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In my Model Seven SS 7-08 with 20" barrel:
47.5 grains of Big Game, WLRM primer, 140 grain Partitions @2.80" in Lapua brass @2860 fps
45.0 grains of Varget, WLRM primer, 120 grain NBTs @2.80" in Lapua brass @3000 fps
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Buy your 140 grain Partitions from Shooters Pro Shop, the factory seconds are BOGO compared to firsts.
As above, 47.5 grains Big Game, WLRM, 2.805” or so. 2880 fps from a 22 1/2” barrel. Sub-moa in 5 rifles, 4 Tikkas and 1 Ruger. Kills way above its pay grade.
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You mean like the 7x57 killed for various "old-time" hunters, not just Bell and elephants with solids, but John Taylor with the 140-grain ".275 Rigby" amoo?
Taylor said that load was good to go on anything up to 1000 pounds.
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Well, so far the best I’ve done was a bit under 700 pounds, but it sure settled his hash in a hurry.
Probably not that big, really, but an honest 650.
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Pharm, Just think what you could do with a 270 W Jerry
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Pharm, Just think what you could do with a 270 W Jerry Turn gay?
Obey lawful commands. Video interactions. Hold bad cops accountable. Problem solved.
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Pharm, Just think what you could do with a 270 W Jerry Turn gay? Bite your tongue 270s don't come with "Man Buns" ! Those accompany the 'new kid' on the block..... Jerry
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Worked up a really nice load yesterday— 140gr ttsx, 46gr H380, Fed 210m, Norma brass
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49gr + of big game under a 120 gr bt(or ttsx). 49 gr was one hole at 100 yards at a little over 3k fps, but liked the extra speed with the ttsx at at nearly 3200 fps and 0.75 moa. Safe in my gun, consult the books and work up in yours.
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Picked up some Winchester brass, some 120 B.T.'s and got 140's coming because none of the local shops had them. No Big Game locally either, so I have some Varget, 4064, 4350 and RL15 lined up. Still have to check necks on the brass and swipe some lipstick from the wife to figure out where the bolt release is rubbing on the stock. If it don't shoot like I want I'll put some lipstick all over the stock and call it a pig.
Those who are always shooting off at the mouth usually aren't shooting straight. What do you get when you cross a polar bear with a seal? A polar bear. Did you hear they arrested the devil? Yeah, they got him on possession. www.wvcdl.org
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45 grs of Varget under a 120 gr NBT.
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I really like the 7-08, It's a fine cartridge.
Yes sir, Kills above it's pay grade.
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My T3 loves 43.0 gr. of Varget pushing a 140 gr. Gameking in Lapua Brass
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Hunting with the 260 for a long time, I didn't see the need to own one...
however last summer a 7/08 was available at Sportsman's Whorehouse for under $300.. it was a Howa, so I decided that was a value and a half, so I picked one up... figured it would easily return what it was paid for...
Gotta admit, when it turned out to pick a load for it... I just one upped from a load that works well in the 260 Rem..... so I pulled down a can of 4064 and picked up some Hornady 139 gr SP.s and loaded it up...didn't see a deer when I was carrying it out in the field...
however, the successes I've seen with the 260 and the 129 gr SP Hornady, it was a no brainer that the 139 gr in 7mm would do just as well...with just a real cheap 4 x Tasco on top in Weaver rings ( $10 at Wally World).. the rifle still did real well at the range...
After season for cheap plinking at the range or with some of our Boy Scouts, I have used some of the bunch of 100 grain HP.s some one kindly gave me... behind a charge of 30 grains of 4198.
The average 12 to 15 year old can shoot it well and they feel awfully proud of groups at 200 yds... fired off the bench....
The latter load is like a bigger bore 243 is all... kids shoot it well, without a lot of wear and tear on them.
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I have a 7mm-08. How can I save this entire thread for future use?
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For deer, 300 yds and under we have had fabulous success in 8 different family members shooting Rem 700's.
130g Speer btsp Rem brass Rem 9 1/2 42g of IMR 4895 touch the lands with the bullet 3000 fps knocks the hell out of deer Accuracy is clover leaf or better in a bedded, freefloated rifle in a good stock.
For large hogs, 154g Hornady Sp or 160g Sierra btsp with R#19 and win primers. Two cousins are shooting the 150g Nosler accubonds with spectacular results on how lethal they are on deer, Accuracy is great because this bullet likes to jump a lot. The 154g Hornady sp will shoot holes, broadside, through both shoulders of large hogs, and it takes a 120g ttsx to compete with this kind of penetration.
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45-46 grains of RL-17 and a 140 VLD have shot well in a few 7-08's in the stable...
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My T3 loves 43.0 gr. of Varget pushing a 140 gr. Gameking in Lapua Brass A question about your load; have you fired it over a chronograph to see what your velocity is? My reason for asking is this. You are at book maximum as listed by Sierra using Federal brass, but you are using Lapua brass which is substantially thicker and heavier than Federal. In my experience, I have had to reduce my powder charges by one and a half to two grains in Lapua brass in order to show the same velocity (thus pressure). May just be me and my rifles, but others see these loads and assume that they are ok to use as listed. Just thought it to be a question worth asking.
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My T3 loves 43.0 gr. of Varget pushing a 140 gr. Gameking in Lapua Brass A question about your load; have you fired it over a chronograph to see what your velocity is? My reason for asking is this. You are at book maximum as listed by Sierra using Federal brass, but you are using Lapua brass which is substantially thicker and heavier than Federal. In my experience, I have had to reduce my powder charges by one and a half to two grains in Lapua brass in order to show the same velocity (thus pressure). May just be me and my rifles, but others see these loads and assume that they are ok to use as listed. Just thought it to be a question worth asking. I started this load at the min and worked up in 1/2 gr. increments. I have not chronoed this load but do plan on getting around to it this spring as I have just purchased another. I have not found any pressure signs at all yet. This is 308 brass that I resized as I could not find any 708. I have used this load for the past two years and have killed nine deer with it. All DRT. It has been very consistent so far with this lb of powder
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