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7-08 140grs Accubond - good sheep bullet inside 450-500m?
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<blockquote data-quote="Timber338" data-source="post: 962085" data-attributes="member: 33822"><p>I think the 7mm-08 is a fantastic cartridge out to 500 yards, even for elk. Are there more powerful rounds? sure. I think the 7mm-08 still gets the job done. And I think it is totally wrong to say that the lower muzzle velocites (compared to a 7mm rem mag for example) is going to prevent proper bullet expansion. At the elevations I hunt, a 140 Accubond, or a Barnes 145 LRX is going to have over 2200+ fps of velocity and over 1500+ ft*lbs of energy. If you put the bullet in the right place, there is not an elk, deer, sheep or antelope that is going to live through that. And unless you get some **** bad luck, no hunting bullet is going to pencil through at those velocities. Even at the lower elevations where I antelope hunt, the velocity does not drop below 2000 fps until you reach 600 yards, which leaves over 200 fps of velocity margin until you reach the 1800 fps minimum fps of the Accubond. And all this with a short action and much less recoil than any of the larger cartridges. </p><p></p><p>A nice custom 7mm-08 is probably going to be my next custom build for the exact kind of hunts you are talking about. I'm going to start out loading the Barnes 145 LRX and if it shoots I'm going to be happy and hunt with it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timber338, post: 962085, member: 33822"] I think the 7mm-08 is a fantastic cartridge out to 500 yards, even for elk. Are there more powerful rounds? sure. I think the 7mm-08 still gets the job done. And I think it is totally wrong to say that the lower muzzle velocites (compared to a 7mm rem mag for example) is going to prevent proper bullet expansion. At the elevations I hunt, a 140 Accubond, or a Barnes 145 LRX is going to have over 2200+ fps of velocity and over 1500+ ft*lbs of energy. If you put the bullet in the right place, there is not an elk, deer, sheep or antelope that is going to live through that. And unless you get some **** bad luck, no hunting bullet is going to pencil through at those velocities. Even at the lower elevations where I antelope hunt, the velocity does not drop below 2000 fps until you reach 600 yards, which leaves over 200 fps of velocity margin until you reach the 1800 fps minimum fps of the Accubond. And all this with a short action and much less recoil than any of the larger cartridges. A nice custom 7mm-08 is probably going to be my next custom build for the exact kind of hunts you are talking about. I'm going to start out loading the Barnes 145 LRX and if it shoots I'm going to be happy and hunt with it! [/QUOTE]
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