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New Mountain Rifle...Is there better than 7mm-08?
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<blockquote data-quote="ART W" data-source="post: 848692" data-attributes="member: 989"><p>My son has a 7-08 and it has surpassed all my expectations on mule deer and antelope. We have loaded Barnes X 130's which are no longer available, 150 grain Swift Scirocco's and now we have settled on 140 grain Berger Hunting VLD's.</p><p> That said it has taken an antelope at 500-510 yds and a two nice mature 4 X 4 Mulie's at just over 360yds and one at 400-425 yds. We have also shot Federal Premium ammo with Nosler partitions before hand loading with excellent success on game. The caliber seems to have exceptional killing power, however all the shots were placed well.</p><p>The rifle is a Remington 700 ADL which has been restocked with an HS Precision sniper style stock. We also changed the bottom metal then and had the local gunsmith do a trigger job on the Remington trigger. It is topped off with an IOR 3-18 X 42 mm which has a 34mm main tube.</p><p> We must have got a good barrel because it groups all loads well and they go into the same quadrant on the target.</p><p>As a rifle, it is a prefect Mtn rifle, lightweight even with good glass and a Harris Bipod and it makes ragged holes on the paper targets. A little light for elk but I would not hesitate to use it with right bullet provided the range was limited. I really like it. We have a 6.5/284 which has more horsepower with lighter bullets and a better BC with 140's but it is much heavier to carry around all day in the mountains .</p><p>If I were to buy a new rifle would seriously consider one if I was staying with a short action non magnum round.</p><p></p><p>Art W</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ART W, post: 848692, member: 989"] My son has a 7-08 and it has surpassed all my expectations on mule deer and antelope. We have loaded Barnes X 130's which are no longer available, 150 grain Swift Scirocco's and now we have settled on 140 grain Berger Hunting VLD's. That said it has taken an antelope at 500-510 yds and a two nice mature 4 X 4 Mulie's at just over 360yds and one at 400-425 yds. We have also shot Federal Premium ammo with Nosler partitions before hand loading with excellent success on game. The caliber seems to have exceptional killing power, however all the shots were placed well. The rifle is a Remington 700 ADL which has been restocked with an HS Precision sniper style stock. We also changed the bottom metal then and had the local gunsmith do a trigger job on the Remington trigger. It is topped off with an IOR 3-18 X 42 mm which has a 34mm main tube. We must have got a good barrel because it groups all loads well and they go into the same quadrant on the target. As a rifle, it is a prefect Mtn rifle, lightweight even with good glass and a Harris Bipod and it makes ragged holes on the paper targets. A little light for elk but I would not hesitate to use it with right bullet provided the range was limited. I really like it. We have a 6.5/284 which has more horsepower with lighter bullets and a better BC with 140's but it is much heavier to carry around all day in the mountains . If I were to buy a new rifle would seriously consider one if I was staying with a short action non magnum round. Art W [/QUOTE]
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