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Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Higginez #18644261 08/05/23
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,687 Georgia J Jason280 Campfire Tracker
Jason280 Campfire Tracker J Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,687 Georgia	Interesting discussion. I have two rifles built in 7mm-08, both primarily for paper and/or steel. The first is a 22" Bartlein on a 700 short action (standard box magazine), the other is a 26" Bartlein on a Defiance action with AICS mags. I picked up a decent amount of Hornady 162s, Sierra 168s, and Nosler CC 175s, but haven't had much time lately to really see what they will do. I'd originally planned on using them with StaBall 6.5, it seems to give the best numbers, but also want to try with H100v and some sort of Norma 204 equivalent I snagged last week.

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Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Dixie_Rebel #18644345 08/05/23
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,375 Likes: 2 D drano 25 Campfire Regular
drano 25 Campfire Regular D Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,375 Likes: 2	Originally Posted by Dixie_Rebel I would never try heavy 180 grain bullets out of a 7mm-08. They are far too heavy for the case capacity and turtle speed velocities they would get, but this is my guess only as I have never tried bowling balls out of my 7mm-08 rifles. YMMV. A 120 - 140 grain bullet in 7mm diameter is gonna have shape and flight characteristics much more akin to a bowling ball than a 180 ELDM. Don't speculate when you don't know, and don't second guess when you do.

Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Higginez #18644493 08/05/23
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,808 Likes: 64 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,808 Likes: 64 Paradise,Alaska	As plainly cited,the 180 ELD ala 7-08 fhuqks with heads,especially pointy ones. Hint. Starting velocity,ain't impact velocity and that too,escapes most. Hint................. Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Higginez #18648843 08/07/23
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rickt300 Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,535 Likes: 4 Texas	Originally Posted by Higginez Well what do you know? Stick was right about that RL17! LOL Yep the worst thing about stick is not the part about him being right occasionally. Dog I rescued in January

Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Big Stick #18648848 08/07/23
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,535 Likes: 4 Texas R rickt300 Campfire Outfitter
rickt300 Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,535 Likes: 4 Texas	Originally Posted by Big Stick I don't even shoot through any of my (3) chronographs any more. Ballistics AE and erectors of repute,retired 'em all. Hint. Kiss,find pressure and rock on. Gun a zero,then shoot generated DOPE,to near the Transonic Slip. Bullet flight can't paint a picture,which ain't a simplistic fact. Hint. Had the newest 270 out this morning,chasing a rooted ceiling,doing just that to 1250yds. Hint. The 7-08/180 ELD melding,is BIG Medicine and tough not to love. You'll be doing a Hurricane Dance,just to keep schit resembling an inkling of "fairness". It fhuqks with heads. Hint...................(grin) You left out the dead fish......... Dog I rescued in January

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Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Higginez #18648854 08/07/23
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,808 Likes: 64 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,808 Likes: 64 Paradise,Alaska	Rickity, My connect percentage is without peer,simply because I'm afforded the luxuries of not being forced to guess. That as opposed to say a Texan,who's ONLY "move" is to guess. Pardon my simply shooting it all,as you grasp for straws,with trembling fingers. Hint. That besides being a Lying Piece Of Fhuqking Schit. Hint. Fhuqking LAUGHING!................. Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Higginez #18648860 08/07/23
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rickt300 Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,535 Likes: 4 Texas	About that dead fish........ Dog I rescued in January

Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Big Stick #18648868 08/07/23
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,535 Likes: 4 Texas R rickt300 Campfire Outfitter
rickt300 Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,535 Likes: 4 Texas	Originally Posted by Big Stick Rickity, My connect percentage is without peer,simply because I'm afforded the luxuries of not being forced to guess. That as opposed to say a Texan,who's ONLY "move" is to guess. Pardon my simply shooting it all,as you grasp for straws,with trembling fingers. Hint. That besides being a Lying Piece Of Fhuqking Schit. Hint. Fhuqking LAUGHING!................. That Spruce sawdust is some serious schit, that isn't and was never an avatar. Your avatar is up there under your screen name. About that dead fish......... Dog I rescued in January

Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Higginez #18648871 08/07/23
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,808 Likes: 64 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,808 Likes: 64 Paradise,Alaska	Rickety, You be SURE to "justify" your being a CLUELESS Lying Piece Of Fhuqking Schit,in the manner which soothes you most. Steal a couple more pics along the way,beings it's your only "move". Hint. Fhuqking LAUGHING!.............. Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Higginez #18648959 08/07/23
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rickt300 Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,535 Likes: 4 Texas	Still no dead fish? Dog I rescued in January

