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168gr berger loads for 7mm rem. mag #6123348 02/02/12 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 288 ohio B bearit OP Campfire Member OP bearit Campfire Member B Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 288 ohio does anyone have any favorite loads fo this combo....thanks in advance...bearit

Re: 168gr berger loads for 7mm rem. mag bearit #6124542 02/02/12 Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,202 Likes: 1 K keith Campfire Tracker keith Campfire Tracker K Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,202 Likes: 1 71.5g Retumbo, Fed 215, nosler brass Work up to the above load, touch the lands with the bullet!!! Last edited by keith; 02/02/12.

Re: 168gr berger loads for 7mm rem. mag keith #6124553 02/02/12 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,270 Likes: 7 W. Texas J JGRaider Campfire Ranger JGRaider Campfire Ranger J Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,270 Likes: 7 W. Texas Have you chrono'ed that load? It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.

Re: 168gr berger loads for 7mm rem. mag bearit #6124745 02/02/12 Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 28,277 Bozeman, Montana Mark R Dobrenski Campfire Ranger Mark R Dobrenski Campfire Ranger Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 28,277 Bozeman, Montana I'd be all over 7828, R25 or IMR 4831 Dober "True respect starts with the way you treat others, and it is earned over a lifetime of demonstrating kindness, honor and dignity"....Tony Dungy

Re: 168gr berger loads for 7mm rem. mag Mark R Dobrenski #6124895 02/02/12 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,355 Denver 30338 Campfire Outfitter 30338 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 11,355 Denver Running ours at 72 grains of Retumbo. Still need to chrono but great accuracy.

Re: 168gr berger loads for 7mm rem. mag 30338 #6127150 02/03/12 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 604 SW MT L LKEYES Campfire Regular LKEYES Campfire Regular L Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 604 SW MT Running 71 grains and touching the lands out of a factory remington barrel, it is going 2940 ft/sec. Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. - Dale Carnegie

Re: 168gr berger loads for 7mm rem. mag LKEYES #6127611 02/03/12 Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,742 Midwest H Horseman Campfire Regular Horseman Campfire Regular H Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,742 Midwest Full charge H-1000, WW case, Fed 215M seated .005" off the lands. Under .5" with my Sendero SFII.

Re: 168gr berger loads for 7mm rem. mag Horseman #6127757 02/03/12 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 4,021 CA 8 805 Campfire Tracker 805 Campfire Tracker 8 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 4,021 CA +1 horseman. My load is 69gr h1000 fed 215m loaded .010 off lands. 2920 average.

Re: 168gr berger loads for 7mm rem. mag keith #6127972 02/03/12 Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,707 Colorado K KDF Campfire Regular KDF Campfire Regular K Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,707 Colorado Originally Posted by keith 71.5g Retumbo, Fed 215, nosler brass Work up to the above load, touch the lands with the bullet!!! That's my load also... actually had to bump it up to 72.0 grains when I broke into a new 8lb jug of Retumbo with a different lot # - runs right at 3075fps in my 26" Benchmark tube:

Re: 168gr berger loads for 7mm rem. mag KDF #6127993 02/03/12 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado Tanner Campfire Outfitter Tanner Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,273 High Country Colorado That load seems to shoot okay

Re: 168gr berger loads for 7mm rem. mag Tanner #6128032 02/03/12 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 501 So. Indiana 7mmRM Campfire Regular 7mmRM Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 501 So. Indiana My 7mmRM load- Win brass 168 Berger VLD .010" in the lands 71.5 of Retumbo Fed215M 3100fps via 28" tube

Re: 168gr berger loads for 7mm rem. mag 805 #6128056 02/03/12 Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,185 Likes: 20 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,185 Likes: 20 Banana Belt, Montana In my Browning High-Power, 71.0 grains of Retumbo gets right around 3000 with very fine accuracy. “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: 168gr berger loads for 7mm rem. mag Mule Deer #6128292 02/03/12 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 288 ohio B bearit OP Campfire Member OP bearit Campfire Member B Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 288 ohio thanks for the replies....i posted the question for a friend that just registered for the fire....his screen name is jim buck.....bearit...

JGRaider.. JGRaider #6134868 02/05/12 Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,202 Likes: 1 K keith Campfire Tracker keith Campfire Tracker K Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,202 Likes: 1 I did clock the load in an Ohler 35P, velocity in my 26" rem 700 was 3100 fps, at 70*. Work up that load in your rifle.

Re: 168gr berger loads for 7mm rem. mag Tanner #6135638 02/05/12 Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 8,423 Wa west 🇱🇷 F fredIII Campfire Outfitter fredIII Campfire Outfitter F Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 8,423 Wa west 🇱🇷 I use retumbo as well and get good results. My load is 70 grns with cci 250 in ww brass