7mm-08 info

[dmancornell]

I just bought a rifle in 7mm-08, it's my first foray into this caliber.

Question for experienced shooters, what kind of factory ammo has been accurate? Market price on brass? Thanks in advance.

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[Shooter98]

Info on the 7mm-08 is pretty much everywhere. There's another forum that has oodles of info. The nice thing about the 7mm-08 is that basically all the info for the 308 directly correlates. It just uses slightly less powder. Ballistics wise, it's a little more superior, and harder hitting. There are plenty of factory loads out there as well. Question though, is it standard 7mm-08 or 7mm-08AI?

 

[dmancornell]

Standard 7mm-08.

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

Most accurate in my 700 was Remington 140gr core-lokt. In fact it took a while to find a handload that was more accurate.

 

[2ndtimer]

I would try to locate some Federal Fusion ammo. It has proven very accurate in the 2 cartridges I have tried it in, .243 Win and .338 Federal. Kind of the 2 extremes of the .308 Win case. I would not be surprised at all if it proved very accurate in the 7mm-08 in either the 120 gr or the 140 gr load. I never fired any factory 7mm-08 loads in the 7mm-08 Model 70 Lightweight Carbine that I had for a while years ago. It was all handloads with Varget and IMR-4064 primarily with Hornady 139 gr SP and Nosler 140 gr Ballistic Tips.

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

This Is in a 18" lightweight mountain profile bbl. Very accurate (cloverleafs @100yds)
I haven't tried any of the fusion loads yet. But the Remington was pretty much our benchmark when developing handloads.

We since developed 160gr load I like that matches (or surpasses) the accuracy of the 140gr load but its what worked in mine so I'd give it a try. good deer medicine and puts it where you aim it.

 

[dmancornell]

Thanks for the link.

 

[orygun]

I've done some work with my wife's Ruger Compact 7mm-08. While I am usually very happy with Remington Core-Lokts for accuracy, this gun didn't shoot the 140gr load very well. Velocity was very uniform, but accuracy wasn't so hot. I had better accuracy with starting handloads using Nosler Accubond or Barnes XLC bullets.
However Federal Premium with the Nosler Partition 140gr is a great shooter out of the same gun.

All of the handloading I did was in Remington cases acquired as new ammo. I needed to be a little choosy with powder because of the Ruger's short barrel (16.5") RL15 was one of the best performers.

 

[DieselScout]

Perfect timing to bump this thread, just done done putting a 7mm-08 barrel on my Savage! Can't wait to get out and give it a try.

 

[orygun]

Perfect timing to bump this thread, just done done putting a 7mm-08 barrel on my Savage! Can't wait to get out and give it a try.

Let's see a pic!

 

[DieselScout]

Let's see a pic!

It's actually a Stevens 200, but it's looking pretty sharp with the new 24" stainless barrel.



Next up is a new stock. I've been looking for a nice take off for a while, but think I am going to go with a thumb hole laminate from Boyds. We'll see.

 

[mrblond]

Hey Dman, let us know how you like your new rifle. I am looking at getting something smaller then my 338-378 for whitetail this season.