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The one that shoots best in your rifle. (Someone had to say it.) ..... Pick one that shoots and go kill stuff, there's lots of good bullets. Yep. It depends on the rifle. I have two that seem to thrive on 175-grain bullets: 175-grain Speer Deep Curl and 175-grain Hornady RN. If I ever run out of the Deep Curls I'll stick with the RNs since they actually shoot a little better in both rifles. Another rifle likes 160-grain Partitions best, but I'm having a devil of a time trying to find the bullet/powder combination one of my Featherweights likes but eventually I'll land on it. RM I have the same problem with my featherweight. Or I should say, a combo it likes better than the Federal Blue Box. lol. It shoots those suckers just fine. When talking Featherweights, remember the various Winchesters don't have the same twist per generation of featherweight. The XTR's had an 8 3/4" twist and I learned it preferred the heavier bullets though I used more 140gn Solid Bases than any other bullet back in the 80's. My first XTR shot Sierra 175gn BT's better than any other bullet in terms of grouping. John
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That's good to know. I have 100 brass ready to go. I'll throw some Hornady 154's in a few of em to see what I can come up with. And I guess not rule out 160's.
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156 gr Norma Oryx in my CZ 550 American 7x57. I use MD's load from Gun Gack. Only one I've ever caught weighed 148 and fully mushroomed. They blow through 300 lb hogs and knock them down on their ass. Second most accurate round (sub MOA) in my rifle behind the 139 gr SST.
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154 grain Hornady Interlok in the 7x57 and the 145 grain Speer SP in the 7-08
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My Featherweight, 44 grains of MIR 4895 or 4064...140 grain Ballistic tip or 139 gr SP Hornady
both right at 2800 fps...
The Ruger, 40 grains of 3031... with bullet weights from 139 to 175...
was pretty accurate with the 180 grain ELD-M also...
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The 120gr Nosler Ballistic Tip is a fantastic killer of deer and the like when combined with a good 7mm-08. If they shoot in your rifle, use them with complete confidence.
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At moderate speeds all bullets tend to perform quite well but I have come to like the 140gr NBT particularly,
It is very accurate in my two 7x57(R) and a good killer too.
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120TSX in both. My 7x57 is a Czech Brno and I've loaded the 120's @ 3050fps w/R-15 to essentially mimic the 7-08. I have 7-08's in a Kimber MT, Rem SS Mt Guide, Rem M7, and Win 70 Ranger Youth. The 20" bbls are right at 3Kfps and the 22" are 3050. I've shot deer with them from point blank flushed coming out of cattails out to 425yds, it's a combo I'm confident in.
My 7-08's all shoot the 120 V-max very well also so I use them a fair amount for practice. I can't recall ever using them on any critter though.
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140 Grain Barnes TSX in our 7-08. Wish Federal still produced them but I have 8 boxes should last us for a while. My Daughters compact Tikka put them all through the same hole
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I had a few 120,140 ballistic tips, plus the 150PTs. The PTs shot better and I've never looked back. capt david
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Sort of hard to find a bad one from 120 gr up. But if just one it'd be the 140 gr Accubond. 50 gr of H4350 in the 7x57. Runner up would be the 139 gr Interlock. Have loaded the 7mm-08 with the 120 BT because of reports here but so far only have a sample of 1 kill but had a result a little inconsistent compared to what I've seen written. With 40 gr RL15 in my wife's A-Bolt Micro 20" barrel the bullet ain't exactly screaming. She had a 170# buck quartering to at 50 or 60 yards and hit him at the left base of the neck headed to the right shoulder. But the bullet never got there. There was a hole about 2" diameter where spine used to be but the bullet pretty much disintegrated. Just bits and pieces along with bits and pieces of bone and we butchered it ourselves. Nothing made it into the shoulder. Deer was most certainly dead right there but I have to wonder what happens broadside hitting the high shoulder bone. But we'll use the same load again next year in her rifle and with 45 gr of Varget in my Model 7 stainless.
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Sort of hard to find a bad one from 120 gr up. But if just one it'd be the 140 gr Accubond. 50 gr of H4350 in the 7x57. Runner up would be the 139 gr Interlock. Have loaded the 7mm-08 with the 120 BT because of reports here but so far only have a sample of 1 kill but had a result a little inconsistent compared to what I've seen written. With 40 gr RL15 in my wife's A-Bolt Micro 20" barrel the bullet ain't exactly screaming. She had a 170# buck quartering to at 50 or 60 yards and hit him at the left base of the neck headed to the right shoulder. But the bullet never got there. There was a hole about 2" diameter where spine used to be but the bullet pretty much disintegrated. Just bits and pieces along with bits and pieces of bone and we butchered it ourselves. Nothing made it into the shoulder. Deer was most certainly dead right there but I have to wonder what happens broadside hitting the high shoulder bone. But we'll use the same load again next year in her rifle and with 45 gr of Varget in my Model 7 stainless. I’ve seen straight-on spine shots do weird things to a few different bullets. The good thing is, all ended up as rather spectacular DRTs so there really are no worries.
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139gr Hornady Interlock flat base. Very accurate in my M70 featherweight 7mm Mauser. Same sectional density as a 165gr .308 bullet so you really can't go wrong. If I had to give that bullet up, I'd use the 154gr without hesitation.
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I load the 120-grain Nosler Ballistic Tip in mine- shoots very well and dropped the only Deer ive shot at with it. I plan on using it more next year to make sure it wasn’t a fluke...I’ll bet it wasn’t, though!
The rifle I have it in is a Remington Model 7 with an 18.5” barrel, so the loads probably aren’t screaming, my chrony crapped out on me at the last range session. I do put them in front of the max load (which is what shot the best) of IMR 4895.
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For deer, which is what the OP asked about, the Nosler 120 gr. BT is my favorite @ 3100 fps out of my 7mm-08’s. For something bigger, I’d use either a 140 gr. Partition or Accubond @ 2850 fps. I’ve never owned a 7x57 as I see no reason to do so. Ew, I feel some heat coming, but just me.
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For deer, which is what the OP asked about, the Nosler 120 gr. BT is my favorite @ 3100 fps out of my 7mm-08’s. For something bigger, I’d use either a 140 gr. Partition or Accubond @ 2850 fps. I’ve never owned a 7x57 as I see no reason to do so. Ew, I feel some heat coming, but just me. No heat from me. Great advice, IMHO. Love the 120 NBT in the 7-08!! Add the 120 TTSX to the mix and you may not need 140s out of your 7mm-08.
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For deer, which is what the OP asked about, the Nosler 120 gr. BT is my favorite @ 3100 fps out of my 7mm-08’s. For something bigger, I’d use either a 140 gr. Partition or Accubond @ 2850 fps. I’ve never owned a 7x57 as I see no reason to do so. Ew, I feel some heat coming, but just me. No heat from me. Great advice, IMHO. Love the 120 NBT in the 7-08!!Add the 120 TTSX to the mix and you may not need 140s out of your 7mm-08. The 120 NBT out of the 7-08 is a deer killing machine. Good exit, lots of internal damage and quick kills. And it's fast and shoots pretty flat. What's not to like. DF
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I could shoot just about any of them at deer and be happy. Right now it’s a160 Speer because my friend gave me several hundred of them.
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Something weighing between 139 grs and 154 grs has worked well for me in my 7mm/08. I suspect the same weights would work well in the 7x57. I haven't used anything lighter and what I had heavier were given to a friend to use in his 7mm mag.
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