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...taking the .7mm-08 to the big state up North for Dall Sheep and just found out Carabou will also be in play on this trip. Not so much worried about the .7mm-08 with the Ram but this Carabou variable is going to take some planning. I think I'm limited to a 140 gr bullet in this caliber (?) but I need to max this sucker out...any experience out there with premium bullets in this round? -thanks
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stiff handloads with 120gr Nosler BTs should do for both. If you just have to have something tougher, go with a barnes in the same weight range
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It doesn't take much to kill a 'bou. Whatever bullet you're using for ram will work for caribou... 140gr TTSX... 
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120 TSX is what i'd use...
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140gr Nosler BT
140gr Nosler AB
140gr Nosler PT
139gr Hornady SPBT
139gr Hornady IB
and a few others.......
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I would have zero qualms, either, about running with a 140 Partition, or simply the 139 Interlock. Heck, I actually have a hard time thinking of the bullets I wouldn't want in my 7mm-08 for sheep or 'bou. It's a bit difficult to recall the caribou I've taken with the 7mm-08, but I know I've used Pro-hunters, Hot-Cors, Interlocks, XFBs, Partitions, Ballistic Tips, and PowerPoints in this cartridge alone. They work....well; all of them. Don't make this difficult.
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120 TSX is what i'd use... +1
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The 120 would be plenty for the 'bou.
Question on reloading, can a fella get 3000 fps with a 140 grain pill? RL15?
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i'm getting 2950 with 120's both nbt's and tsx's...
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The 120 would be plenty for the 'bou.
Question on reloading, can a fella get 3000 fps with a 140 grain pill? RL15?
Thanks.
R. About 2800-2850 with 20"-22.5" bbls using RL15 ime. I like the 140s, they shoot plenty flat and buck the wind better than the 120s. MtnHtr
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140 grn Nos Accubonds is all I use now..I wouldn't use a Barnes bullet from a 7-08
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The 120gr TSX is a wicked slayer from the 7mm-08. Truly wicked.
There's something about launching that bullet around 2900 - 3000 fps that just works.
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120's, It's the go to load for me, steelhead when he had one. Stick uses the same load... Minus the BT's of coarse...
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Sheep are generally tougher than caribou.
One of the members here has killed a moose with a 7-08 and 120 tsx, so I'd say you'll have no problem with that combo against caribou.
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...thanks guys, I have much more horsepower in the gunsafe but I had MUCH rather take this little lightweight 708 hiking as long as it will do the job. Unfortunately, I only have firsthand experience with whitetail using this caliber and just not sure what the potential/limitations are with the cal. 'Preciate the advice -
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120 BT, 120 or 140 TTSX, 140 NP. Whichever the gun shoots best and don't worry about the results. Any of those bullets in the 7-08 is plenty for sheep and bou.
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Never killed either of those critters but have killed a couple 200-250 pound boars and lots of smaller critters with the 120 bt right at 3000fps,,, it works well,,
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When I first saw this "larger game" I thought you were going elk or moose hunting. But sheep and bou, those critters aren't exactly what I'd call big so I'd say just use what you use for deer where you live.
I know of more than a couple sheep and bou's taken with 22/250's and Swifts and 243's and the like. So, your lil 7 won't have any issues at all.
If I were taking a 7/08 I'd use a 139 Horn coupled with R17 and call it a day.
Are you hunting this fall?
Thx and best of luck to you (take lots of pics and come back and share)
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