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Reloading
IMR 7977 for 7mm-08 A.I. ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jonoton" data-source="post: 2411033" data-attributes="member: 100300"><p>Thank you for the info!</p><p></p><p>I have a 22" featherweight 1/9 barrel in progress for the build. My intent is also for a light mountain rifle and those same animals, plus Kansas whitetails and hogs. </p><p>I shoot a 143gr Hammer Hunter in my 7mm WSM, at 3300 to 3350 fps. I am thinking a step down in weight for this one will make sense for me, but stocking one weight for both rifles is attractive.</p><p></p><p>Fire forming: I have 200 pieces of new 7-08 LRP brass from Alpha Munitions for this rifle. I am leaning towards fireforming the whole lot with less expensive bullets (I like Sierra game kings), and then running the fireformed brass through the AI dies in one go.</p><p>My thinking is that the rifle will likely have sufficient accuracy for shooting hogs with the 7-08 brass, and the barrel will be fully 'settled in' and up to speed after those 200 rounds. Then a quick load development with the chosen Hammer bullets, and no need to reload for some time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jonoton, post: 2411033, member: 100300"] Thank you for the info! I have a 22" featherweight 1/9 barrel in progress for the build. My intent is also for a light mountain rifle and those same animals, plus Kansas whitetails and hogs. I shoot a 143gr Hammer Hunter in my 7mm WSM, at 3300 to 3350 fps. I am thinking a step down in weight for this one will make sense for me, but stocking one weight for both rifles is attractive. Fire forming: I have 200 pieces of new 7-08 LRP brass from Alpha Munitions for this rifle. I am leaning towards fireforming the whole lot with less expensive bullets (I like Sierra game kings), and then running the fireformed brass through the AI dies in one go. My thinking is that the rifle will likely have sufficient accuracy for shooting hogs with the 7-08 brass, and the barrel will be fully 'settled in' and up to speed after those 200 rounds. Then a quick load development with the chosen Hammer bullets, and no need to reload for some time. [/QUOTE]
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