate and I have 9 plus #,s. Did lots of testing and H 870 won.

Good luck buddy. I've had a lot of luck with RE 25 and 160gr. nosler partitions and 162gr. Hornady btsp's loaded to around 3,000 fps. Hopefully you find something that really shines..

I'm gonna follow this thread closely. I'm picking through ideas for mine too. Should have some 162 eld-x's in my mailbox this week. Tried 162 sst's and they shot reasonably well on top of 65 grains of RL22. Gonna try IMR4350 and RL22 this next batch with both bullets.

Thanks!

lucky you KK on the 9+ lbs of H870... the stuff was almost perfect for the 7mm rem.

Too bad it is no longer in production. Very good powder for the heavies in the 7. Some claimed considerable fouling, I just looked at the itty bitty groups and excellent velocities attained

I've used 64gr of RL22 and 160gr Partitions with good results, almost same POI as 64.5gr and 160gr SGKs.
Rem 9 1/2 Mag primers. ~2900fps off the top of my head.

Tried 7828 with 168VLDs, but got heavy bolt lift on my lowest charge and ~2900fps. Need to revise and try again.

66-67gr of RL22 worked well with the 150gr BTs, no velocity measured on those.

I've never tried 4064 in a case this big. Any idea what kind of velocity you're getting?

I am running RL-26 with 140gr/150 Nosler parts,
in my 284/7 Mag,
seems to being very good accuracy wise,
under 1-1/2-2" at 300 yds.

Tia,
Don

My rifle does not like the slower powders with bullets in the 140-150 range. Currently shooting 150 NBT and IMR 4350. Going to try some 4451 to get a load more temp stable

Accuracy load:
160g Sierra SBT
64.3g RL-22
Winchester Brass
Federal 215 primer
3.325 COAL (0.015" off the lands in my rifle)
3,007 FPS (S.D. of 1.85 FPS)
Accuracy 1 MOA for 5 shots