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The 7 Wby pushes a 120 at 3650 fps with 1/2 moa accuracy.

Why would anyone use a 120gr bullet in a 7mm?

I know there is no need for this cartridge but it sure looks fun. It should have a speed bump over a 240 which is ridiculously overbore so this would be an even less efficient case, but who cares. This look fun and made for the longest mono bullets.

I really like Nosler 120gr BT's out of my Contenders in 7mm TCU and 7-30 Waters.

Back to the 6.5 RPM as a 6mm. Awesome performance. Smart to try a variety of powder and bullet combinations then switch to the next barrel for the finalized load.

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Why shoot a 120 from a 7mm?

Before rangefinders and turrets, one of the ways to deal with longer shots was to use a lighter bullet for a flatter trajectory which worked if the wind was mild. I used a 120 nosler ballistic tip in a 7 Rem mag @ 3575 fps for coues wt. Did something similar with a 284 Win and a 100 gr original Barnes X bullets @ 3600 fps

I currently shoot a 120 NBT in that 284 @ 3450 for coyotes. No aiming compensation, just shoot at the yote anywhere from zero to 250.

Welcome to the future

I'd be interested to know what 6mm bullet actually works consistently on game at those velocities. Even at .240 Weatherby velocities normal cup and core and bonded bullets sometimes blow-up on bone, deflect off bone, pancake. The 6mm mono's have poor b.c's. and often aren't extremely accurate, pencil through lungs. If using it for longer-range like 600 yards, what bullets are going to be accurate enough at long distance for small game and perform well on game at longer distance, yet still work ok at short and medium distances at those velocities?

Pretty well documented, dtac 115gr nosering.

Bullets don't "blow-up".

Bullets can and do "blow-up", especially when they hit heavy bone at very high velocity - well-documented. Something doesn't need to have an explosive or incendiary material inside of it to "blow-up".

No they don't. That's fuddlore

You're a Rando internet retard with zero hunting experience.

Like a hog to slop, the fuddtard, aka gluckgluck4000 appears.

There's no retired sf dudes to blow in this thread, move along chubby.

He does have experience shooting game at long-range. Do you have as much experience at shooting game at long-range as he does?

Lol an appeal to chubbys "authority" lol.

Let's see some pics or evidence of bullet "blow up" after hitting bone......News flash, there isn't any.

John Burns' experience at shooting game at long-range is...relevant to the particular points in discussion. So, in your experience, no bullets rapidly disintegrate or rapidly come apart with pieces going in many directions when those bullets hit bone at very high velocity?

Bullets do not "blow up". When people claim this, it's because they don't know what they are looking at, if they're even looking at a wound. Most of the time it's assumption as they never recovered the animal.

And John Burns is irrelevant. In any discussion outside of distilled spirits.

Do some bullets rapidly disintegrate or rapidly come apart in many directions when they hit bone at very high velocity?

Fragmentation is not "blow up".

Rapid fragmentation of a bullet or rapid disintegration is commonly and correctly referred to as "blow-up". The relevant point wasn't the very restrictive meaning that you attribute to "blow-up" as opposed to a wider meaning, but that some cup and core bullets or even bonded bullets, rapidly fragment or rapidly come apart when they hit bone at very high velocity.

also known as "to grenade on bone" ie "blow up" ala explosive fragmentation

duh