sheephearder
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I load 41.0 gr IMR 4895 under 140gr Nosler ballistic tip for my wife's Remington Model 7. Good accuracy out to150yd.
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Lee Goodwin
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For some reason 7-08 is tricky to reload for if you go too heavy on projectiles. It is a smaller case. I would start low node area with slowest powder.
Keep all your brass same head stamp at least. Pick a bullet that goes to sleep fast. Flat base is probably best in this situation. Note the difference between your first shot of the day and a quick follow-up shot. Really let the barrel cool and repeat. What better way to spend a nice spring day.? Keep the sun on you. But not on the ammo.
Throw some rocks.
Keep all your brass same head stamp at least. Pick a bullet that goes to sleep fast. Flat base is probably best in this situation. Note the difference between your first shot of the day and a quick follow-up shot. Really let the barrel cool and repeat. What better way to spend a nice spring day.? Keep the sun on you. But not on the ammo.
Throw some rocks.
BD1965
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IMR4895 42gr 1/2 moa in Rem 700 lvsf 22" Got very lucky 
In 3 different 7mm/08's (24" barrel) that i've owned with the 145gr Speer SBT I have gotten slightly over 2900 ft/sec with max loads of WW 760, 2992 ft/sec with max load of H-100V and slightly over 3000 ft/sec with StaBal. H-100V is an often overlooked powder for the 7/08 but works real good for velocity and accuracy in the 140-160 gr bullet class. JME
FWIW, I run 162 ELDMs exclusively in my 7mm08. It becomes much more than a whitetail cartridge at that point. Please look at the ballistics pushing it at 2600 to 2700 FPS ( I'm at 2738) makes it lethal out to 850+ ....ask me how I know!
Also look up Nathan Foster's writing on the 7mm08 he really has a lot of knowledge on many calibers and bullet selection.
word of caution : if you go with too fast of a MV ( 280 or 7RM speeds) with that bullet you'll have to let the animal get out about 200 yards or so. At 2600-2700 its good right out the gate.
ps I run 40.6 grains Varget, an OAL of 2.940 with CCI 250s and Lapua brass .3's all day long with an ES 7
Also look up Nathan Foster's writing on the 7mm08 he really has a lot of knowledge on many calibers and bullet selection.
word of caution : if you go with too fast of a MV ( 280 or 7RM speeds) with that bullet you'll have to let the animal get out about 200 yards or so. At 2600-2700 its good right out the gate.
ps I run 40.6 grains Varget, an OAL of 2.940 with CCI 250s and Lapua brass .3's all day long with an ES 7
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Les in Wyoming
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I never could find a load for my rem 7. The best I could find is IMR 4350 and it just didn't do so well consistently. But Hornady superformance ammo shoots MOA which is as good as I can get.
my wife has shot big game with 7mm-08 for 20 plus years using This Almost Identical Load H4350 or H414 and 139gr. iterbonds !!! Works Great !
cabelasken
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I've been using a Barnes 120 TTSX in front of 47
GR of IMR 4350 for deer sized game and it has worked pretty well. Wound channel is 3 to 5" thru the animal on a broadside shot. I've shot a few bucks with partitions and they looked like a grenade went off and in some cases I've lost 1/3 of the meat even tho only a rib was hit on the way in. My 7-08 chronos over 3050 FPS with this recipe. and groups under an inch.
GR of IMR 4350 for deer sized game and it has worked pretty well. Wound channel is 3 to 5" thru the animal on a broadside shot. I've shot a few bucks with partitions and they looked like a grenade went off and in some cases I've lost 1/3 of the meat even tho only a rib was hit on the way in. My 7-08 chronos over 3050 FPS with this recipe. and groups under an inch.
Aussie Hunter Steve
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48gr H4350 with 140 BT's.
nicholasjohn
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The common thread here seems to be that the 7mm-08 is a very versatile cartridge, and any reasonable powder within a fairly broad range of burning rates will be well digested. 120- to 150-grain look like the best choices, and some guys even liked the 160-162's. Due to the limited case capacity, anything heavier probably won't go very fast, due to the slow & bulky powders required for the heavies not working with the limited case capacity of the cartridge. I didn't see that anybody mentioned using drop-tubes or case vibration to get more of the slower powders into the case, and that might help a little, but it would probably still max out with the 4350's the slowest really useful powder.
Outdrmn
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Give the Hornady Eldx a try, my wife's Tikka sure liked it! It's the 150grn and the box states 2770fps.
Critter Picker
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I would use H4350 over IMR. Seems to meter better. I'm pretty sure that 4895 will do the trick also,but ir you have more 4350 I'd try that first. The 140 BT should be a good choice.
