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I'm looking for a new load for my 7mm. I'm hunting elk next year in WY and wonder what some "hardcore" reloaders are sending down the pipe. It is a Browing A-bolt 7mm. Power; type, amount, and bullet choices if you don"t mind.
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Ive loaded the SPEER grand slams with a 215 fed primers over a stiff load of 60 grains (work up your rifle might not like that much)
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http://www.speer-bullets.com/ballistics/detail.aspx?id=57

for the one guy that used a 7MM rem mag, in our group, hes had excellent results, Id use the same load if I used a 7mm rem mag.
don,t worry about getting the highest potential velocity , just get a good accurate load and sight in at about 3.5" high at 100 then just remember your good holding center chest out to 330 plus yards,if the elks 330yards to 400 yards just place the horizontal cross hair on the shoulder top edge
laminate the chart and tape it to your stock then PRACTICE and get a sling and bi-pod
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Nosler 160g Accubonds over Reloder 22


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shot a bunch with my remington. 69.5 H-4831 139 horn. ( could use a 140 accubond or 140 partition) . remington brass. 9.5M primer. 030 off.

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Sorry, but a 7mm what? 7mm Rem Mag? 7mm Wby? 7mm WSM? 7mm-08? Something else...?

340mag assumed a 7mm Rem Mag, but if you are asking for load data it's kind of an important point.


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For my 7RM I loaded RL-19 (I don't hunt in extreme temps) with 145gr Barnes LRX at 3,100 FPS. Groups well under an inch consistently and at 300yds on a bull I had 99.4% and 99.6% weight retention.

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7mm Reminton, sorry.

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btw I got an email asking why I prefer the 200 grain speer in a 30/06 to the 175 grain 7mm mag for elk , well consider the two charts and keep in mind that while the 30/06 is a bit slower in velocity (about 2580fps with 200 grains vs 2760fps for the 7mm mag with a 175 grain) Id say 98% of the shots Ive ever seen made on elk were made at less than 300 yards, so check out the charts, in my opinion theres no huge advantage to using the 7mm rem mag , but hey if you feel like its better grab the rem mag Ive seen both used and I doubt any elk will really know the difference, but like I said theres several guys with 30/06 rem 7600 and BARs, BLRs in my group but only one guy uses a 7 mm rem mag, not that it matters because both cartridge and loads work fine in skilled hands


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my elk hunting bud also uses a browning a bolt in 7mmremmag. his preferred factory ammo is fed prem loaded with 160gr partitions. he's killed a lot of elk with his rig. lots of options out there, but i know the 160/partition works.

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In my 7mm RM I've loaded up the 150g Barnes TTSX with 7828 SSC. I get about 3/4" groups @ 100y. Yet to be tested on a live Wapiti though...


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My dad has shot his 7mm Remington since 1972 with nothing but 160 gr. Nosler Partitions and has taken a lot of game with it. It has never let him down.

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I have mentioned before how much H-4831sc I put under a 140 NBT, but you have to get a very old Reloading manual before you can even get close to the charge weight.

With my Savage, the bolt handle gets hard to lift above 71.5 grains, however the groups do open up before that. As mentioned, approach max loads cautiously.

Tried H-1000 , it just did not pressure up with out compressed loads.

Win magnum primers in win brass, just the right amount of H-4831sc under a 140 gr Nolser Ballistic-tip. And filp the carcass so the zipper is down-hill when you quarter your elk. There a little on the runny side when you first open them up!


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If loading up mine to carry afield.. bullet choice is old school... 175 grain Hornady RN.. most of the area I'd hunt, 250 yds is going to be more like it...than these open country shots..

powder choices depend on the MV you want... me, I'd probably use something like RL 15, 4064 or 4895...

If long range was more appropriate... anyone of the host of 160 grain bullets, stiff load of H 1000...


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175 gr Nosler Partition, this one was loaded over H870 for 2930 fps from the 24" factory barrel. H870 is hard to find now though. Today I'd likely use Reloader 22 or 25. Not hard to get 2900 fps from a 175, and they are great hunting bullets.

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I have zero doubt that theres guys with rifles that can throw a 175 grain bullet, or a 200 grain or a 250 grain in those calibers faster than what that charts says, Im just posting what my chronograph says the normal hand-loads we have used for years show, now it really doesn't make a great deal of difference because any extra velocity will slightly flatten the trajectory and make the bullet expand a bit faster but I doubt it will kill any better, especially when judged at ranges at or under 300 yards on elk and in 40 plus years I can only think of two elk and a few mule deer our groups killed at greater range , trust me a bit here! a 175 grain bullet from a 7mm mag won,t bounce off any elk in my experience at those listed velocities, even if your hand loads boost velocity 150fps I doubt any elk will notice

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Originally Posted by chas1
I'm looking for a new load for my 7mm. I'm hunting elk next year in WY and wonder what some "hardcore" reloaders are sending down the pipe. It is a Browing A-bolt 7mm. Power; type, amount, and bullet choices if you don"t mind.
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I'm no 7mm expert on elk.

I loaded 160-gn Accubonds at about 3075 fps in my WSM last season. Good, accurate bullet that should work great near to quite far. I've killed deer and elk with other NAB's and been very satisfied...

You could also run a 140 TTSX at warp speed. I bet that'd work. smile

I'd try IMR7828, RL17, and RL22 first. F215 primers.


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I use 71 grains of RETUMBO under a 160 Woodleigh PPSN for an accurate load for that size animal. Any premium 160 or conventional 175 will work well.

Start lower and work up your loads.

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I've shot a number of elk with 160 partitions and 62.0 grains of IMR4831 in the past several years from my 7MM RM. Also killed an Alaska bull mooose with it as well as a bunch of antelope and deer.

This past year, I worked up a good load with the 160 grain accu-bonds and IMR4831 62.0 grains, cci 250 mag. primes and WW cases.

MV is 2970.

I had 4 elk tags this year, 2 in Wyoming, 1 in Montana, and 1 in Arizona...used the accu-bonds on all four with great performance. All are DIY, public land elk.

Wyoming bull, shot it at 25 yards, hit the back of the on-shoulder exited behind the off shoulder:

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Montana bull, 363 yards, shot behind the shoulder, bullet exited:

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Wyoming cow, 211 yards, exit side:

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Finally, Arizona bull on the general hunt in late November, 620 yards, shot it behind the shoulder, bull bedded. Wanted to make sure it was done and shot it twice more in its bed. Recovered all the bullets.

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Here are 3 of the 4 bullets I recovered...the first two expanded bullets from left are the bullets from the AZ bull shot at 620, the last expanded bullet was recovered from a MT mule deer shot at 130 yards stem to stern.

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I'd feel pretty comfortable shooting either the 160 accubonds or partitions...they both work great.






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You must have a hell of a freezer. Nice hunting.


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