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Bullet recommendation for 7mm-08 reduced loads
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<blockquote data-quote="Tac-O" data-source="post: 1868060" data-attributes="member: 109994"><p>I just started this process with my wife (5'2, 105lbs) and kids (11 and 13 yr olds, but both extremely small and lightweight boys) with a 7mm-08 savage axis II. </p><p></p><p>I picked up a canister of h4895, with the sole purpose of getting them used to recoil, because it's the first centerfire they've ever shot. Here's the PDF from Hodgdon I used as a starting point <a href="https://www.ballisticstudies.com/site/ballisticstudies/files/Hodgdon%20H4895%20reduced%20load%20data.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ballisticstudies.com/site/ballisticstudies/files/Hodgdon H4895 reduced load data.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>I started them with speer 130gr btsp because that was the cheapest option I could find that fit with the 35.2gr suggested load with the h4895. I've been using cci200 primers and seating them .010 off the lands. With that combo, they're able to shoot 3/4" groups pretty regularly and it would be able to take a deer up to a couple hundred yards. I just recently got some sierra 120gr flat bases because they were out of speers. I just swapped out the bullet and got lucky I guess, because it will shoot that combo 3/4" or better as well.</p><p></p><p>I plan to have them work up to a load with a heavier and more penetrable bullet that is capable of taking an elk at some point. Or, I might just make up some secret loads for elk that they don't know about and use them for hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tac-O, post: 1868060, member: 109994"] I just started this process with my wife (5'2, 105lbs) and kids (11 and 13 yr olds, but both extremely small and lightweight boys) with a 7mm-08 savage axis II. I picked up a canister of h4895, with the sole purpose of getting them used to recoil, because it's the first centerfire they've ever shot. Here's the PDF from Hodgdon I used as a starting point [URL]https://www.ballisticstudies.com/site/ballisticstudies/files/Hodgdon%20H4895%20reduced%20load%20data.pdf[/URL] I started them with speer 130gr btsp because that was the cheapest option I could find that fit with the 35.2gr suggested load with the h4895. I've been using cci200 primers and seating them .010 off the lands. With that combo, they're able to shoot 3/4" groups pretty regularly and it would be able to take a deer up to a couple hundred yards. I just recently got some sierra 120gr flat bases because they were out of speers. I just swapped out the bullet and got lucky I guess, because it will shoot that combo 3/4" or better as well. I plan to have them work up to a load with a heavier and more penetrable bullet that is capable of taking an elk at some point. Or, I might just make up some secret loads for elk that they don't know about and use them for hunting. [/QUOTE]
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