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Nobody has mentioned Berget Bullets yet..any experience out there on game in the 7-08?
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The BTs are like FMJs, they work as long as you shoot them in exactly the right spot. I hate them.
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The BTs are like FMJs, they work as long as you shoot them in exactly the right spot. I hate them. So tell me exactly what that riddle is all about??
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The BTs are like FMJs, they work as long as you shoot them in exactly the right spot. I hate them. Oh, they work, to be sure. Yes, if they are placed poorly, they can, at times, be a bit more destructive than some, but killing with them is not rocket science.
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ok swamp tell the deer that hit the ground so hard they bounce from my 284 and 140gr balistic tip that they are no good
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How are they like FMJ .... they're polar opposites ...
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Just more proof that he's never used them.
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I just got a new one, looking for the perfect bullet specifically for whitetail deer. don't need recommendations for elk or moose or elephant, just deer. thanks to all you users of 7-08, looking forward to working up the loads for it. I like the 140's unless I'm shooting very long ranges. To me, the perfect bullet for a 7-08 for deer is the 140-gn Accubond. If you want to mess around out to 600 yards or so the above bullet works well, or the 162 Amax has been performing well for me on steel at least.
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Let me add, I ended up a bit underwhelmed by the 150 Partition on deer from my M7. It was about the only thing that rifle would shoot accuratly (sprayed the 140's). They always exited for me but a couple times the damage wasn't real impressive and I had one buck in particular that ran forever after a good hit with that bullet.
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The BTs are like FMJs, they work as long as you shoot them in exactly the right spot. I hate them. Because the pointy plastic end of the bullet sticks out of the case ..you need to get that right
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Have used 139 Hornady, 140 Accubond both with h-4350 with good results. Rifle likes the 120 bt's real well with varget but I haven't shot deer with it [yet]. Remington 700 SPS stainless.
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The BTs are like FMJs, they work as long as you shoot them in exactly the right spot. I hate them. nothing works if you can't shoot...
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I agree, so maybe you should quit hunting.
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maybe you should try hunting before you start giving advice about it...
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I can't even count the amount of deer, elk and moose that I have killed with ballistic tips. Never, not even once, have they EVER penciled through anything. Quite the opposite in fact. They are hell on critters and turn them inside out...DRT. The 139 grain Hornady's penetrate a bit more with more controlled expansion and exit. Swampy, you really need to get out and shoot more stuff (not in the butt either). "Ballistic tips pencil through" that is definitely in the top ten most ridiculous statements I have red on this forum. Please please show me the picture of said pencil kill, or did it get away? I bet you just missed and "think" it penciled through. So you have one whole experience with the bullet? Flinch
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Nobody has mentioned Berget Bullets yet..any experience out there on game in the 7-08? Bergers? They kill schit dead. But I only got experience on antelope, deer, elk and moose.
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Well I shot a few deer with a 7mm-08 back when it came out, I had a Remington 700 so chambered. Sporter barrel around 1982. Remington was loading 139 gr Hornady SP in the factory load back then. Worked fine, just like my 7 x 57. The key is to find a bullet that you like and shoots well enough. Any decent 7mm bullet from 140 gr to 160 or even a 175 gr will do. One of my friends who homesteads in Alaska shoots nothing but a 7mm-08 and 140 gr Nosler Partitions loads from Federal, he may go thru a whole box in a decade. Fills his Black tail and moose tags every year. Told me once that his field shooting gotten much better when he when to that cartridge vs the 375 H+H he use to shoot. He could shoot that too, my guess its easier for a 76 year old to walk all day carrying a 7lb rifle vs one that is near 10 lbs.
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... Please please show me the picture of said pencil kill, or did it get away? I bet you just missed and "think" it penciled through. So you have one whole experience with the bullet? Flinch He doesn't take pictures of his harvest ... it denigrates the animal .... except for the one on his golf cart.
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maybe he doesn't want to likewise denigrate his sub .5" groups
or his 7mm-08
or his gunsmithing equipment
or his 'truckloads of rugers'
or his 'hundreds of elk'
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