7-08 ?

[Hunter John]

All with a 7-08, loaded with 139 grain BTSP Hornady’s

Muzzle velocity of this load is only 2660 fps….. all one shot kills, all died less than a stones throw from where they were shot.

nice bucks Lefty

 

[Hunter John]

Thanks gang, greatly appreciated. I will grab a box of the Norma 160s as I also like the heavier option but will also try partitions and the ttsx option.

 

[Hunter John]

I use 120NBTs for deer in my 275 Rigby (7x57) and 160NPs for moose. Both have worked well in one each. If I was going to settle on one bullet only for both, I'd use a 140NP or TTSX, prefering the 1st. Saying that, the current Speer Grand Slams have a good reputation. I just bought a bunch of those 120gr for my 257 Roberts.

Love the Roberts, mine likes the accubond 110s and have taken a few deer with it. It really is a sweet rifle calibre.

 

[keta]

140 acccubonds in my granddaughters tikka compact 7mm08. Very accurate. Worked on the deer she has taken.

 

[Sask Bearman]

140 grain TTSX as a one choice for all imo. H4895 is a good powder for it as well. 7mm/08 is not overly fussy and is usually quite accurate.

 

[Lefty Dick]

nice bucks Lefty

That’s my daughter, btw

 

[Hunter John]

Yes, I figured she wasn’t Lefty ####. Lol.

 

[shulsman]

I found the factory 139 hornady SST lacked but did have better luck once I started loading, 150 CX and ELD-M just plain shoot well. Used some staball 6.5 that was laying around and it performed with I4064 as well

 

[jpappy]

For 7mm-08, two of my sons have used 140 accubonds with great results on northern BC bucks. One rifle is more accurate with 150 eldx, but yet to drop any game with them yet. My go-to plan is to try accubonds and ttsx before all other bullet testing in hunting rifles.

 

[keith mokry]

With mine I started with 120g but didn’t get the results that wanted so moved to 140g cup and core and results were better. Velocity with 140 was 2750fps. For moose/elk I would use the 140 or 150 might be better with the highest speed

 

[guntech]

Moose taken at 328 yards... didn't take two steps.

 

[WhelanLad]

Moose taken at 328 yards... didn't take two steps.


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nice one, i just ordered a bunch of these--- for down the track but i went to the 160s hot cor for a while... keen to use these 154s , shold be perfect

 

[BlackRam]

My wife's 7mm-08 preferred the Sierra 140 gr ProHunters, and yet still performed well with the 140 gr AccuBonds..
I'm working up loads for the 140 gr AccuBond for mine. They produce good accuracy, velocity, and on-game performance in every other rifle and cartridge combination from 257 to 375 cal that I have used them in since they were first introduced.

 

[john-brennan]

Hi Gang, for those of you who hunt with the 7-08 what ammo are you finding success with? I will be using mine for and out to about 300 yards with most opportunities much closer as is typical here in Ontario. Was figuring on one cartridge for all as opposed to 120s for and 150 or 160 for . I have the rifle set up and grabbed 2 boxes of ammo ( so far ) to begin the process of figuring out what the Grey Lady likes best. Don’t laugh, they all get names.

Well out to 300 yards, 140gr accubond or a 154gr interbond those things work well at 08 speeds

 

[dan belisle]

nice one, i just ordered a bunch of these--- for down the track but i went to the 160s hot cor for a while... keen to use these 154s , shold be perfect

I have some load data for those in the 7mm-08, if you like. - dan