Favorite 7 RM Whitetail Brew?

[25 Otter]

Howdy all. What'is your favorite brew for the 7mm Rem Mag for eastern whitetail hunting? I'm hanging around the 139gr Hornady and 66gr of H4831. What do you all favor? I'm looking for a new recipe. Thanks.

 

[XMC]

Fed 215GM with 71gr of Retumbo under a 168gr Berger VLD gets me @ 3000 fps with consistent sub moa groups out of a 26" tube.

 

[25 Otter]

How do the VLDs perform on game? That sounds like a dandy load. What twist is your pipe?

 

[roninflag]

69.5 of h-4831 and 139 , or 62.6 of re-19 and a 168. in az the whitetails are dinks (70pounds) i am going to try a 140 berger as soon as i get the range time.

 

[Derek M.]

I use IMR4831 and a 150 Btip, WW brass, Fed215M primer. Mild charge of 63.0 grains as max in my rifle is somewhere over 66 grains. To date that load is responsible for 2 pronghorn both over 300 yards, 2 mule deer, one at 280, the other at 66 yards, and roughly 18-20 whitetails in Missouri, Alabama, South Carolina, and Kansas. It's a sweet load.

 

[trebark]

In 7mm Rem Mag, find a load that will push the 180grain VLD at 2800+fps. Then check the ballistics in Exbal. Impressive.

 

[XMC]

How do the VLDs perform on game? That sounds like a dandy load. What twist is your pipe?

The tube on my 7mm rem mag is 1 in 9.5, haven't used them on game yet, I'll be taken this rig as a backup to elk camp this year but I did use it used it last year using Barnes TTSX with excellent one shot performance on two elk . My primary this year is my 338 Lapua.

 

[Willys46]

168 VLD kill deer very dead! They act more like a Ballistic tip than a bounded bullet like the 160gr accubond.

If I am a meat hunter---160 accubonds all day. Pretty good BC for a true bonded hunting bullet.

If I do not care about meat loss, 168 Bergers and if they will not shoot, I have always had great results with the 150gr Ballistic tips.

Powder H4831sc or just H4831

 

[25 Otter]

I use IMR4831 and a 150 Btip, WW brass, Fed215M primer. Mild charge of 63.0 grains as max in my rifle is somewhere over 66 grains. To date that load is responsible for 2 pronghorn both over 300 yards, 2 mule deer, one at 280, the other at 66 yards, and roughly 18-20 whitetails in Missouri, Alabama, South Carolina, and Kansas. It's a sweet load.

Nice shootin' buddy. I have a box of 150 BTs on the bullet shelf. I guess I need to get them down and give them a try.

Seems the VLD has quite a following as well. I'm not sure about PA whitetails at 30 to 300 yds,but the local 400 yd deer target shoot may be an option. 10X magnification limit,hunting rifle of sporter weight, paper deer targets @ 400yds, supported fire.

 

[johnnyk]

I also shoot the 150gn BTip in my 7Mag ahead of 63.5gn of IMR4350 with R9.5M primer. I run them .010" off the LaG. Accuracy ran .430" at 100yds for 5 shots and velocity averaged 3234fps. That load is 1/2gn above max (Nolser#6) but is safe in my 700P. Start low and work up. JohnnyK.

 

[Derek M.]

Nice shootin' buddy. I have a box of 150 BTs on the bullet shelf. I guess I need to get them down and give them a try.

Seems the VLD has quite a following as well. I'm not sure about PA whitetails at 30 to 300 yds,but the local 400 yd deer target shoot may be an option. 10X magnification limit,hunting rifle of sporter weight, paper deer targets @ 400yds, supported fire.

Thanks.

I forgot to mention that I also outside neck turn my brass. Dunno if that makes a difference or not.

Also, I spoke with a tech at Nosler a few years ago who also shoots the 7mag/150 combo and he stated to me he uses it on everything, including elk. No losses, all successes. I've never clocked my combo. Maybe I will soon.

Last year I was lurking on Nosler's shooters supply and found the 150 btip 2nds on sale. I bought 1000.