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139 Gr Hornady and 140 Gr Barnes as backup. My 7 x 57 shoots them to the same point of impact. Several dozen whitetail, mule deer, antelope, couple cow elk, a Shiras moose, RM sheep and 180 Gr Hornady for a plains buffalo. And the Hornadys are affordable and always available.

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Thanks buddy. My 7mm rem mag loves the 162 A-max. I was on the fence about using them on a mulie buck last year, so I used a bullet I know I can trust: The 162gr. Hornady btsp interlock. I've contemplated using the A max on elk this year. Now I kind of wished I would have tried it because the 30 cal 180gr. Nosler partition is so reliably boring, it's not even funny..

I have loaded for, and wife and I have hunted with 7-08, 7-08ai, 284 win, and 7mm wsm over the last 10 years. You can't go wrong with either of the above two bullet choices IMO. Wife is currently shooting 120 gr TTSX at 3200 fps out of her 7-08ai and has taken wall hangers at distances of 40 and 194 yds with excellent bullet performance. I took a decent mid-MO 9 pointer last weekend with the 140 gr NAB out of the 7wsm. Use the one that shoots best in your 280ai and hunt with confidence.

160 Nosler PT for elk and 139 Hornady for deer.

Correctomundo.....

Since your shots, according to your post, will be at or under 400 yards and mostly under 300, no reason to saddle yourself with the poor mid range trajectory and heavier recoil of any extra long, extra heavy high BC bullets. At the ranges and game you have described they will do nothing better than the 120TTSX except for smack your shoulder harder and make range estimations or reading more critical at the ranges you outlined.

If that 120TTSX shoots well in your rifle, load 'em up and as they often say here "Go fill an ark" while enjoying low recoil, two holes for easy tracking, bone breaking penetration when needed and a flat trajectory the whole time.

120,140 tsx
150 ballistic tip
154 hornady flat base
150 scirroco....current favorite

Rosco? What speed are you getting with those out of the weatherby?

2960 is what I've settled on with H1000. I can get a tad more with other powders but H1000 gave best results across the board. 24" tube.

H1000 seems to be a great choice. 2960 with that bullet is a very good place to be I think.

I think so too. I'm putting together another 7wby right now, and considered going with a bigger hull..But after arguing with myself over it, I really dont want to drive that bullet faster. I think i'm where I need to be FPS wise,and too fast if anything.


If I always planned on 500+ yard encounters then yeah, more speed would be OK, but i dont go lookin for a long shot, so I really think between 2800-3000 is a nice place to be with that bullet as a starting velocity.

Maybe when/if berger comes out with their 195gr 7mm, i'll consider a bigger power plant.Prolly should have twisted this new one in anticipation of that bullet, but I found a 9 twist bartlien sittin on a shelf and couldnt pass it up, long lead time for those bbls these days.

I use Nosler Partitions in both my 7mm rifles. 140s in the 7mm-08 and 160s in the Rem Mag.

Mine is an 8.5 twisted Rock. Might handle a 195, but very content lobbing 180s at stuff.

168 Berger Classics out of M7 22" tube with all the Retumbo I can get into a 7 SAUM case gets me 2900 fps. Holds 2000 ft. lbs. of energy past 400. I have very similar load for 7 WSM M70 that also shoots well with VLD's and classics. I have only killed deer size and smaller critters but they work nicely.

150 BT in 7RM is a do all bullet for me. I've tried a bunch of others but usually come back to the BT.

In my .280AI I've used the 160NPT on antelope, deer and elk. It's accurate and always expands back to the partition(at least on the ones recovered)penetrates very well and does all this near or far, good angle or bad, with or without hitting bone.

150 ETip: 7mm RM: I've taken Black, Blue and Red Beasts, Zebra, Kudu, Warthog and Eland as well as Sitka Blacktail with the ETip driven at 3000 fps.

140 AB: 7mm SAUM: Deer and Mountain Goat...and a raccoon with the AB driven at 3000 fps as well.

I really like the 7's.

150 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips....