Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Needing a NASTY .7mm-08 bullet for larger game ....

140-gr. North Fork's should work well on both animals.

As well as most trains...grin

Dober

140gr or 150gr Nosler Part.Simple and effective.

140gr Accubonds, or the 139gr Hornady GMX.

Too true Mark, too true. (The OP did capitalize the word "NASTY" though.)

A "bou" goes 500ish a sheep 225ish,on the hoof. Find one that shoots good and take lots of pictures!

Check this, aalf says 3175 with a 120 and H414:

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/5003999/H414_and_7_08#Post5003999

They don't open up? Or is it something else?

GD. If you live in Columbia Missouri just walk over to Midway USA and pick up 2 or 3 boxes of 7mm08.... The 120gr TTSX is what I would use....

link: http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/default.aspx?productNumber=192125

120TTSX.

Plenty of great 7mm bullets out there.

I'd opt for the 140 or 150 Partition, the 140 TSX, or the 150 SSII.

Shoot them and your rifle will tell you which it likes best.

STA...I've spent more money there (Midway) than my wife has at Macy's over the years, and that is saying something buddy! I got a chuckle out of you sending me that link - but thanks anyway.

My son shot a cow moose w/ his model 7 7mm-08 using a 120gr Barnes TTSX. No issues at all on sheep or caribou.

I've shot 5 sheep and 7 caribou. As North American game go, these two animals are, pound-for-pound, among the easiest animals to put down. They aren't even in the same league with an elk or goat or even a whitetail. Put a proper bullet in the right place, and you'll have meat in the freezer and horns on the wall. But make a bad shot, and you'll be in for an adventure, with any bullet.

My choice would be the 140 Nosler PT for both animals. In fact, this is the bullet I used for my bighorn, my Stone, and a west Texas aoudad. And out of a 7mm Mag, this bullet claimed two NWT caribou.

Go forth and have fun, and don't fret over your bullet.

I had a friend carry a 7mm-08 for caribou. The rifle was so light we had to keep opening the rifle case just to make sure the thing was in there. He used 140gr Ballistic Tips to drop a couple bulls on the spot with shoulder shots. He said one did come apart pretty good after hitting the front point of a shoulder, but it came apart in the lungs so he didn't care. Dead critter!

As a side note, he lost most everything on those animals except the antlers. As he was flying from Canada to New York, his jet was suddenly diverted to Wisconsin. He had to try and haul that meat via a rented pickup from Green Bay to Flagstaff, Arizona since he was not allowed to fly anywhere. He hated to lose all that meat and hide, but that paled in comparison considering everything else that went on that September 11 day.

Just my experience here but 500 lbs sounds awfully heavy for bous, I'd say more like 275-350 on the top end. Reminded me a lot like spike here in Montana.

Dober

I've not seen 3k yet with 140's in a 7-08. Seems like a stretch to me with any tube.

I'm with Mark on the size of caribou. I've hunted them across the continent and have yet to see a 500-pound bull--though some mountain caribou reach that size. The biggest-bodied caribou live near the 60th parallel of latitude, the northern border of BC, Alberta, Sakatchewan and Manitoba, which is a lot further south than Alaska. About 350 pounds is closer to average for a mature Alaskan bull.

What this thread is proving so far as that about any bullet works well in the 7mm-08, because like the 7x57 it doesn't put too much stress on bullets. I also like Mark's suggestion of the 139 Hornady Spire Point, partly because I've taken caribou with it. The bullet holds up fine, even when shot faster at close range, and kills quicker on average than some of the super-bullets suggested--which sometimes helps when anchoring a sheep where it won't fall off a cliff. The 140 Ballistic Tip would be another good one.

I have used Hornady HE ammo. It was capable of throwing a 140 gr. TBB @ 3020 fps (as advertised) outta my MkV in 7-08. FWIW, it does have a 24" barrel.

I'm new to the 7-08 game but have one load of 45.7 of H414, 140 Nosler BT, that gets 2898 out of a 22" barrel. Kills Mule Deer , white tail and antelope very quickly and effectively. 120 Nosler BT's work just as effectively at about 3140. Should both work on Caribou and Sheep I would bet.