7mm Rm & 7mm-08
- Thread starter Steady
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Not a great idea, as reduced loads in a magnum case, can cause as much pressure problems as hot loads. Not saying you can't do it , just not worth the hassle.
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You may just want to stick to the factory low recoil stuff till he's old/big enough to go full house. A friend of mine bought some Remington LR .270 win,115gr at 2800fps IIRC.
I bought my daughter a Stevens 200 in 7mm-08. She shoots 139 gr. Hornady Interlock. She's vry comfortable with the recoil and quite deadly with it. The reason I mention this is that the rifle is only $320.00 and is a tack driver. At that price, when he's ready for the 7mm Mag, it's still his choice to upgrade and the gun hasn't cost all that much. He'll probably keep it though.
Justasec here - how accurate does it need to be, anyway? If 2" is fine, then I'm sure it's do-able. H4895 is the usual reduced-load medicine.
Also - in a lot of cases, the 7mm Mag isn't putting anywhere near the advertised MV out in the first place. Depending on your rifle, it may not be that huge of a gap between 7 mag and 7-08 MV's in the first place and therefore shouldn't be hard to load down a bit
Also - in a lot of cases, the 7mm Mag isn't putting anywhere near the advertised MV out in the first place. Depending on your rifle, it may not be that huge of a gap between 7 mag and 7-08 MV's in the first place and therefore shouldn't be hard to load down a bit
Id use some Varget or RL15 and load a 140 gr bullet to about 2700-2800 fps
someday down the road he can load 175 gr @ 2900 fps over a ####load of Retumbo, if he so desires
or you could just buy him a 7-08 and he could use that for a long time
someday down the road he can load 175 gr @ 2900 fps over a ####load of Retumbo, if he so desires
or you could just buy him a 7-08 and he could use that for a long time
