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Working up 7mm-08 load suggestions
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<blockquote data-quote="B-LOT Banga" data-source="post: 1674089" data-attributes="member: 106734"><p>For meat hunts I ran a 7mm-08 with 154 gr Hornady SST, 40.6 gr IMR4064 @ 2573 FPS. It was a palmetto state armory upper and lower originally in 308 win and I decided to change the barrel out to a 24" fluted heavy contour, warne cantilever scope mount, Vortex Viper HS-T 4-16x44 and a 3lb timney trigger. I didn't run a brake on the end due to the excessive noise it would produce. I ran this same combination in my Browning X-bolt, 22" barrel and got about a 120 FPS faster... go figure. It was a bit heavy but with a 25 rd clip it was a killing machine out past 500 yds. Did some steel out to 650 yds once but did most of my kills from 50 yds - 300 yds. A solid bipod is a must or a tree will work fine. The ease of cresting a hill and hammering game without working the bolt is a dream, so you can concentrate on where your animals drop. Good luck with your setup... if I was to do it again I would use a 20" barrel in a lighter contour because of the weight. Aloha</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="B-LOT Banga, post: 1674089, member: 106734"] For meat hunts I ran a 7mm-08 with 154 gr Hornady SST, 40.6 gr IMR4064 @ 2573 FPS. It was a palmetto state armory upper and lower originally in 308 win and I decided to change the barrel out to a 24” fluted heavy contour, warne cantilever scope mount, Vortex Viper HS-T 4-16x44 and a 3lb timney trigger. I didn’t run a brake on the end due to the excessive noise it would produce. I ran this same combination in my Browning X-bolt, 22” barrel and got about a 120 FPS faster... go figure. It was a bit heavy but with a 25 rd clip it was a killing machine out past 500 yds. Did some steel out to 650 yds once but did most of my kills from 50 yds - 300 yds. A solid bipod is a must or a tree will work fine. The ease of cresting a hill and hammering game without working the bolt is a dream, so you can concentrate on where your animals drop. Good luck with your setup... if I was to do it again I would use a 20” barrel in a lighter contour because of the weight. Aloha [/QUOTE]
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