Whats grain bullets everyone shooting out of their 7mm Rem Mags.

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Hello I got a older Rem 700 BDL 7mm Rem Mag in a trade. I haven't taken it out and fired it yet, put a 3x9 Leopold vx2 .
I have had a couple of 7mm Rems before and but always shot 160 partitions. Thinking of 140 grains bullets. What do you shoot
out of your 7mm Rem Mag or what do you recommend, I mostly hunt deer.
 
"Mostly hunt deer".... If that means you want to hunt moose and elk with the same load then go with a bonded bullet like the hornady interbond or nosler accubond, or nosler partition. If deer is your big game and you want to hunt wolves and coyotes then I would go with the hornady SST or BTSP.
If you hate eating lead the Barnes 120 grn ttsx hits way above it weight and would be good for any game in North America.

My 5 cents anyway....
 
Aren't all legal jacketed or mono metal hunting bullets controlled expansion??????
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To me, and to many other people, controlled expansion bullets, are bullets that expand reliably , but also retain a high percentage of their weight, as opposed to expanding violently, and losing the majority of their weight.

Have a look at the Hornady site, and read the bullet descriptions, not all legal for hunting big game bullets are described as " controlled expansion". Some use the term "rapid explosive expansion", yet they are legal for hunting big game.
 
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stubblejumper said:
Too me, and to many other people, controlled expansion bullets, are bullets that expand reliably , but also retain a high percentage of their weight, as opposed to expanding violently, and losing the majority of their weight.
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Never heard it used that way....interesting. So basically bonded and mono metals then?
 
Never heard it used that way.
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I thought that you would be more familiar with the Hornady site, it looks as though you aren't familiar with the terminology that they use to describe their bullets.

Quoted from an Outdoor Life article on bullets.

Bullets that are designed for heavy game like elk are commonly called "controlled-expansion" (CE) bullets. To reduce fragmentation they might have a midsection dam of jacket material (Nosler Partition, for example); thick, ductile jackets tightly bonded to the lead core (Trophy Bonded); a solid copper construction (Barnes X); or a hard heel section and softer nose (Speer Grand Slam). Other CE bullets feature a combination of these designs (Swift A-Frame, Norma TXP and Winchester Fail Safe).
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Another magazine article.

CONVENTIONAL CONTROLLED-EXPANDING BULLET give modest expansion while retaining nearly all of their weight, even when fired into thick hide and heavy bones and muscles. Where a deer bullet might retain 50 percent of its weight after striking an animal, a controlled-expansion slug will keep 90 percent plus, and this greater mass ensures it will penetrate nearly anything. Controlled-expansion bullets come in two types—conventional, which employ lead cores and heavy, bonded copper jackets, and the newer variety, which are all copper or copper alloy. These bullets, although quite expensive (copper costs a lot more than lead), are extremely effective and, very often, exceedingly accurate.
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From another article on bullets.

Controlled Expansion Bullets. These represent the newest development in jacketed expanding ammunition to hunt big game.
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And yet another article using this term

In controlled expansion bullets, the jacket and other internal design characteristics help to prevent the bullet from breaking apart; ...
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Quoted from an Outdoor Life article on bullets.



Another magazine article.
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Well I guess I learned something because outdoor magazine writers are never wrong ;)

Either way, I'm in the light for caliber, bonded/mono metal camp as well. After I saw a 139 grain mono metal penetrate four feet of water buffalo, including shoulder blade, I didn't really see the need for anything heavier except in extreme range applications. Then BC becomes all important.
 
sheephunter said:
Never heard it used that way....interesting. So basically bonded and mono metals then?
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Those, and partitions, and those with mechanical features to lock jacket and core together, and those with thickened jackets at the base to stop expansion at a certain point. There's likely others, but basically anything that will stop the expansion somewhere well short of blow-up

The term has been around longer than most of us have been alive.
 
Well I guess I learned something because outdoor magazine writers are never wrong
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It's not about right and wrong, it's just a term that has become very common with writers, and with the bullet manufacturers. It's so commonly used on the Hornady site, that I would have thought that you would be familiar with it.

The term has been around longer than most of us have been alive.
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Exactly!
 
Dogleg said:
Those, and partitions, and those with mechanical features to lock jacket and core together, and those with thickened jackets at the base to stop expansion at a certain point. There's likely others, but basically anything that will stop the expansion somewhere well short of blow-up

The term has been around longer than most of us have been alive.
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I'm very familiar with the term in the context you used it....basically any legal jacketed or mono metal big game hunting bullet...lol.
 
stubblejumper said:
It's not about right and wrong, it's just a term that has become very common with writers, and with the bullet manufacturers. It's so commonly used on the Hornady site, that I would have thought that you would be familiar with it.
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I'm extremely familiar with the term...it was your context that puzzled me...frankly it still does.
 
I used 160 gr partitions for years on everything from white-tails to moose, never let me down once. If i still used a 7 mm RM , I'd use it again.......... I guess I'm just lazy , but if it works, it works.

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160 partitions for years now switching or alternating with160 gr accubonds. Same bullet for everything. for everything. Work awesome. No blood trail required.
Neil
 
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