7mm/08

[huntwithme]

i'm starting to load the 7mm/08 its a ruger but the barrl is only 16" i want to load nosler 140 bt do you choose the fastest powder on the list with that short barrel do you look it up under pistols [contender]
thanks for any help

 

[Calvin45]

Good day, I find the advantage of fast burning powders is just that they really reduce muzzle blast and flash….but in my experience and the experience of many I've read from the powder that would give the fastest velocity from a 26 inch will still be the fastest velocity from a 16 or even shorter. Just blasty and flashy!

 

[Reelamin]

What are you looking for mainly? If you want more velocity a faster powder might help a little. I have had good luck with H414 to get a little more velocity out of some cartridges.

 

[Dmagna]

I would use varget

 

[jjmp]

Reloading manuals cover pistol and rifles, you might want to look at 120's ,lots and lots of powders work very well in the 708 Remington, mines in a rifle but have loaded for a 15 inch Encore ,fantastic round Cheers.

 

[Roughrice]

IMR 4064 works great in my 20". Sorry...Can't help with 16"
Varget should also work well.

 

[WanderingGoatie]

I used varget for my 18.5" 7-08 but I'm not sure what velocity it gave me. Good groups overall with 140s but unfortunately I never chrono'd or shot far enough to dope.

 

[Trm82]

Feed that thing some 120 ttsx with some varget or CFE 223 (not temp stable ) that way you can get the speed up and they kill like crazy inside 350 yards.

 

[just_jon]

I've never run anything buy H4895 in my 14" 7-08. QL shows 98.7% powder burn in 16" barrel.

 

[Bullbuck]

varget

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

What are you looking for mainly? If you want more velocity a faster powder might help a little. I have had good luck with H414 to get a little more velocity out of some cartridges.

Can you find H414?
We still have a few pounds left.
Thought that Hodgdon stopped making it.
Been using H4350 with good results.

 

[Hoss50]

Can you find H414?
We still have a few pounds left.
Thought that Hodgdon stopped making it.
Been using H4350 with good results.

H414 is discontinued. I have a couple lbs left that I use to load 308 for a friend of mine, but will eventually have to work a new load up with something different when I run out.

 

[Hoss50]

For 7mm08 my son and I have been using 6.5 Staball with his rifle and he is running the 150gr ELDX. We just got the suppressor for his rifle so now we can finally finish load development. 6.5 Staball has been a fairly accurate powder so far. 1 MOA approximately with just a quick moderate loaded we whipped up. No real development.

 

[P7M13]

Your powder choice has more to do with the bullet weight vs. case volume & bore than the barrel length.
Longer barrels benefit from slower burning powder as it keeps burning while the bullet is traveling down the tube.
Some powders you could look at are IMR or H4895 / Varget / IMR4166 / 4064 / N135.
I've gone as slow as Reloader 17 for Hornady 162 Interlocks or Cutting Edge 147's.
At 14", I'll bet that sucker kicks hard.