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And ol' Elmer Fudd prefers to scratch his own balls, in whatever manner he chooses.

As do I....

So if the sight in for 350 yard zero is valid for the 7 Rem Mag, and the 7mm08 lags about 100-200 yards behind the 7 mags velocity (let’s say 150), then it appears a 200 zero would be perfect.

Glad we were able to get that out of all these posts...

Tried the Nosler 7mm08 140 grain E-Tip factory ammo I got when it was on sale at SPS. Nice 3/4” triangle at 100 yards. The Oehler chrono showed an average of 2,780 fps at the muzzle. Sighted in dead on at 200 yards, I reckon I’ll be good to 350 or 400 with the Beanland.

Hopefully will have cow elk pics mid October.

Thanks Oregonmuley!

My wife slays all sorts of elk with that load. This is about how the day goes below....

Greg getting his mule on for the wife slayer...Good man! 🙂😎

Lol.

I'm curious on how the e-tip will perform. Randy Newberg used one on his sheep hunt posted yesterday. I'd be curious how it worked, resulted in a dead ram but wonder what the autopsy showed. I believe the shot was 400+ yards.

A pretty good thread..........till it wasn't but I did enjoy seeing the critter photos and reading about the 140gr AB bullet's effectiveness.

Another one East of the ol Miss but I had/have no qualms on the 7mm08 (my choice of 7x57mm though) cartridge wise.......but until reading this thread I would have went with a heavier bullet weight if ever able to go myself. 160gr PT springs to mind.
Should I ever find a method and funds to still go for elk, I might have to rethink that but then again something else comes to mind as it has many decades.

"Shoot what you shoot well and bullet/broadhead you have faith in". and " If you don't KNOW you're going to kill that critter......don't shoot".

A LONG time die hard bowhunter until age shot me in the....everything, I like CLOSE shots and not just for effectiveness.

It's all about the memories made and the greater the excitement, the greater the memory IMHO.

At the range I'D prefer to shoot a bull (I mean come on.....bowhunters and black powder hunters STILL take them regularly. SOMETHING under 200 OR LESS yards shouldn't be THAT tough.....but I digress ).......I could probably just use my 175gr old school Remington Core Lokts, but still enjoyed the read.....for awhile.

Oh yeah, on my one and only ever gun hunt for elk, should it come to fruition.........I'd shoot one out at my max range (which is shorter than most I'm reading) and be thankful.

That said, one shot a third that distance would be closer to making my bucket list. I guess I could always try to go again, right?

As always, and probably for as long as I hunt.........it's HOW I take any animal that will rank just as high as getting one at all.

But.........like A LOT of posts past, oh......maybe page 6?....that's just MY OPINION. ARGUING with someone whom has come to their OWN opinion in their own manner is .......foolish, ....just my 2 cents of unwanted, unasked for but heart felt advice.

Whatever works for you........you bet, I'm there to say CONGRATS when it is all said and done.
How, when, what was used, distance etc........."proves" zippity do da.
I (and most others) would still "do it their way" and there is NOTHING wrong with that.

While I do not think along the lines of a some thinking otherwise.........I'll still give em the high sign and best wishes on their hunts.

BTW........we ARE going to see "hero photos" when this hunt is over.......correct?

Take that 7mm08 and knock em dead!
God Bless
Steve

I'm glade that's over, I think I'll sight my swede in at 1'' high at 100 yards and call it good.

Tried some other loads in my 7mm08 today. 22.5” barrel, I’d have to check on who made the barrel.
The factory E-tip chrono’d 2,770 last weekend.
Loaded some accubonds and Trophy bonded tipped over Big Game.
R-P virgin brass, Tula LRM primer.

Chrono was 10 feet from muzzle

140 grain Trophy Bonded Tipped
COAL = 2.814

46.5 Big Game
2858, 2855, 2839, 2849, 2843
M=2848, E=19, S=7

47.0 Big Game
2879, 2857, 2873
M=2869, E=22, S=11


140 grain Accubond
COAL = 2.818

46.5 Big Game
2834, 2829, 2845, 2858, 2862
M=2845, E=33, S=14

47.0 Big Game
2906, 2892, 2880
M=2892, S=26, E=13

Primers were great on all, easy bolt lift.

I’ll run ballistics and see how they compare, the accubond has a better BC than the TBT.

Group size?

1 to 1.5” the accubonds were more accurate

That's what I settled on. Chrono just shy of 2900 with the 140 AB.

You need at least a 300 magnum!!!!! Don't listen to this, elk are tough!!! Elk are the north American cape buffalo!!!! Wound one and it will butt fuuck you!!!! Not fun..... HINT