Joefrazell
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No way I'd be packing a 12lb rifle when limiting myself for 600 yards.
I use 168 berger with retumbo or h1000Looking to get a long range rifle in 7mm caliber. Something less than 10 pounds with scope.
What 7mm cartridge is most accurate to 1000 yards? I most likely will hunting less than 700 yards.
Easy 7-08. Ammo easy to find bullets in the 140 -168 grain mark. 140 grain will handle everything is North America. If need be could use in Africa minuses the big 5. I load my dads 7-08 with 140 grain Berger VLDs 2990 FPS over 1000 lbs of kinetic energy at 700 yards. You could load up some 168 grain and get around 2800 FPS and have just over 1200 lbs of kinetic energy. This is all with a 24" barrel. If you drop down to a 20" barrel you will save some weight, but you will give up around 100 FPS.Looking to get a long range rifle in 7mm caliber. Something less than 10 pounds with scope.
What 7mm cartridge is most accurate to 1000 yards? I most likely will hunting less than 700 yards.
I had to LOL, I'm 58 & pretty broken up body from head to toe. I can only have ML's for the last 18yrs. I bench shoot out to the 400yds I have set up here & hunt with the same ML. Its a CVA Paramount .45 with a Viper PST gen2 5-25x50 IRMOA with DNZ Game Reaper 1pc mounts/rings. I had to put a muzzle brake on it due to the recoil of 105gr BH209 W & a 275 Fury ST2P bullet at just under 2500fps so I went titanium 5 port Beast Brake -3oz. The gun weighs 12lb. It sucks havin that on my back & draggin a deer a long way out or havin my Summit Viper climber on my back, a 12 lb ML & my waste pack full. Not in any shape to do that craziness any longer. In my younger days when I was cock strong countryboy this wouldn't be an issue in the least bit.No way I'd be packing a 12lb rifle when limiting myself for 600 yards.
I agree with FlyGuy11. I'm also a 7mm loyalist. I hunt in the southeast so I shoot a 7mm-08 when I don't need the distance or power that my 280AI will provide. Great loads for hunting via hand loading. Plenty of variations in bullet weight. Tikka and Bergara are excellent production rifles that shoot well and are very reasonable. Plenty of factory ammo available for '08 but limited on AI. 7mag has plenty of factory ammo available off shelf. Good luck! Enjoy the processLooking to get a long range rifle in 7mm caliber. Something less than 10 pounds with scope.
What 7mm cartridge is most accurate to 1000 yards? I most likely will hunting less than 700 yards.