Certainly can't claim it as a pet load as everyone on the fire with a 7mm-08 seems to have tried it, but 45grns of Varget and a 120grn NBT is SWEET!
I jump shot a small buck this weekend with my model 7 SS 7mm-08 in Tennessee. As is often the case in this sort of scenario, shot presentation was not ideal. Buck was running uphill, quartering away. I shot and hit just above the right ham, 120 NBT penetrated through and through, exiting inside left shoulder. DRT...
Very accurate load, very mild recoil. I'm getting 2950fps which is a little slow even with the 20" barrel. No pressure signs at all, could probably bump the powder charge 0.5 grain, but I'm satisfied with on game performance as is.
David
