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<blockquote data-quote="MudRunner2005" data-source="post: 1393970" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>My first deer rifle that was bought for me was a Ruger M77 MKII All-Weather Mountain Rifle (20" barrel) 7mm-08 when I was around 12. Back then we didn't have a chronograph and we didn't reload, so I have no idea what MV's were from that gun. I can say this, farthest kill was a whitetail doe at around 450 yards with factory Hornady Custom 139 SST ammo (I think the Superformance ammo replaced it). Worked great. So I've been around the 7mm-08 for almost 20 years now. It was a SWAG shot, but it worked. I was sighted in 2.5" high at 100, and I set the crosshairs at the top of her shoulder/back, and dropped the hammer...She kicked, ran, and dropped about 50 yards away. One day I'm going to build a 26" 7mm-08 AI for pushing the Berger 195's.</p><p></p><p>Hornady says 2,950 with the 139 SST Superformance ammo in a 24" barrel, so I'm figuring around 35 FPS loss per inch, so I'm estimating about 2,810 FPS from a 20" barrel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MudRunner2005, post: 1393970, member: 12995"] My first deer rifle that was bought for me was a Ruger M77 MKII All-Weather Mountain Rifle (20" barrel) 7mm-08 when I was around 12. Back then we didn't have a chronograph and we didn't reload, so I have no idea what MV's were from that gun. I can say this, farthest kill was a whitetail doe at around 450 yards with factory Hornady Custom 139 SST ammo (I think the Superformance ammo replaced it). Worked great. So I've been around the 7mm-08 for almost 20 years now. It was a SWAG shot, but it worked. I was sighted in 2.5" high at 100, and I set the crosshairs at the top of her shoulder/back, and dropped the hammer...She kicked, ran, and dropped about 50 yards away. One day I'm going to build a 26" 7mm-08 AI for pushing the Berger 195's. Hornady says 2,950 with the 139 SST Superformance ammo in a 24" barrel, so I'm figuring around 35 FPS loss per inch, so I'm estimating about 2,810 FPS from a 20" barrel. [/QUOTE]
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