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7-08, 145 Speer BTSP, WIN 760 and a CCI 250 primer. The one and only load I used and ever needed. Max charge just off the lands and it would shoot dime size groups all day and killed deer DRT.

My favorite weight of bullet for deer hunting with my 7mm-08 is the 139 Hornady Interlock. Powder charge is 43 grains of WW-748, the Ken Waters load I have been shooting in every 7mm-08 I have owned (six, I think). My go-to deer rifle is my Remington Model Seven, the original model with blued 18-1/2" barrel. I love the 7mm-08, and need another! I only have one right now.

Dude, in the ear they're DRT! That's a death ray. It gives 'em a terrible Terminal headache. That's my favorite Hog Shot.

Thanks Dirt Farmer. I like fire.

This place is feeling like home sweet home. I've been in another forum for 12 years but I needed a little variety. So here I am.

BTW, I like Rifles, Beer, Deer, in that order.

I don't own a 7-08 and on another forum it was my target of jokes to counteract the .270 jokes that I was the brunt of. But seriously, I love the concept of the 7-08. I want one. I have a 7x57 that I haven't shot yet. I also have a .280 Remington which is one of my sweet heart rifles and I have a 7 mag, Savage 110 which is probably one of my most accurate rifles. But no 7-08 yet. But I love the ballistics and I always wanted a Model 7 Remington in it. I think it was really built for the 7 being they both came out about the same time. I don't have a mountain rifle and I've never hunted in mountains. But I've hiked long distance in the mountains and I think a model 7 being very light for caliber would be the primo mountain rifle in 7-08. Light but powerful. You can't beat that with a stick, not with a whole bag of sticks.

For the 7mm-08, I feed it 120gr NBT's, the 7x57 gets 160gr Accubonds. Deer can't stand either!

Your Dad has excellent taste in head wear!

7mm08 140 Remington core lokt. 7x57 - 160 Speer Grand Slam.

My wife's 7-08 hated 140 corelokts. Couldn't group them worth a dang. Best 200 yard group was about 10 inches

I don't have a 7-08 yet but I know a 140 grain bullet just goes well with any of the larger cased 7mms. I say in any of the larger cases because the heavier the bullet the more powder it takes to give it enough velocity down range for the bullet to expand properly. This is my opinion anyway. I personally believe that the 7x57 AND the 7-08 just scream for a 140 grain bullet. I'm a believer in the bigger the case the heavier the bullet it can push fast enough for proper bullet performance (at longer ranges anyway, say over 200-300 yards and beyond). Yes, they will handle a 150 grain bullet ok, but I think it really starts to affect velocity to the point of limiting bullet performance at longer ranges. I feel at 2600-2800 FPS, 7-08s and 7x57s are just perfect for 120-140 Grain bullets, where as a .280 and .284 push 140-170 grain bullets well. The 7 Weatherby and 7 Remington mags will push 150s to 180s fine. And the big magnums like the STW and the Ultra Mags, will push the 150-180 faster yet than the more tame Remington and Weatherby Mags which gives them the ability to shoot more accurately at even longer ranges with more retained energy, especially if you're into shooting into the next zip code. Now you can shoot about any weight bullet in any of the 7s from 7-08 up, but those weights listed for the specified range of case sizes seem to me to be the optimum for each weight for that case. That is my opinion anyway.

I have used the 140gn Barnes on Red deer and Wild Brumbies in the .275 Rigby loaded to 2900fps and they did very well, better than even the 160gn Failsafe's for which I recovered several on full length shots. Not so the Barnes. Still waiting for the first recovery.

Better scrounge around and stock up on the 175gr Hornady RNs as they've been dropped from the lineup.

I was able to hoard up 400 for my 7x57, but that's about it. I'll probably try the Hornady 154gr after that.

You won’t find the 154’s either. They were discontinued years ago.

Why not? it'll handle it. I think that's a fine choice.

The spire point 154 is the one I was referring to. Those old 154 RNs were good shooters in the rifles I used them in.

I thought he was talking about the 154gr RN. Spite points would be great.

I know this isn't the norm but I have better success with the 140 Gameking bullets than the 150 NP. They seem to DRT with the Sierra better. Just my opinion

There is a lot of "Sierra hate" on this site, but I've not had problems when they've been sensibly applied. For years my father used a 150 Sierra on top of 52 grains of 4064 as his 30-06 deer load. One shot, one kill, no fuss.

Every deer I've shot with a Sierra bullet has taken a dirt nap. Gamekings in .308 and .284 calibers. I think there were some Pro-Hunters in the mix. Then I started reading gun rags. Then I started reloading different bullets, About this time, is when I fell sick. I came down with the uncurable rifle looney disease. Always looking for the right bullet. Yay I found one, it works great. Go hunting, bang, I bag my game.
Next year.... I need to work up a load for this season.. Just couldn't shoot the same load.

I was younger then, I have slowed this down a bunch. I could care less, if I have used this same load before.
Just let me see if it will work in my new rifle.

Hey, it's all fun and games.
Enjoy your day.