Browning x-bolt 7mm08

Tabacco Brook said:
Nothing wrong with the 7-08,... your only problem is poor ammo choice,.. there's a reason Winchester Deer Season, and Browning BXR is cheap,.. it's junk,..... go get yourself a couple boxes of good 140gr cup and core ammo. The X-bolt in 7-08 is an excellent deer rifle,.. you would be making a mistake to sell it.
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What bullet would you recommend?
 
NO KNOCK DOWN POWER AT ALL, they all ran and where next to imposable to find. My wife's rifle using HORNADY AMERICAN WHITETAIL 139g interlock did the same thing, TOTAL JUNK IMO.
todbartell said:
it's foolish to blame a cartridge when the issue could be bullet choice. the 144gr Browning BXR is a fast expanding bullet designed to open up easily on deer sized game



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Underneath that huge polymer tip is a gaping hollow cavity. Of course the bullet is going to turn to shrapnel when it hits bone and muscle
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Bigbore 35 said:
NO KNOCK DOWN POWER AT ALL, they all ran and where next to imposable to find. My wife's rifle using HORNADY AMERICAN WHITETAIL 139g interlock did the same thing, TOTAL JUNK IMO.
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I guess it is a Saskatchewan thing... I have been using Hornady 139 and 154 grain very successfully for 50 years... my bullet of choice to this day...
 
'Boo said:
The problem is that the X-Bolt rifling has a left-hand twist while most of the factory ammo is designed for a right-hand twist. You either have to go to your local gun store and demand left twist cartridges or learn how to reload. If you go the reload route .308 diameter bullets run through a .284 sizer die should work well.
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Laugh2 oh my god, that's good
 
Bigbore 35 said:
I just bought a 7mm08 and I absolutely hate this cartridge. I shot mule deer this year and one white tail and every shot even though placed broadside, the bullets ended up through the guts? WTF is that all about? one mule deer was shot through the top half of the heart, broadside and the bullet turned and went down through the guts. Not one deer went down but ran so far it took me forever to find them and when I did I found that all the bullets where turning and going out the guts on the other side. FOR SALE, ONE BROWNING X-BOLT 7mm08, brand new.
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Well this explains alot. It seems that my shots always veer into the vitals instead of the guts. The deer don't get far at all. Then again i shoot a left handed gun and only shoot them when they are facing to the right. That takes a lot of patience. I think you're onto something. I've never checked which way my barrel is twisted though. Maybe someone knows. Its an abolt. ;)
 
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The 7mm08 IMO is a lousy caliber. I would rather use a 300 SAVAGE or 35 REMINGTON for deer sized game and move up to the 30-06 or 35 WHELEN for anything bigger. My brother in law convinced me to buy this rifle and now I am going to make him buy it from me or else I am going to beat the crap out of him LOL. PS, he said he would buy it from me. Nice rifle though, BROWNING x-bolt. To bad it wasn't in a 30-06 or I would want to keep it. I have been using the 06 most of my hunting life and have always been happy. Not sure what I was thinking, maybe all the hype around this caliber witch is all over rated. JUST MY HONEST OPPINION FOLKS.
 
I am pretty sure the purpose of this thread in the first place was to promote the OP's rifle which is for sale on the EE. I would bet the moderators are looking at this thread to see if it may be in violation of the forum rules.
 
'Boo said:
I am pretty sure the purpose of this thread in the first place was to promote the OP's rifle which is for sale on the EE. I would bet the moderators are looking at this thread to see if it may be in violation of the forum rules.
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maybe you should try and get me banned from the forum for being such a bad violator LOL. I put the rifle up for sale after I submitted my post. GET A LIFE DUDE.
 
Bigbore 35 said:
That's funny , I'm so pissed with this rifle caliber because it is such a wimp. no blood trail at all to follow. I'm going back to the more deadly effective 300 SAVAGE witch I have never lost an animal. Also going to start using my 35 REM. These two cartridges will be way more effective than the 7mm08 out to 300 yards.
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Tell that to the people knocking down animals at 600+ yards with the 7mm-08. Wimpy? Hardly. Carries more down range energy the 300 savage or a 308 if you use the right bullets.
 
guntech said:
I guess it is a Saskatchewan thing... I have been using Hornady 139 and 154 grain very successfully for 50 years... my bullet of choice to this day...
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Hey now. I am also from Sk and have no problem with hornady ammo. If I have to buy ammo its hornady. Everything shot with it falls over dead
 
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