7MM Mag 162 Loads

[Dayto]

Well I just got into reloading , and I just did a Batch of

4350 55.0
Ferderal #215 Primer
162 BTSP Interlocks

Just wondering if any one knows any other good recipes for 162's , The Batch i Just made was from the Hodgsons 2006 Annual Manual.

Thanks.

 

[prosper]

Go slow. 4350's much too fast, look at RL22 and 25, H870, US869, H1000, retumbo, AA8700, and 7878

Best results will probably come from RL22, H1000 and AA8700

 

[todbartell]

x 2

4350 will work, but for optimum results, go 4831 or slower (RL22, 7828, H1000, etc)

work up to 65-66 grains of H4831sc or RL22. A Classic 7mm Mag load, that does around 2950-3050 fps in a 24-26" tube.

might want to switch to a 160 Partition or Accubond for moose/elk
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[p-17]

Whenever I work up a load for a 7mm Remington Magnum, I have a standard accuracy load that has yet to be beaten: 61.5 to 62 grains of IMR 4831 pushing a Horandy 162 (or Nosler or Sierra 160).

As it turns out, this was my very first handload ever, when I started reloading in 1989, and it still remains the winner.

What the other fellows said about slower powders is true.

 

[fpouliot]

66 grains of H4831 with a 162 grain bullet usually gives very good results.

I get better than 0.5 MOA/5 shots groups with Hornady's AMAX 162 and 66 gr H4831 @ 2950 ft/s

 

[Mystic Precision]

Re25, Fed 215M, collet sized rem brass, 162gr Amax. Shoots well under MOA out to 1000m in two rifles.

Retumbo also showed a lot of potential but have moved on to other rifles.

Jerry

 

[ricciardelli]

Retumbo From 69.0 grains to 73.5 grains
CCI-200 Primer

 

[boney]

Here is a 3 shot group using 160g Nosler partitions and IMR 4831.
I have gone as high as 63 grains of IMR 4831 with the 160 partition and accuracy was about the same.
I have also used RL-25 with great results.Both with 160 and 175 Nosler partitions.