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120 gr TTSX with Rl-15, Varget, 2000MR, or CFE-223 should get you between 2950-3100 fps in your 20" barrel and work for anything you care to hunt.

To answer your question, I think Speer makes a 130gr BTSP that would be cool in the 7mm-08. I think I remember Sierra making a 130gr HP but don't know if they still do.

As for the 120's, I've yet to find a powder as fast as CFE-223 in the 7mm-08 with 120's......I can easily achieve 3200fps with a 22" barrel and have seen 3300fps with no pressure signs.....I settled on 3200 for the accuracy!


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In that case, try any of these 4 powders you have:

Brass - Winchester
Primer - CCI 200

120 Nosler Solid Base Ballistic Tip (red) Hodgdon H-4895 42.5 3,090
Remarks: maximum load

120 Nosler Solid Base Ballistic Tip (red) Hodgdon H-4895 40.5 2,960

120 Nosler Solid Base Ballistic Tip (red) Hodgdon H-4895 38.5 2,830
Remarks: most accurate load tested

120 Nosler Solid Base Ballistic Tip (red) Alliant RL-15 44.0 3,118
Remarks: maximum load

120 Nosler Solid Base Ballistic Tip (red) Alliant RL-15 42.0 2,983

120 Nosler Solid Base Ballistic Tip (red) Alliant RL-15 40.0 2,848
Remarks: most accurate load tested

120 Nosler Solid Base Ballistic Tip (red) Hodgdon Varget 45.0 3,139
Remarks: maximum load

120 Nosler Solid Base Ballistic Tip (red) Hodgdon Varget 43.0 3,018
Remarks: most accurate load tested

120 Nosler Solid Base Ballistic Tip (red) Hodgdon Varget 41.0 2,895

120 Nosler Solid Base Ballistic Tip (red) Ramshot Big Game 52.0 3,262
Remarks: maximum load; compressed load

120 Nosler Solid Base Ballistic Tip (red) Ramshot Big Game 50.0 3,190
Remarks: compressed load; most accurate load tested

120 Nosler Solid Base Ballistic Tip (red) Ramshot Big Game 48.0 3,090

Ruger M-77
140 TSX
41.5 grains of R-15
Fed 210 primer
2.725 OAL
Crimped with a Lee factory crimp die
Shoots a ragged hole at 100 yards

140 Ballistic Tip, 42 grains Varget, CCI200 primer---WOW!
139 Hornady SP, 42 grain IMR 4064, CCI200 primer---3/4" 5 shot groups
140 Accubond, 41.5 grains Varget, Remington 9 1/2, Same POI as the Ballistic Tip and very accurate.

Have fun!

139 Hornady SP, 44gr. IMR 4064, CCI200 primer... 1/2" 3 shot group

a little bit hard on my shoulder... w/ 700 Mt.rifle's skinny
recoil pad.

H4895, RL-17, W760, Varget, etc. would all work pretty well.

Sorry, that O.A.L. is wrong, it's supposed to be 2.775".

Count me in the 42gr Varget and 140 Accubond crowd. Little groups and proven killers from a Tikka T3.

I'll pile on to the Ramshot Big Game/120 NBT recommendation. I run 49.5 grs. and that gets me just about 3100 MV. Kills the chit outta deer.

I too like a little heaver bullet in my 7mm-08. I have two "go-to" loads I use depenting on expected range.

1) Hornady 154gr Round Nose on top of 47.5gr H414 @ 2,735 FPS
2) Speer 145gr Hot-Cor SP with 48.0gr IMR4350 @ 2,830 FPS

Both of these loads shoot sub MOA in my rifle and I always get pass through shots. I have never recovered either of these bullets.

My favorite is the 154 RN. It is the most accurate bullet in three different 7mm-08's. It totally hammers whitetails and is excellent on hogs as well.

A couple of weekends ago I got two hogs with one shot at 100Yds with the 154 RN. Another hog stepped in front of the hog I was aiming at just as I fired. It was a broadside shot and the bullet hit the first hog in the head just in front of the ear, passed completely through, hit the second hog just behind and slightly below the ear (right where I was aiming) and again passed through. Both were DRT.

Regards
firstshot

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count me in the varget crowd

43 gr varget
120 gr ttsx
2.8 oal
fed 210 m primers
norma cases

1+ on fire hawks loads

Going against the grain here, 120 gr TTSX or 120 NBT with 49 gr W760 (H414) gives me around 3100 out of my 24 in barrel and <.5 groups at 100 yds (Noler TGR rifle). I'm not at the max for my rifle though, but work up to this if you try it as it might be max in yours. Kills deer "graveyard dead," which is definitely better that just "dead," "stone dead," or "stiff as a board."

I currently have 4 lbs of Varget (unobtainum), and am going to try some of that with some 140 NAB just for fun. I wanted to try some 2000-MR or CFE 223, but didn't pick up any before the current run on powder. I'll wait until powders are back in stock and will give some a try.

Hello
Sako 85 22ic shoot like a dream.
norma Brass
Vihtavuori N550 speed over 2900 fps
Berger VLD
Sierra 140 gr SBT
Barnes 140 gr X-bullet

Man, I hate to dig into my Varget, can't find any

40.0gr H4895
139 SST seated to 2.730 COL
RP Brass trimmed to 2.035
CCI 200's

That has been giving me 1/2" groups lately.

My standard load is 48gr H4350 behind a 140gr of your choice.