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Originally Posted by Mark R Dobrenski
My lil 788/7-08 is rocking big time with 139 Horns, 120 NBT's, 150 NBT's and 168 Burgers along with R17.



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45.5 gr of RL-15 under a 120gr NBT for 3000FPS
I took a short bike ride today, looking for bears.
Around 11:30 it was getting pretty warm and I decided to take a break and do some shooting.
I set a 6" rock at the base of a stump. 550 yards.
The wind was blowing strait from behind me about 10 mph so I didn't need a wind dope.
No problem hitting the rock every time, the only problem I had was I only brought 8 rounds with me so when they were gone it was time to ride back out.

Heres a pic of the set up.

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The cut I was shooting across.
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I bought this rifle as a lightweight for pack-in deer hunts but its so nice to carry and fun to shoot, it sees a lot of use.

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Nice pics Jamie, if you don't mind how do you sight your rig @ 100 and then how many clicks do you have to run to get it on @ 550 yds?

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Oh man, don't even get me started! A couple of years ago I got back into rifles in a big way and at that time was looking for the perfect all around cartridge/rifle not knowing if I would be able to buy other rifles down the road. I remember when the 7-08 came out (factory) in 1980 (or close to that), I was a kid in WI and my dream rifle was the Rem 7 in 7mm-08. Well, now years later I returned to that sweet little thing.
Being the anal-retentive freak that I am, I compared many, many cartridges on efficiency, energy, trajectory, etc. The 7-08 came out on top every time (screw the boring .30 cals!). The bullet selection is unending, accuracy is tops and the mags can't do anything any better at the ranges 90% of people should shoot. I finally settled on the Kimber 84M and haven't regretted it one bit.

I, too, started out with the light, fast theory with Barnes 120 TTSX and tried many different 140's. My Kimber shoots the Nosler's quite well. The only bullet I've never been able to group under 2" was the Hornady 154 Interbonds.

I see most of the responses here favor the 140gr bullets. For deer, that is the usual, and plenty potent, medicine in the 7-08. However, I have gone to just shooting the 'big boys' in mine.
Hornady 162 A-Max at 2750-2780 fps (the ballistics on this bullet are insane), Nosler 160 Accubonds at 2700-2750 (.750" avg groups all day), and now I've even been loading up the 175 Hornady and Sierra bullets--yippee! (The Hornady's show promise but the Sierras not so much).

I live in Idaho so much of our hunting deer is open concurrently with elk necessitating a 'dual-purpose' load. I don't hesitate one second to take the mighty 7-08 on those hunts--and the Kimber is like carrying nothing at all.

Long post, I know, but the awesome 7-08 deserves every bit of praise.




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Dead on at 100 yards, 11 1/4 MOA for 550.

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Mojo, what powder w/160-162? Thanks.

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Thx Jamie appreciate it, what's the rifle by the way? I'm really jonsing to get another 7/08. I've got a Ti take off and am thinking seriously about a 700 Youth to go in it.

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Rem 700 Cabelas mountain guide rifle.
Its a mountain rifle stuffed in a TI stock for Cabelas with a 22" barrel. I topped it with a VX-II 3X9X40 with M-1's in Talley LW's. Theres enough elevation adjustment to get out to 950 yards but the wind has to be perfect for me to hit anything at that range with it.

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Dober,
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While Varget indeed works stellar, I'm surprised at the lack o' love for H4350 in 7-08. It has been a consistantly excellent performer in my two 7-08's.

140 AB is my "new" favorite load, though I killed all my 7-08 deer with 150-gn NPT's and a 150 NBT. I tried to try a 120-NBT last year, and had a deer less than 10 feet away as a test subject, but the be-atch didn't lift her head up so I could see she was a shooter until I didn't have a shot anymore. Pity. That would have been an interesting test of that little bullet. It's reputed to work GREAT. It sure shoots well and does surprisingly well out at extended ranges too.

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I've been running R17 in my carbine 788 (7/08), it shoots very well with several different bullets. Three 168 Burgers went into basically one hole with it this morn.

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Did you get a speed on those Mark?

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Ihave A Tikka t3 in 708 I just bought some of the new hornady super performance SST have not been out yet but look forward to it DWG

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Originally Posted by DWG7
Ihave A Tikka t3 in 708 I just bought some of the new hornady super performance SST have not been out yet but look forward to it DWG


Shot that same combo Tuesday and put three 139 grain SST rounds into 13/16ths at 100 yards. FYI, Federal Premium w/ 140 Nosler Ballistic Tips did 9/16ths. Federal Fusion 140's did 1". I had been thinking of trading it off but I guess I'll hang onto it a bit longer and go whack some hogs with it. If you run that ammo over a chrony, please let me know how it did. BTW the Superformance powder is supposed to be released in 2011.

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Jeff, re: H4350, when I was running 7/08s, I had some IMR4350 from using in 270s, etc. but it never metered worth a flip and I hated trickling, that said, I did try it briefly but never had the accuracy. I do think compressed loads was an issue, but it seems when Hodgdon came out with the SHORT CUT 4350, that SC seemed to find a home for many 7/08s. Users report good speed and accuracy, and it's a natural, top two for the 260 - the comp shooters use the H4350 SC and the H4831 SC as well.

My experience showed wonderful results with 4064, a tad faster on the burn chart, as 4320. The latter was my fav in 338/06, and LOOKS to be a great powder to try for 120-150 grain, likely 130-140 wt. 7mm-08 loads would do very well with 4320. I know 120s do well atop 4064, as Varget.

Never needed or got around to using, but RL15 and 120s are said to do very well, as RL19 with heavier bullets. Newer powders like RL17 warrant a hard look.

Hmmm, SuperPerformance Powder.....that's a catchy name, may have to look into that as well down the road.

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I load the 130g Speer BTSP for my brother's and nephew's Rem 7/08's, hot load of IMR 4895 with a Rem 9 1/2(very important on this load in these two 700's) shoots clover leaf groups.

The internals on the deer that I have skinned with the 130g Speer BTSP are just mush. My nephew that is 12 shot a doe at 300, chambered another round, then killed a second at 325 both laying in their tracks. Everyone here that tries this bullet and load in their 700's has loved the accuracy and the way it kills especially.

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Fewer people use the 130 in a 7/08, but its a good high BC bullet, and flies flat at good speeds in the 7-08 and yes has a reputation as a killer. Dropped a doe running across a field about 200 yds with that bullet from a 7mm BR rifle, and I do believe those loads had IMR4895. It's a good one, often overlooked or unknown. Sierra made a Single Shot pistol bullet in 130, dropped a doe with it from a 7/08 700V in the late 90s in Tx, used IMR4895 also. That load also shot VERY well in a Micro-Medallion Abolt, RIVALED the accuracy I got in the 700 Varmint!

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How about Varget? I haven't had a chance myself to use it, but I've read it has potential for accuracy.


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WARNING.......7-08's are great, but every time I shoot mine my feet break out.


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