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What is the best weight bullet for the 7mm08 ?
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1506078" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>Not really agreeing to disagree in this case, I completely agree with you! Like I said, out to 300-400 yards the light ones work fantastic. My sister has a Remington youth model 7 in 7mm-08 with an 18" barrel and it shot 129's for a long time, and I actually just switched her over to the 120 nosler bt's, but she doesn't use that rifle for anything over 300 yards or so. With the short barrel it just won't get the velocity necessary to shoot the heavier bullets, so it just simply doesn't get used for long range, and also that little thing is so handy it makes great brush gun. It has accounted for over 20 pronghorn, around 10 deer, and also one cow moose, and the only one that took more than one solid hit was the moose, and that is just because my sister can run her bolt faster than most people I know, she had 3 rounds through the cows lungs in about 5 seconds, and it only made it about 20 yards before it dropped. she was about 50 yards from it. </p><p></p><p>Point being, I completely agree with you. A rifle must be used within it's limits. In my case, a short barreled 7mm-08 is not really an appropriate "long range" rig, but a fantastic 0-400 rig, so the 120 class bullets are a perfect match. In the case of the O.P., who has a 28" tube, he is very likely to get enough velocity to make good use of the 150-168 class high bc hunting bullets, and while the term "best" is very subjective, in the aspect of best long range performance (out to 1000 yds, or more on steel) and a 28" barrel, the heavier bullets have the advantage. If one sets a limit on deer of 1000 ft.lbs of energy, and Berger's recommendation of 1600 fps minimum velocity, the 168 VLD will reach out to 900-1100 yards in his 7mm-08 with that retained energy/velocity depending on elevation. Pretty fantastic for the little cartridge!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1506078, member: 87243"] Not really agreeing to disagree in this case, I completely agree with you! Like I said, out to 300-400 yards the light ones work fantastic. My sister has a Remington youth model 7 in 7mm-08 with an 18" barrel and it shot 129's for a long time, and I actually just switched her over to the 120 nosler bt's, but she doesn't use that rifle for anything over 300 yards or so. With the short barrel it just won't get the velocity necessary to shoot the heavier bullets, so it just simply doesn't get used for long range, and also that little thing is so handy it makes great brush gun. It has accounted for over 20 pronghorn, around 10 deer, and also one cow moose, and the only one that took more than one solid hit was the moose, and that is just because my sister can run her bolt faster than most people I know, she had 3 rounds through the cows lungs in about 5 seconds, and it only made it about 20 yards before it dropped. she was about 50 yards from it. Point being, I completely agree with you. A rifle must be used within it's limits. In my case, a short barreled 7mm-08 is not really an appropriate "long range" rig, but a fantastic 0-400 rig, so the 120 class bullets are a perfect match. In the case of the O.P., who has a 28" tube, he is very likely to get enough velocity to make good use of the 150-168 class high bc hunting bullets, and while the term "best" is very subjective, in the aspect of best long range performance (out to 1000 yds, or more on steel) and a 28" barrel, the heavier bullets have the advantage. If one sets a limit on deer of 1000 ft.lbs of energy, and Berger's recommendation of 1600 fps minimum velocity, the 168 VLD will reach out to 900-1100 yards in his 7mm-08 with that retained energy/velocity depending on elevation. Pretty fantastic for the little cartridge!! [/QUOTE]
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