Best 7mm bullet out to 600 yds

[L.Sherm]

Yes like a varmint bullet. My hunting buddy was running the BT at about 2900 out of his 7 mm It was a hammer. Seemed like the faster velocity made them come apart. My thinking on that is if your gonna fun a mag cartridge at those velocity's (2900) buy a 280 to heck with slowing it down

I dont think the velocity was the problem had them loaded at 2800 for my wife, I took it that morning because I wanted to see what they would do.

 

[L.Sherm]

I'm just not a plastic tip fan of any kind.

 

[Dirtdevil]

Remington 700 9.5 twist I think

 

[keithcandler]

140g Accubond in a Remington 700, 7 Mag:

Rem brass
Rem 9 1/2
try these three loads:

65.0
65.5
66.0 of IMR 4350
Touch the lands with the bullet, very important
3250 fps
2.5-3.5" groups at 600
Gentry muzzle breaks help you see the bullet hit the deer, throws sound forward. Rifles are bedded in good stocks, great triggers, freefloated barrels.

Some Remington rifles shoot the 162g eldx and 168g Berger Hunting bullets with 62-62.5g of R#22 into small groups while others will like 71g of Retumbo with a fed 215.

We have killed a flock of deer with the 140g accubonds...no failures.

Few Remingtons will not shoot the 140g load above and if they do not it is because the owner does not know how to measure the COAL to the lands and adjust bullet seater accordingly.

 

[Dirtdevil]

Sure wish I could get my hands on some of the lead tip 162 gr nosler that they quit making great performers

 

[Dirtdevil]

65 gr 4350 is a winner for sure Has shot in every Remington I have tried it in

140g Accubond in a Remington 700, 7 Mag:

Rem brass
Rem 9 1/2
try these three loads:

65.0
65.5
66.0 of IMR 4350
Touch the lands with the bullet, very important
3250 fps
2.5-3.5" groups at 600
Gentry muzzle breaks help you see the bullet hit the deer, throws sound forward. Rifles are bedded in good stocks, great triggers, freefloated barrels.

Some Remington rifles shoot the 162g eldx and 168g Berger Hunting bullets with 62-62.5g of R#22 into small groups while others will like 71g of Retumbo with a fed 215.

We have killed a flock of deer with the 140g accubonds...no failures.

Few Remingtons will not shoot the 140g load above and if they do not it is because the owner does not know how to measure the COAL to the lands and adjust bullet seater accordingly.

 

[Coyote_Hunter]

Lots of good choices. Drove a 140g North Fork through a cow elk at 400 yards.

 

[SilverbulletMAG]

Sure wish I could get my hands on some of the lead tip 162 gr nosler that they quit making great performers

Would the 160 Speer Hot Cor be pretty close to those?

 

[ValleyPursuits]

Anyone tried the 165gr Sierra Gamechangers? I've used them in my 30-06 - very accurate and excellent performance on game out to 450m. Not sure I'd use them much past that though.

 

[cross]

150 Swift Scirocco II. Good BC, plenty of velocity, they mushroom well at long range and hold up well at short range.

 

[Coyote_Hunter]

I'm just not a plastic tip fan of any kind.

Why?

We've been using AccuBond, TTSX and Scirocco II for years with no issues. I particularly like tip in the TTSX vs the non-tipped TSX.

 

[L.Sherm]

I'm just not I have my reasons and I'll leave it at that.

 

[06mauser]

I used the 165 grain Gamechangers in my 28 Nosler last year. Shots range from 106 yards to 383 yards and the bullet performed great for me on elk, deer, and antelope.

 

[308stillbrass]

162gr A-Max would be awesome in that 7 Mag. 160gr Accubonds could work a little better on large game and may be a little easier to load for accuracy since they won't be as sensitive to seating depth (secant ogive vs tangent). Inside 600 yards w/ a 7 Mag, anything over 150 grains will be very flat and will be effective.