Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Varget in a 7mm-08 load

Just loaded up some 150-grain Sierra Game King BTSP's with 41 grains of Varget powder. It's my first experience with Varget in this chambering.

Any suggestions?

No experience with varget.... But I load the same bullet in my daughters 7-08 with rl15 with decent results.

My best load was 140gr Barnes TSXs and 43.5gr of Varget in my LVSF....2850 and shot in the .2s and .3s enough that I didn't change a thing.

Robert

My 7-08 shoots 42.0 gns of Varget with Sierra's 100 grain bullet very well; 3 shots in a 1/2" group at 100 yards.
I made that load up, in addition to a 140 gn Partition, for varmint hunting. I use H-414 for the 140 gn NPT.
There's something about Varget that spells "accuracy" in every rifle I've tried it in. My 22-250 LOVES it. So does my 250 Savage.

Suggestions? Go shoot it and be happy.

I use that load pushing a 140 gr Ballistic Tip. I shoot golf balls off of the target frame at 200 yards with it.



Gotta agree. If Varget is appropriate for the cartridge I'm loading, it's my first choice. I usually don't need to look any further.

In my 7mm-08, it's awesome!

Never found a better combination than 7-08, 140 grain bullet and Varget(42.5 grains=2850 fps).

My 7-08 Mountain Rifle shoots 140 ABs at 2730 with 43 grains of Varget. Even with the skinny barrel, it'll shoot 3 into about .75" if I let the barrel cool between shots. BTW, I get considerably better accuracy (but less velocity) with Varget than with H4350, the powder I used before trying Varget.

Hold carefully; I expect those bullets will want to land on the same spot. Varget is good to the 7mm-08 in my experience. And I've actually gotten very good speeds with 130-139 grainers with it. My rifle must have had a late date with the chamber reamer though. It has a rather snug chamber which is good for accuracy, kind of touchy with pressures.

I settled on Varget after failing to get H-414 to work. Happy with sub-1/2" MOA at 200 yards.

that load is a keeper Fremont..

but I am surprised H 414 didn't give you good results...real surprised..

I guess I'm odd man out. When Varget first came out, it was gonna be the do-all be-all of powders. I've tried Varget in several different calibres and, while it gives good results acrost a pretty broad field, I have yet to find one where Varget is THE powder. I have always been able to find another powder that did a better job.
In the 7-08, my go to powder is H4895 followed by H414.

Wish I could get a hold of some more Varget!! I load it up in 223, 7-08, and my 270 and have less that 100 grains of it left, called my local reloading supplier and he says that his people don't have a clue when they are going to get any in!!! Anyone else having problems finding it on the shelves? Of the 4 places locally that carry powder none of them have it.....

I bought another jug of it the other day at Bass Pro in Memphis.

I've had good luck with it in my son's 7-08 with 120 gr. Ballistic Tips. 45 grs gives me about 3025 fps and very acceptable accuracy out of a bone stock Ruger Hawkeye:

Good shooting!!

I LOVE seeing those kind of groups...

Thank you sir.

Me, too. I kept tinkering with it trying to get it to work....but discovered that Varget was an easier route to take.

Delta Hunter,

I'd call that load more than good!

i have had great luck with varget in .204, .223, .22-250, .243, .25-06, 6.5x55, etc. works very well and i can usually find a VERY accurate load. have shot sub-moa with all of those cartridges and varget, some sub-half moa.

I have yet to try Varget in the 7mm-08 and probably won't . My pet Deer load is the 145Gr. Speer BTSP over 47Gr. of W-760 , it groups sub MOA and kills Deer like lightening ! I'm not one to fix things that aren't broke !