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Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Higginez #18649030 08/07/23
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,808 Likes: 64 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,808 Likes: 64 Paradise,Alaska	Rickety, Keep "living" vicariously,like a baby bird with her neck craned and mouth agape...you "lucky" kchunt. Hint. Congratulations?!? Be sure to start a Thread on The BIG Day,when you see your first 180 ELD,or go Outdoors. Hint. Bless your Whining Brokedick Lying Heart. Hint. Fhuqking LAUGHING!............ Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Higginez #18649048 08/07/23
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rickt300 Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,535 Likes: 4 Texas	Ha ha ha too funny. This one isn't dead though. Dog I rescued in January

Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Higginez #18649067 08/07/23
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Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,808 Likes: 64 Paradise,Alaska	This one isn't either. Hint. How come the water is so steep? Is it to drain all of your Whining Insecurity Tears...you "lucky" kchunt. Hint. Congratulations?!? Bless your Whining Brokedick Lying Heart. Hint. Fhuqking LAUGHING!............ Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Higginez #18649292 08/07/23
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OP Higginez Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,403 Likes: 17 Durham, CA	.795 G1 is an eye opener and thinking the nay sayers would be eating their words with one pull of the trigger. This rifle was intended to be a 7 Saum from the start and mechanics made me change direction. Glad I did as the 250 fps is just not that necessary imho. Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again! Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the 24HCF.

Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Higginez #18649361 08/07/23
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Potsy Campfire Regular P Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 1,563 Likes: 2 Middle TN	Y’all are killing me. I’ve got a #1A 7x57 with a 2-7 Monarch (a rig Stick is SURE to love!🤣) and you’ve got ME wanting to try the damn things. I do know that a 175 Game Kings and 175 Hornady RN’s at 2500 will trash everything between the ribs on a big (for Tennessee) whitetail. Operating under the assumption that Ruger’s 1:8.75” twist will spin them. Where I’m at now, I might even have to shoot a deer all the way to 150 yards!😂

Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Higginez #18649723 08/07/23
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,808 Likes: 64 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,808 Likes: 64 Paradise,Alaska	I've long been content,to align mechanical dots and let the bullet do the work. As mentioned several times,the 7-08/180 ELD melding,straight fhuqks with heads and nobody can believe it. Hint. With that being said,I've been on the hunt for 84L Donor and when noone was looking,I'd turn it into a duped/shorten shanked 22" 1-8" RPM Seven Times Fifty-Seven Mouser,for 180's expressly. Lapooey Virgins,Skookum dies and lotsa 180's lay patiently in wait. Hint. You are on solid ground,if a TRUE 8.75". Hint............ Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Big Stick #18649735 08/07/23
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beretzs Campfire Ranger B Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,380 Likes: 13 Northeast USA	Originally Posted by Big Stick I've long been content,to align mechanical dots and let the bullet do the work. As mentioned several times,the 7-08/180 ELD melding,straight fhuqks with heads and nobody can believe it. Hint. With that being said,I've been on the hunt for 84L Donor and when noone was looking,I'd turn it into a duped/shorten shanked 22" 1-8" RPM Seven Times Fifty-Seven Mouser,for 180's expressly. Lapooey Virgins,Skookum dies and lotsa 180's lay patiently in wait. Hint. You are on solid ground,if a TRUE 8.75". Hint............ I am looking for the same one.. I think it'd be a hummer. Semper Fi

Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Higginez #18651654 08/08/23
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,535 Likes: 4 Texas R rickt300 Campfire Outfitter
rickt300 Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,535 Likes: 4 Texas	Seems it might be a bit better out of a 280 or 280AI. You could get the same fps and be easy on your brass or get more fps and gain what that might give you. Dog I rescued in January

Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Higginez #18651688 08/08/23
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,808 Likes: 64 Paradise,Alaska Big Stick Campfire Kahuna
Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,808 Likes: 64 Paradise,Alaska	Rickety, You are guessing again/still. Mechanics matter,whether you "understand" or not...you "lucky" kchunt. Hint. Congratulations?!? Bless your poor poor(literally) heart,for trying though. This is a GREAT time(like always),for you to simply shut the fhuqk up,take notes and apply same. HINT. Fhuqking LAUGHING!................ Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: 7-08 - 180 ELD's Big Stick #18651705 08/08/23
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,535 Likes: 4 Texas R rickt300 Campfire Outfitter
rickt300 Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,535 Likes: 4 Texas	Originally Posted by Big Stick Rickety, You are guessing again/still. Mechanics matter,whether you "understand" or not...you "lucky" kchunt. Hint. Congratulations?!? Bless your poor poor(literally) heart,for trying though. This is a GREAT time(like always),for you to simply shut the fhuqk up,take notes and apply same. HINT. Fhuqking LAUGHING!................ A few more feet per second never hurts, what happened to that heavy 280 you built on a Ruger action? That was supposed to be your special long range gun. Or was that some delusion on your part? Dog I rescued in January

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