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The Most DISSAPOINTING Bullet there ever was...
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeffpg" data-source="post: 2748993" data-attributes="member: 27446"><p>[ATTACH=full]439898[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>This is the offside view of a big bodied Kansas buck I shot at a few steps past 500 yards about 17 years ago. Back then I was running Hornady Heavy Mag 139 SST factory ammo thru an accurized Remington model 700 SPS in 7mm Rem Mag. With a LR Leupold 4.5-14x40 scope & the Varmint Hunter reticle my 200 yard zero allowed for quick and exact 100 yard increment holdovers to 500 yards and beyond. I still have that black rifle tucked away, unchanged except for a rattle can camo paint job. Anyway, when I finally got the rutting buck to stop by hollering at him across the canyon, I touched the shot off and he crumbled in his tracks. After making a few similar one shot kills from 375 to 580 yards with this setup, I began to compare the ballistics of the 7.08 Rem vs the 7 RemMag, utilizing the same 7 mm SST bullet in Hornadys faster loadings and discovered why the 7.08 may have become so popular, especially among western big game hunters. According to Hornady's charts the cute little 7.08 Superformance load delivers the same terminal performance at 350 yards as it's big brother does at 500, for example. The critter don't know if it got shot by a mild short action rifle cartridge or a hard hitting magnum, because the bullet acts the same way at the same speed. Now, in addition to a variety of other 7mm offerings, I also own and use several rifles chambered in the sweet little 7.08 Remington. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>I do love the result of Hydrostatic Shock!</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeffpg, post: 2748993, member: 27446"] [ATTACH type="full"]439898[/ATTACH] [B]This is the offside view of a big bodied Kansas buck I shot at a few steps past 500 yards about 17 years ago. Back then I was running Hornady Heavy Mag 139 SST factory ammo thru an accurized Remington model 700 SPS in 7mm Rem Mag. With a LR Leupold 4.5-14x40 scope & the Varmint Hunter reticle my 200 yard zero allowed for quick and exact 100 yard increment holdovers to 500 yards and beyond. I still have that black rifle tucked away, unchanged except for a rattle can camo paint job. Anyway, when I finally got the rutting buck to stop by hollering at him across the canyon, I touched the shot off and he crumbled in his tracks. After making a few similar one shot kills from 375 to 580 yards with this setup, I began to compare the ballistics of the 7.08 Rem vs the 7 RemMag, utilizing the same 7 mm SST bullet in Hornadys faster loadings and discovered why the 7.08 may have become so popular, especially among western big game hunters. According to Hornady's charts the cute little 7.08 Superformance load delivers the same terminal performance at 350 yards as it's big brother does at 500, for example. The critter don't know if it got shot by a mild short action rifle cartridge or a hard hitting magnum, because the bullet acts the same way at the same speed. Now, in addition to a variety of other 7mm offerings, I also own and use several rifles chambered in the sweet little 7.08 Remington. I do love the result of Hydrostatic Shock![/B] [/QUOTE]
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