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Hello, newbie here with an itch to load 7mm R mag
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<blockquote data-quote="demented" data-source="post: 332972" data-attributes="member: 21609"><p>I've got a Browning A-bolt 7mm Rmag that I've used for ten years with great results on whitetails out to 300 yards. I had decided to custom load a few cartridges with better bullets and try my hand at ranges to 400 yards. To my dismay, loads I've seen in three or four loading manuals show the performance of this cartridge to be far below what I'd hoped for, not much if any faster than a 30-06! Hard to believe all that case capacity won't push a 160 gr. bullet much faster than 2900fps. Never having loaded magnum cartridges I find myself wondering if my load manuals are ultra conservative or if the 7mm is one of the most overrated cartridges out there. 300 yards is no real test for any cartridge, I've downed many whitetails at this distance with a .308 Winchester. Thanks for any and all opinions, comments, etc. Oh, yeah, anyone got a "pet" load for a 160 grainer that'll chrono 3000, I's SURE like to see it! (I will start low and work up, SLOWLY, no suicidal tendencies here!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="demented, post: 332972, member: 21609"] I've got a Browning A-bolt 7mm Rmag that I've used for ten years with great results on whitetails out to 300 yards. I had decided to custom load a few cartridges with better bullets and try my hand at ranges to 400 yards. To my dismay, loads I've seen in three or four loading manuals show the performance of this cartridge to be far below what I'd hoped for, not much if any faster than a 30-06! Hard to believe all that case capacity won't push a 160 gr. bullet much faster than 2900fps. Never having loaded magnum cartridges I find myself wondering if my load manuals are ultra conservative or if the 7mm is one of the most overrated cartridges out there. 300 yards is no real test for any cartridge, I've downed many whitetails at this distance with a .308 Winchester. Thanks for any and all opinions, comments, etc. Oh, yeah, anyone got a "pet" load for a 160 grainer that'll chrono 3000, I's SURE like to see it! (I will start low and work up, SLOWLY, no suicidal tendencies here!) [/QUOTE]
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