Speer Bullets

I've used them in the past in my 7x61 very reliable cup and core bullets I have had good results with Speer haven't used them much for the past 20-25 years just because of availability but I generally have preferred them to the Hornady offerings
Cheers Tony
 
go with the sierra 120 grain for anything out to 150 yards, 100 grain if you can find them, a little faster, and a little flatter out of your 7mm creedmoor imposter.........
 
I found them to be reliable on broadside shots but a little fragile for shoulder or frontal shots, accuracy was it's downfall for me it was not that great. 7mm RM was the cal. I would think at 7-08 speeds they would be great for deer.
 
I never used Speer in 7mm, so maybe no help? I use Speer HotCor (flat base) 165 grain in 308 Win - since 1980's (?). I notice that the Speer SPBT are NOT HotCor, for whatever difference that might make? My "go to" for my 7x57, when I hunted with that one, was 150 grain Partition. I have taken several dozen deer with both the 308 Win and the 7x57, over the years. Like many, most years I got one tag only - so did not really want to "take a chance" on a different bullet - stayed with what had worked for me, until a reason for changing - as was the case with Sierra 165 SPBT - very, very accurate, but came apart - too easily, to me - on a white tail doe spine - so I switched to the Speer HotCor - but have never replicated that shot or impact again...
 
130 speer BTSP, CFE223 45.4 gr 2950fps 7mm-08 rem (Kimber Ascent)...only a few black bears, exits holes both times :)
 
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Never used the 130gr specifically. But used a pile of Speer SPBT in other rifles. 180gr in the 30-06 which took 2 Elk. 225gr in the 338 which had taken a few deer and numerous bears. Never had anything ask questions.
 
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Never used the 130gr specifically. But used a pile of Speer SPBT in other rifles. 180gr in the 30-06 which took 2 Elk. 225gr in the 338 which had taken a few deer and numerous bears. Never had anything ask questions.
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Speer makes good bullets. They may not be the toughest bullets on the market but they're as good as most and better than some.

I quit using them because they were hard to come by in the same lot in quantity.

The shops I frequented were bringing them in at a trickle. Even the distributors were shipping "mix lot codes"

I really liked the Speer Mag Tip bullets for larger game, in 338, 8mm, 30, 7mm

The rest of their line is just fine. I liked the Mag Tips because they shot well in my rifles.
 
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I like the hotcores,. Grand slams, and the bonded deep curls for hunting. I use the basic cup/core for plinking, they are all pretty accurate, just find their basic cup core a bit too thin in the jacket.
Have a bunch of 7mm 175gr deepcurls picked up on clearance that should last me a lifetime.
 
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