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Why spoil a mans post with nonsense

Really there are only two bullets for the 7mm-08, the Barnes 120gr Vortex and the 150gr Speer

Its just the way it is

I’ll be sure to throw my 140 grain accubonds and 120 grain ballistic tips in the trash. Thanks for the heads up. 😀😀😀

MD,
No doubt the 130 TTSX works like heavier lead core bullets on game. I have loaded some 150 TTSX in .308W but haven’t used them on game. The M700 ADL has been a safe queen for too many seasons. I’m playing with 139 and 145 gr LRX in my 7x57 right now and will use which ever one shoots best at the highest velocity. I’m hoping the 145 shoots as well in the M70 featherweight as it does in the Savage I recently acquired. Happy Trails

You should

Somehow I'm not inclined to toss away my stash of 139 gr. Interlocks.

Same here....
I’ll burn those up on targets, deer and elk...... then I’ll willingly play the Bullet roulette game 😄

Don’t do that, send them to me and my new Tikka.

I have spoken

You have spoken...

Out your a$$.

150 eldx is skookum.




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The two I mentioned covers the bases on performance, look further if you need to.

MD,
No doubt the 130 TTSX works like heavier lead core bullets on game. I have loaded some 150 TTSX in .308W but haven’t used them on game. The M700 ADL has been a safe queen for too many seasons. I’m playing with 139 and 145 gr LRX in my 7x57 right now and will use which ever one shoots best at the highest velocity. I’m hoping the 145 shoots as well in the M70 featherweight as it does in the Savage I recently acquired. Happy Trails.

The 145 LRX is the top performer in my 7x57 so it should be a great option in the 7/08.

I've heard most of you say the the 120 grain ttsx is a great killer in the .257 Roberts but push as fast as you can.My question is what is the low end of velocity spectrum that will open the bullet properly / Will 27 or 28 hundred do the job?

I don't think they ever made a .257 120 grain TTSX.

So Johnny: Where does one find these 150gr Speer 7mm bullets? They don't seem to be listed on Speer's website.

And are they Hot Cores, Grand Slams, or Boat Tails?

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1001645383/

On those 139's.....I have shot many of them, on paper and game. Almost as accurate as 140 BTs and deadly, perhaps a bit tougher. My fave is the 140 AB, but if your shots can ensure expansion at the distance and shot placement, the 120 Barnes is a great bullet, capable of penetration on the worse of angles and placement if / when needed. It is NOT my first choice for the longest of shots, as expansion could be lacking....

Back to 139s, that was loaded in Remington's original '140 corelokt' ammo back around 1981. Folks may have heard of Sam Fadala......if not mistaken, it was this ammo that his wife accidentally grabbed one day on an elk hunt. Tipped a nice elk over just fine........not a thing wrong with them. I had them in my M70 carbine chamber, on a CO Elk hunt but the Elk that came within about 30 yds of me, was not quite legal in the brow tines.....so I passed. It was his lucky day......a Mule Deer the next day was not so lucky.....

FYI, the current RP 140 Corelokt is a new bullet, I never found great accuracy with it.......so cannot endorse it. YMMV.

Nice shooting, what rifle? Do you load, or is that factory?

I've been curious about the Barnes ammo, anyone know if Quality control or the load has changed, since Remington bought Barnes?

sorry my mistake what I meant to say was 7mm-08. old age plays tricks.