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Minus the mud slinging...( you guys imitating AR/PF?)

Am currently testing loads for a friends 308 Savage, and I have the twin in 7/08....

there sure are a lot more bullet choices with the 7/08, which surprises me...

after testing loads for his 308, which are accurate enough... I am glat I chose the 7/08 and 260 Rem for the applications that my friend chose the 308....

He must be out lumberjacking.

Hey guys, I gotta stir the pot a little......
Plug this in your ballistic calculaters.

This from the lowly .243 winchester, not even AI'd
115 grain DTAC bullet at .585 BC
3150 fps.

Then compare it to the above 7/08 load.

I have had some interest in a 7/08 for sometime(I own a 308 Montana.) However, a 260 sounds kind of intriguing, as well.
Some of those 6.5mm pills have some pretty impressive numbers.

I looked hard at the .260 before I got my 7-08, they had both where I bought mine. It came down to bullet selection and the cartridge attributes UNDER 500 yards. Already have two lightweight 308's.

I sure wish Stick would show up to bail all us guys who can get a 160ish grain bullet to go 2700 out of our 22" barreled 7-08's...with published data. For a guy that owns Kimbers, he really seems to lack the knowledge of what a tight chamber can do with published data.

According to the protagonist, he left the thread after Scorp showed a pic of his hand.

Apparently the only thing slower than the rifles is the owner.

That bullets even more impressize in a 6XC, not as fast, but they run spreads in the single digits.

Besides Larry'd just tell you that we're not talking about match rifles here... While he shoots deer with a MATCH bullet [WTF?]

2700 fps with RL15. That's the important part. My manuals show speeds in the 2500's somewhere with max loads of the stuff. From a 26" pressure barrel, no less.

Whether or not 2700 fps is do-able in general, I don't know.

Whether it's doable with RL15 and a very looooong bullet (over 1.4") without going WAY over book max and single loading the rounds due to length issues, well, I have my doubts. I suspect not.

But we still don't know, because TryMe got awfully cagey about it, then fuggin' LEFT, when pressed to post his load. And then a bunch of you guys got truly juvenile trying to hide the fact that your hero had gotten confronted with reality, and chickened out and split.

And no, I wasn't playing lumberjack. I was finishing cutting, loading, splitting, and stacking my 4-5 cords of wood for next winter. You want to see a pic? I'll include a Special Hand Signal so you'll know it's me <grin>.

Forgive me if this has been mentioned before, but I didn't labor through the whole thread.

My 49th edition Lyman manual has a 162 grain Hornady doing 2690 out of a 24" barrel. This was with Rem. brass and primers ans 41.5 grains of RL15. They show 51,000 CUP, top end but not really hairy. Overall length was 2.8 inches.

That's a reasonable combination for a reasonable person to check out.

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Jeff O is an idiot, so don't expect him to check it out.

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Jeff O is an idiot, so don't expect him to check it out. [/quote]

On top of that, he's a communist cock sucker.

Hodgdon's manual............


One exceeds 2700 FPS and several on right on its heels. Jeff these are highlighted for your viewing pleasure!!!


162 GR. HDY A-MAX Hodgdon H4831 .284" 2.875" 47.5 2501 39,000 CUP 48.5C 2555 42,400 CUP


162 GR. HDY A-MAX Hodgdon Hybrid 100V .284" 2.875" 41.0 2455 40,300 CUP 45.0C 2651 46,900 CUP


162 GR. HDY A-MAX Hodgdon H4350 .284" 2.875" 45.0 2568 42,600 CUP 48.0C 2714 49,800 CUP


162 GR. HDY A-MAX Hodgdon H414 .284" 2.875" 43.0 2553 42,100 CUP 45.0 2632 44,500 CUP


162 GR. HDY A-MAX IMR IMR 4350 .284" 2.875" 44.0C 2494 40,000 CUP 46.0C 2655 46,900 CUP


162 GR. HDY A-MAX Winchester 760 .284" 2.875" 43.0 2553 42,100 CUP 45.0 2632 44,500 CUP


162 GR. HDY A-MAX IMR IMR 4007 SSC .284" 2.875" 40.0 2445 37,800 CUP 44.5C 2681 49,700 CUP


162 GR. HDY A-MAX Hodgdon H380 .284" 2.875" 42.5 2508 42,400 CUP 44.0 2590 45,800 CUP


162 GR. HDY A-MAX Hodgdon Varget .284" 2.875" 38.5 2504 43,400 CUP 41.0 2644 49,800 CUP


162 GR. HDY A-MAX IMR IMR 4320 .284" 2.875" 38.5 2478 42,300 CUP 41.0 2635 49,900 CUP


162 GR. HDY A-MAX IMR IMR 4064 .284" 2.875" 37.0 2463 42,000 CUP 39.5 2624 49,900 CUP


162 GR. HDY A-MAX IMR IMR 4895 .284" 2.875" 38.0 2471 42,100 CUP 40.6 2650 49,300 CUP


162 GR. HDY A-MAX Hodgdon H335 .284" 2.875" 36.5 2467 45,200 CUP 38.2 2585 50,100 CUP


162 GR. HDY A-MAX Hodgdon H4895 .284" 2.875" 37.0 2462 43,700 CUP 39.5 2600 49,800 CUP


162 GR. HDY A-MAX IMR IMR 3031 .284" 2.875" 35.7 2452 43,200 CUP 38.0 2598 50,300 CUP


162 GR. HDY A-MAX Hodgdon Benchmark .284" 2.875" 36.0 2441 43,100 CUP 38.0 2557 49,200 CUP

Communist....

Isn't that a little harsh? Community organizer is more appropriate...

From Aliiant. Although it isn't a 162 Hornady still proves the point!!!




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7 mm-08 Remington

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Remington 2.8 22 CCI 200 Reloder 19 47 2,710

No, communist is pretty much spot on.

It is my understanding that Socialists control the country and industry through regulation and taxation, while Communists do it by taking control of the actual means of production.

Any questions?

Fair 'nuff. The rest of your analysis is spot on, per usual....(grins)

It has been a few weeks, has the village idiot tried sending the AMAX at 2700 yet? Or was it all gack?

He's more interested in Larry's load.

You load lickers are still licking?