Originally Posted by CreekWarrior
Bob - enjoyed your write-up but the clucking & dancing chickens here on the CF are getting to you again, you better get out and hunt - soon! grin

I have two elk tags this year and will be packing a 54 cal Hawkins in 3 weeks and my new (gasp!) 7mm Wby (in a 700)during rifle seaon in October.

Though I backed the 7 Wby load down a ways, that 160 partition leaving at 3100 fps is like a freakin' laser up here at 10,000'. Very impressive!

Good huntin' to you


Yes it will be. I got 3124 fps with the 160 Partition from my Remington SPS 7 mag using Reloder 33 powder. It is 75 grains, which is just under max for the 175. The 160 could even go a little higher with that powder, but I used 175 data due to the fact that Alliant had no data for the 160s and Re 33. The 175s were clocking 3025 with the 75-grain load. This was just some experimenting that I did, as my go-to load has been Re 25 at 3006 fps. All loads shot around a half inch. The 160 Partition is death on elk.

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