Just wondering if anyone has first hand experience shooting/hunting elk with a 7mm 168 ABLR?
Any Experience with 7mm 168 ABLR?
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MagnumManiac
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Yep, use them exclusively in my 7STW, finicky on seating depth, but once dialled they are superbly accurate and work extremely well beyond 600… Only used them on big bodied Sambar stags and most were pass through's with only one recovered.
I would prefer to seat them out a little further, but the STW is restrictive on mag length. I tried longer seating and single shot feeding, but my issue was that you couldn't eject a loaded round, oh well…
Cheers.
I would prefer to seat them out a little further, but the STW is restrictive on mag length. I tried longer seating and single shot feeding, but my issue was that you couldn't eject a loaded round, oh well…
Cheers.
Michael Eichele
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Not elk but moose. Blew two or three vertebrae out of an adult AK/YK cow moose with a 168ABLR. Both my 280AI and 284Win have shot them very well, unlike the 190s in any 30 cal I've tried them in. The 168 has done well with caribou as well.
Not an elk... But, I shot two 200+ pound hogs this past week with 168 ABLR in 280 AI . One at 445 yards square in the shoulder pad but did not exit the other side.
The next at 470 yards that I put right behind the shoulder and exited the other side.
Shot a 300+ last year with a quartering in neck shot and the bullet never exited but the hog bounced without a kick.
Those heavy wild hogs will test bullet toughness.
I am satisfied with the results so far.
The next at 470 yards that I put right behind the shoulder and exited the other side.
Shot a 300+ last year with a quartering in neck shot and the bullet never exited but the hog bounced without a kick.
Those heavy wild hogs will test bullet toughness.
I am satisfied with the results so far.
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Tagging in as I'm interested in 7mm ABLR for 9 twist 280AI. Stability wise I may have to go with 150 ABLR.
The little bit of research that I have done indicates that 1:9 should work with the 168.
I'd be shooting them in a RUM, so wanted the heaviest bullet I could run.
Michael Eichele
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9x is excellent for the 168s don't let the internet ruin a good combo.
I shoot the 168 lr accubonds in my 9 twist 7 rem mag and they are very accurate. I've had great success with them on deer but haven't shot elk with them.
I've shot three elk with the 168 ABLR from my .284 Win. All went through (didn't hit bone though) and didn't recover any bullet or fragments but did their job well. Impacts were at around 2500 fps. They group nicely for me too (8 twist at 2850 fps).
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7RUM..168LRAB at about 3000fps...
About 300yds....
Elk collapsed....took a while to get to it....unfortunately it didn't fall over to drain the blood....fell upright against big sage bush in snow.....
Definitely see the bullets hydrostatic in the blood soaked area...in behind shoulder bone..didn't exit..
About 300yds....
Elk collapsed....took a while to get to it....unfortunately it didn't fall over to drain the blood....fell upright against big sage bush in snow.....
Definitely see the bullets hydrostatic in the blood soaked area...in behind shoulder bone..didn't exit..
Boy, that definately did it's job but holy cow!?
