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Ill be the oddball here but my favorite is the 154 SP Hornady. Almost impossible to make it fly poorly. Works really well with minimal meat damage in the 2720-2740 range with 17 in my M7.

Fotis, if you keep working with those loads you may be able to tighten those groups.

Ha!

DF

I load the 120 Barnes in 7mm-08, 284, And 280’s. They group well in all 3

Same for me except I use IMR 4895. I like the 120 BT so well I bought 700 of them when Shooters Pro shop had a deal on a lot that had blue tips instead of the standard red tips. They shoot the same and kill the same as the red tips do. Wish I had bought more as my stash is getting close to running out since I load for my dads rifle as well.

Pharm you care to share the load data you're using with the ELDX?

Any particular reason why you like the AB over the HH? Been considering the HH.

If you’re asking Hunter Hammer vs Absolute Hammer it’s speed. The AH will be the faster due to design. Both have very similar terminal performance.

DF

Yes, that is what I was asking precisely. Accuracy the same as well?

Accuracy is remarkable.

Check out Fotis’ posts above.

Terminal performance also outstanding.

DF

Work up to it.

46.2 grains Big Game, magnum primer. 2790 fps for me.





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Pharm what brass type?

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Remington. Neck sized only.




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120 gr Barnes TTSX and Varget

Been using 120 gr TTSX with 44.5 grs of Rel-15 from my 18 1/2” model 7. May try the 110 gr TTSX for more velocity from my short barrel.

I load the 7/08 and 7mm Mauser... most common two bullets I ever load are the Hornady 139 SP, and the 140 gr Ballistic Tip. Never experienced any failures in the field to do what they were designed to do...drop Deer on the spot when you put the bullet were its suppose to go...

I'll throw in the Sierra 140 Prohunter. My son killed many deer with this in his 7mm08. He never caught one to see what weight retention it had. The Sierra 140 HPBT is a good one too.

One thing great about 7mm’s, there are lots of good available bullets.
I like the TTSX’s, Partitions, Interlocks, Core Lokt’s, Hot Cores, and Game Kings. I’m thinking there’s lots of others that are good too.

I’ve shot more Interlocks than any other bullets in the 7mm caliber, though I started with CL’s. If it were not for a cheap supply of partitions, I probably wouldn’t shoot them so much, but all the bullets that are trying to compete with partitions are “As good as partitions 😬.” They have been the been what all bullets want to be when they grow up.

I've only shot deer with 139gr Hornady ILs. Worked great, never a problem. But in my 7x57 lately I've been using 160gr Speers. Haven't shot any game with those yet. Was more just intrigued after reading about all the game Eleanor OC harvested with that bullet. Hopefully next fall I'll have more experience.

I didn’t read all the suggestions, but I run a 140 partition at 2922 fps or a 120 ttsx at a little over 3000 if I remember correctly. Both are great for whitetail, muleys, elk.
And wolves