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7mm-08 Loads #4030690 04/26/10
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 150 South Carolina J JRC280 OP Campfire Member
OP JRC280 Campfire Member J Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 150 South Carolina	Just bought a Rem 700 XCR in 7mm-08 and wanted to know where to start. This will be a whitetail / antelope rifle. Thanks

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Re: 7mm-08 Loads JRC280 #4030708 04/26/10
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,979 Olive Branch, MS Delta Hunter Campfire Regular
Delta Hunter Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,979 Olive Branch, MS	My son's Ruger Hawkeye likes 45 grs. of Varget with 120 gr. Ballistic Tips. Works really well on whitetail deer. Oh, and that's in Win. brass with Fed210M primers. Weiners are health food - My dad

Re: 7mm-08 Loads JRC280 #4030745 04/26/10
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ColdBore Campfire Outfitter C Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 8,759	41 grains of Varget pushing a 140 grain Ballistic Tip, in Rem brass and with WLR primers. Shoots wonderfully and kills deer cleanly.

Re: 7mm-08 Loads ColdBore #4031046 04/26/10
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,594 Central Mo H Hugh Campfire Regular
Hugh Campfire Regular H Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,594 Central Mo	120 grain bullet 44grains Reloader15 140 grain bullet 41grains Reloader15.

Re: 7mm-08 Loads Hugh #4031052 04/26/10
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,904 Likes: 2 AL/GA line himmelrr Campfire Tracker
himmelrr Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,904 Likes: 2 AL/GA line	Max load of IMR4895 and any Hornady 139gr bullet. RH

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Re: 7mm-08 Loads himmelrr #4031267 04/26/10
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,652 Likes: 3 Coues Country G GregW Campfire Ranger
GregW Campfire Ranger G Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,652 Likes: 3 Coues Country	R-P hulls CCI LR 45.0 Varget 120 TTSX 2.78" 3,030 from my 20" Model 7 - Greg Success is found at the intersection of planning, hard work, and stubbornness.

Re: 7mm-08 Loads himmelrr #4031656 04/26/10
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FC363 Campfire Regular Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,951	Originally Posted by himmelrr Max load of IMR4895 and any Hornady 139gr bullet. RH +1 "Give a lazy man the toughest job, and he will find the easiest way to do it"

Re: 7mm-08 Loads FC363 #4031808 04/26/10
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dawaba Campfire Regular D Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,046 Texas	130 gr Speer BT with Re-15 in the 7mm-08 is a match made in Heaven! I was hoarding when hoarding wasn't cool.

Re: 7mm-08 Loads dawaba #4032081 04/26/10
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greentimber Campfire Regular G Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,259 TN	Exactly what Delta Hunter said... RLTW

Re: 7mm-08 Loads dawaba #4032086 04/26/10
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,568 Clearfield County, Pa. D Dale K Campfire Tracker
Dale K Campfire Tracker D Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,568 Clearfield County, Pa.	Mine does well with IMR 4320 and 140 Ballistic Tips. Dale This space for rent

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Re: 7mm-08 Loads Dale K #4032120 04/26/10
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,849 South East Missouri tedthorn Campfire Outfitter
tedthorn Campfire Outfitter Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,849 South East Missouri	43 grns Varget ,140 grn Sierra GK ,WLR Maker of the Frankenstud Sling Keeper

Re: 7mm-08 Loads tedthorn #4032498 04/26/10
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,474 Hermitage, TN remfak Campfire Tracker
remfak Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,474 Hermitage, TN	H380 and 140 TSX.

Re: 7mm-08 Loads Hugh #4035186 04/27/10
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DesertMuleDeer Campfire Tracker D Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,430 Northern Hill Country	What Hugh said. RL15 and 120s. Make mine 120 Noslers

Re: 7mm-08 Loads DesertMuleDeer #4035244 04/27/10
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,931 Oly.WA J Jamie Campfire Tracker
Jamie Campfire Tracker J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,931 Oly.WA	RL-15 with any of the 120's will shine.

Re: 7mm-08 Loads Jamie #4036120 04/28/10
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 25,844 Western N.Y. dvdegeorge Campfire Ranger
dvdegeorge Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 25,844 Western N.Y.	Originally Posted by Jamie RL-15 with any of the 120's will shine. yep My dog is a member of the "Turd Like Clan" Covert Trail Cameras are JUNK 3 Time Dinkathon Champion #DinkGOAT

Re: 7mm-08 Loads JRC280 #4036474 04/28/10
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 13,436 Grayling, MI D DMB Campfire Outfitter
DMB Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 13,436 Grayling, MI	Since I get great performance with H-414 and 140 gn Partitions in 7x57 rifles, I just scaled that load down for the 7-08 I just bought. 47.0 gns of H-414 in the 7x57 is my go-to load, so I just did a ratio of case capacities and settled on 45.0 gns for the 7-08. First range session with the 7-08, the rifle shot a 3 shot, 1/2" group. I quit looking further for a Deer load. I used a Weaver V-16 set at 16x for the load testing. While I was doing the load developing, I wanted a varmint load for the 7-08 too, using the 100 gn Sierra HPBT. 42.0 gns of Varget with that bullet shot a similar 1/2" group. Fed 210's were the primers. That was the quickest load development for any rifle I've ever bought, one range session. Don Don Buckbee JPFO NRA Benefactor Member NSSA Life Member

Re: 7mm-08 Loads DMB #4036915 04/28/10
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ColdBore Campfire Outfitter C Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 8,759	Originally Posted by DMB First range session with the 7-08, the rifle shot a 3 shot, 1/2" group. ...shot a similar 1/2" group. That was the quickest load development for any rifle I've ever bought, one range session. Don'tcha love it?!

Re: 7mm-08 Loads ColdBore #4037125 04/28/10
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,901 Likes: 9 Southern Oregon USA S Seafire Campfire 'Bwana
Seafire Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,901 Likes: 9 Southern Oregon USA	I'm looking at the 7/08 I put together on a Savage action... I'm going to redo another rifle differently, chambered in the 7/08... but I am looking at a 154 grain RN at about 2400 fps will certainly be an ideal package for the 200 yds and under woods ranges that I typically hunt at... and that is not far off what the M1 Garand was originally designed as in the guise of the 276 Pedersen..... just wish Hornady still made a 129 and 140 grain RN in 6.5 mm still... "Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC “Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

Re: 7mm-08 Loads Seafire #4037326 04/28/10
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OP JRC280 Campfire Member J Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 150 South Carolina	I went to the range yesterday with 120 Ballistis tips and 45 gr of Varget and this load shot .75 " at 100 yds. Thanks for the replies.

Re: 7mm-08 Loads JRC280 #4037419 04/28/10
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,979 Olive Branch, MS Delta Hunter Campfire Regular
Delta Hunter Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,979 Olive Branch, MS	Originally Posted by JRC280 I went to the range yesterday with 120 Ballistis tips and 45 gr of Varget and this load shot .75 " at 100 yds. Thanks for the replies. Sounds like you got a winner. That's about what my son's gun does with that load:

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