Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles 7mm-08 and Hornady 180 ELD

I know that some on here have played with this combo and I have been looking at various load data and was wondering how many of you have tried this bullet in a 7-08 and what experience you have had.

I am probably gonna do an 8 twist remage setup just curious who’s tried it.

Thanks

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I think it'd be interesting.... Slick bullet.

180's in a 7-08? That's a heavy bullet.

Couldn’t cram enough imr4350 in there to get the velocity I wanted. 45.3grs of imr4451 got ~2550fps from a 20” barrel. What platform? It’s a long bullet.

For sure. I went heavier 26" 7mm RM for it but really want a lighter build too. Probably also 7mm RM cause it's so easy. Mayber 20" suppressed?

My 8 twist Shilen MkV 7RM does great with 180’s.

Don’t think I want to go that heavy with my 7-08.

DF

I understand that it is a long bullet and would be slightly large for the 7-08 case however the bc is unreal and if there is a way to get that bullet started at 2600 FPS or higher the ballistics are crazy good and like big stick always says bullets matter more than head stamps. My thought is that you would have to have a generous mag box to get it to work in a short action and the it would have to be loaded long but if you stuffed enough RL 17 in there it may work.

I believe BigStick has some experience with that combo, could look it up, or maybe he`ll chime in.
I was going to try the same in my 7x57, 9 twist, but the 162 ELDM shoots so darned good that I`ll stay with it. High BC and more velocity than I could get from the 180, gives it a slight advantage to 1k yrds. YMMV.

I have a great load using the 150 eldx. I did some research on substituting the 162 eldx and the gains were modest. I abandoned the project.

I would be surprised if you could get close to 2600.




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Does anybody know if the Christensen Arms Mesa 7mm-08 with a 9 twist can support this round. Fieldcraft 7mm-08 don’t exist anymore apparently and the Mesa is more in my price range.

I am not sure that a 9 twist is fast enough but who knows.

Ummmmm.......

For sale? Grin

Likely never. Sighting in with factory Federal 140 Gr Partitions and flung this 3-shot group at 100. I think it’s a keeper.

I’m using a big green oem spout. 9.25 twist. The JBM calculator for stability gives that a green light at those velocities as well

I know an 8 twist 7RM will handle 180's. The additional velocity helps some, but IME, is a poor sub for twist.

My guess, a 7-08, 9 twist would be marginal for 180's. Just have to try it.

DF

I've shot them in 3 different 7/08s....A Fieldcraft, Tikka T3, and a Rock Creek barreled custom with a 8 1/2 twist. I didn't have any problems getting them to shoot in the FC, velocity was just south of 2600 IIRC. The stability in the other two was VERY MARGINAL at 200'ASL. The Tikka and the RC rifle shot them well with no signs of keyholing at 100 yards, but there was a severe degradation of BC past 350-400.

At some point I'll probably have Shaen spin me up a LW 8 twist 7/08 AI and I'll revisit it.

What was the velocity in the tikka? what were using for powder?

Thanks

IIRC I used Varget, H4350, and R17. Both the Tikka and the RC barrel were 20"s and 2580ish FPS.

PM Big Stick.

He has used this combo IIRC.

https://www.hornady.com/support/load-data/

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