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ive killed 8-10 deer with the 7mm-08 but have never seen an Elk so wont comment on them. Each deer Ive killed with the 708 has been with the factory loaded hornady sst 139grn. Every deer so far has been a bang-flop. Every. Single. One. I shoot high just behind the shoulder and they fold no tracking. deer sizes have been does to a old 6pnt that weighed just shy of 200lb. small sample size I know but the SSTs are extremely accurate and work great on deer for me thus far.

I'm getting really good accuracy (MOA @ 200 yards) using both Speer 145 grain Grand Slams and Speer 145 grain Boat Tails in my Tikka T3. I'm a Nosler fan and I have always reloaded used Nosler Accubonds or Partitions in most all of my other rifles. I may still try both Nosler's in my 7mm-08 but, I don't want to overlook the Speer. I'd like to find a bullet I can use on deer, hogs and elk. Any thoughts on Speer's performance or should start working up loads using Noslers? I'm currently using Re 17 and Big Game but, I have a pound of Varget which is hard to get here in OK. Your thoughts will be appreciated.

Used the speer 145 BTs in the 7mm-08 and 280 but only on deer so far all with good results have used the speer 180 BTs in the 30-06 for everything from gopher to grizzly with good results if they shoot well out of your gun see no reason to try others.

thanks for the additional input. I stepped away for a while and forgot about this.

You cannot go wrong with the Abs, or Partitions. Why have several different kinds of bullets? Use one of these two and be done with it, as long as your gun like them.

The SST will eventually fail on you. The 139 Interlock probably not. The SST will be OK for deer as long as you don't mind the dynamite effect.

My last 7mm-08 was a SS Rem Seven. It was particularly accurate with the 140 grain Nosler Partition. It would be my first choice if I were to do it again.

Tom

I'm putting my two cents in for the Sierra 140gr Prohunter. My son and I shoot them in our 7mm08s. They hold together really good and do a decent amount of damage. We've only killed whitetails though.

140gr.Partition and a good knife...ScottyO.

I'm running 130 Speer BTSP for Deer and 140 TTSX for everything else. No luck with 140 or 120 Nosler BT for accuracy.

Old thread, but I will chime in too.

I use both the 120 and 140 gr. TTSX in my 7mm-08 depending on what I am hunting.

My Daughter uses the 139 grain GMX as she hunts in a lead free zone. Seemed to do a pretty good job on a Buck she got last year. My rifle likes the 139 grain interlock. I did write Barnes and ask them to consider a 140 grain load and they wrote me back saying they would consider it.

I picked up some 139 interbonds via trade when I was looking. I plan to work those up first. From most accounts, the IB seems to be a bit more emphatic than the ABs until you really push the range. That seems like a perfect fit for me. I won't be pushing this range.

Only reason I'd consider having the 120 BT's worked up as well is that I like bang flop, and the 140 class does not seem to do that on WT size game. I'll try both to get some first hand experience as well.

I came back to this because I picked up (or will be) getting a 7mm-08 SS Savage LWH for myself.

I agree with 140 gr slugs in the 7mm-08. Standard cup/core work wonderfully

145 LRX

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Was gonna add my $0.02 but there it is! 140AB has been all I could hope for in the 7mm-08. Hopefully it'll get some more "testing" this fall.