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Thinking I need another 7mm shortie in the fold. 7-08 is a nice itch to scratch....
“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.”
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Well, gosh! I turn away for a bit. . .
Sorry Big Stick, Skane. I missed the vitriol. Although I'm still not sure if what about my banging 308 brass into 7mm-08 got y'all wound up. The last I looked, 308 brass was about half the cost of 7mm-08, and I've got a large trove of it.
I have an update for y'all. In between my last post and now, I was out to the bench with my 7mm-08, my reloading kit, and some newly prepped/primed brass. I was testing StaBall 6.5 with 139 Hornady SPs. I managed to get 2840 fps with 48.5 grains and 2930 fps with 49.5 grains. The listed MAX for this combination is north of 3000 fps. I'm plenty happy with things as they are, and I'm in the process of running up a batch for whitetail season. The load I'd been using previously with Varget was clocking just below 2700 fps.
This is one old moron who is as happy as if you'd dropped me in the bouncy balls.
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Sheman,
You are in so far above your pointy head,that it's simply plum fhuqking amazing. 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."
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I'll come shoot with ya Stick. Can we go halfsies on a box of 180 Core-Lokt?
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Sheman,
You are in so far above your pointy head,that it's simply plum fhuqking amazing. Hint.
Fhuqking LAUGHING!.............. That remark has a very low G1.
Dog I rescued in January ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/yYDjsxrQ/IMG-0124.jpg)
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My sister-in-law hunts with a Browning levergun chambered for 7mm-08. She has downed elk, mulies, whitetails, and pronghorn antelope with this accurate rifle. None got away. - Sherwood
FIRE UP THE GRILL - is NOT catch and release!
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I think it’s great we can all shoot what strikes our fancy , but other than a marketing scheme , have seen little to no difference in performance on game by our standard go to cartridges .
I figure for those who think a 7 or 6 caliber has that much difference in recoil would find the truth of that lies largely on stock design , wieght of gun , and what’s precieved Between the ears
This being 243-308 cartridges
Kenneth
Last edited by Kenneth66; 08/10/23.
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I'm not sure how but four 7-08 rifles ended up in my safe.
I'd rather hunt with them 75% of the time...from 120-150 grains. My Tikka SL is my favorite.
HMM-161, HMM-364
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If you're seeing any difference in performance between 308 and 7-08 it is between your ears. You can make an argument that the 7-08 is better on paper. But talk about splitting hairs. With the best loads 7-08 drops 1" less at 500 yards and hits with about 35 ft lbs more energy. The 7-08 has about 1 ft lb less recoil.
I don't dislike 7-08. It certainly doesn't give up anything to 308 and is suitable for at least 95% of the hunting anywhere on the globe. I think of it as a modern 7X57.
You have to understand that hunters are no longer driving what sells. The vast majority of rifle buyers now are SHOOTERS who go through way more ammo in a year than typical hunters from the past. For those guys the reduced recoil, and costs of handloading 6.5 CM is far more important than the added power of classics like 30-06 or 270. A 7-08 will squirt a .796 BC 180 at 2600fps. Drop is Physics and wind is Vudoo…while “energy” is for blue haired Cat Ladies. Hint. Bless your heart…………. Folks have probably tuned out for sanity’s sake by now, but I gotta agree with the true ballistic sweetness of the 7mm x 180 g bullet. Nothing else compares for return on investment in the real world of recoil. No muzzle break needed 😊
I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough. -- Col. Stonehill
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I can't feel sorry for the 7mm-08 guys........I shoot the .41 Magnum and 38-55...
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