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Have a friend who is looking into buying a 7-08 Remington 700 for target shooting. He doesn’t hunt or load his own ammo. I’m trying to talk him into a 6.5 Creedmoor but he found a good deal on this rifle. Anyhow. What do you all suggest for factory target/ match ammo.?
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7-08 is a very good hunting rifle, but ain't a target shooting rifle. He will have to reload to achieve accuracy.
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Butch, I disagree with that statement totally. I would say if you had a .308 and a 7mm-08 built to same standards. The 7mm-08 would shoot just as good and probably better, at distance, due to bullets with better BC's. People shoot .308 to 1000 yards and it it plenty accurate. Why wouldn't the 7mm-08 be just as good as a target rifle?
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How serious of competition?
I'll probably get savaged for this, but if the guy just wants to go to the range and punch paper with the kids, Remington Corelokt will shoot some pretty amazing groups in some guns. I have a 30/06 that will put 3 180s into 1/2" or less.
If those don't shoot for him, I'd try Federals with the Nosler ballistic tips.
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Have a friend who is looking into buying a 7-08 Remington 700 for target shooting. He doesn’t hunt or load his own ammo. I’m trying to talk him into a 6.5 Creedmoor but he found a good deal on this rifle. Anyhow. What do you all suggest for factory target/ match ammo.? What specific type of Rem 700? What kind of target shooting? Does he expect to shoot factory match ammunition?
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Butch, I disagree with that statement totally. I would say if you had a .308 and a 7mm-08 built to same standards. The 7mm-08 would shoot just as good and probably better, at distance, due to bullets with better BC's. People shoot .308 to 1000 yards and it it plenty accurate. Why wouldn't the 7mm-08 be just as good as a target rifle?
Well, you are entitled to disagree. Never seen any body use a 7-08 in competition. 308 can shoot well. You ask why, BULLETS.
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Wasn't the 7mm08 popular with the metallic silhouette crowd?
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Question for you Butch. Which should shoot better at 1000 yards? 7mm, smaller bullet, better bc, faster speed, effected less by wind. I understand there are better calibers for 1000 yards. Just asking on paper which should shoot better between the two. I don't have a ballistic calculator to run the numbers. The reason more people shoot .308 is because it has a specific class, doesn't mean it shoots better.
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Well, as I said, a lot mo betta 30 cal bullets. If you follow competition you will find more 30 cal winners and probably 6mm. Most comps aren't caliber specific. I will say in windy conditions the FClass guys like the 284. Here is a pretty good 30 cal group shot by a friend, Stuart Elliott in Australia. ![[Linked Image]](http://i42.tinypic.com/2dj1mo2.jpg)
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I just asked a simple question that I know you can answer. Which would be better at distance, 7mm-08 or .308?
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I would do my best to talk that guy into a 308 or if he was interested in really long range the 6.5 Creedmoor. Those recommendations would be based only on availability and price of factory loaded target ammo. There's no reason the 7-08 can't be a very accurate choice but he would need to load his own ammo.
Start your discussion with him by getting him to find good target ammo on the web and pricing it.
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Hornady Precision Hunter 150ELD-X has very respectable BC and velocity. Federal Premium has a 140NBT load that looks pretty good.
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I just asked a simple question that I know you can answer. Which would be better at distance, 7mm-08 or .308? You know the answer.  There is absolutely NO reason other than rule compliance that someone would choose a 308 over a 7-08 for long range shooting. There are plenty of good bullets in 7mm and, the last time I checked, I could only shoot 1 bullet at a time no matter how fast I pulled the trigger. LOL! Once you are freed of the NATO rules, the only reason you don't see 7-08 more is because it is neither fish nor fowl.
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I have recently convinced him to drop the 7-08 idea and either do a 308 or 6.5 Creedmoor based simply on the fact that he was doing strictly factory loaded ammo. Not that the 7-08 isn’t capable as it was initially designed and came to being as a silhouette round. It’s just that it’s primarily a hunting round now and has fell out of fashion as a target round with all the 6 and 6.5’s out there now. Thanks for the help as I wasn’t finding ANY prefab target ammo in 7-08.
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Wasn't the 7mm08 popular with the metallic silhouette crowd? ^^^This^^^
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I just asked a simple question that I know you can answer. Which would be better at distance, 7mm-08 or .308? You know the answer. There is absolutely NO reason other than rule compliance that someone would choose a 308 over a 7-08 for long range shooting. There are plenty of good bullets in 7mm and, the last time I checked, I could only shoot 1 bullet at a time no matter how fast I pulled the trigger. LOL! Once you are freed of the NATO rules, the only reason you don't see 7-08 more is because it is neither fish nor fowl. I know, I just wanted to hear it from someone else........grin
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I have recently convinced him to drop the 7-08 idea and either do a 308 or 6.5 Creedmoor based simply on the fact that he was doing strictly factory loaded ammo. Not that the 7-08 isn’t capable as it was initially designed and came to being as a silhouette round. It’s just that it’s primarily a hunting round now and has fell out of fashion as a target round with all the 6 and 6.5’s out there now. Thanks for the help as I wasn’t finding ANY prefab target ammo in 7-08. I was hoping you could move things in that direction. This is coming from an owner of many 308's which I do enjoy: Now push him toward the 6.5.
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I have recently convinced him to drop the 7-08 idea and either do a 308 or 6.5 Creedmoor based simply on the fact that he was doing strictly factory loaded ammo. Not that the 7-08 isn’t capable as it was initially designed and came to being as a silhouette round. It’s just that it’s primarily a hunting round now and has fell out of fashion as a target round with all the 6 and 6.5’s out there now. Thanks for the help as I wasn’t finding ANY prefab target ammo in 7-08. I was hoping you could move things in that direction. This is coming from an owner of many 308's which I do enjoy: Now push him toward the 6.5. Yep. For a guy who doesn’t reload, hard to beat a.6.5 CM. Factory ammo is not that expensive and shoots great. I have all three and for the nonreloader, 6.5 CM would be my pick. DF
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I have all three as well and I concur! 6.5 for the win!
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I just asked a simple question that I know you can answer. Which would be better at distance, 7mm-08 or .308? 308 of course. And no I do not have one at this time.
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