Tikka T3 7mm Rem Mag

[PAGSDIII701]

That's why I sold my 7mm mag. last year. I chronographed my loads and was kinda disappointed. I wasn't doing much better than a. 270 Win. Maybe I'll get another one with a 26 " barrel and see what that gets me. Maybe the Weatherby ? You seem to be getting about what I was getting too. There are a few better powders now to experiment with if I or you can find them.

Check out the Sherman offerings in 7mm/.284

 

[Alberta Wexit]

I've had good luck with Berger VLD Hunters 168gr. and 69gr. of H1000 with CCI 250 primers. .300" outside to outside group measurement at 100 yards. 2970fps. When I went to 70 grains opened up to .800". Have shot pigs in brain at 500 yards with this load. Very pleased with this powder, bullet performance.

 

[Pinoniper]

Do not fall prey to Space Shuttle thinking. NASA engineers watched frost fly off the fuel tank and strike the shuttle. It wasn't designed for that to occur, but nothing bad happened, so they thought it was OK. This happened many times with no ill effect, reinforcing the belief that it was harmless. Then one day, catastrophe.

The manuals do have some margin of safety built in for most entries. Modern rifles do have a margin of safety built in. On the other side of that coin is that in the event of failure, it is your hands and your eyes on the line. I love the idea of increasing velocity with a longer barrel. I am not so big a fan of telling you it is OK to exceed published load data.

 

[Aussie Hunter Steve]

Reloading data varies a lot between sources. I'm using 67gr H4831 for around 3020fps in a 26" bbl. and this isn't max. Increase slowly, watching velocity and pressure increases. I found the 162 ELDX groups tighten towards the top end. It's a sick bolt action that isn't good for 3000fps with this bullet.

 

[Wendog]

I've had good luck with Berger VLD Hunters 168gr. and 69gr. of H1000 with CCI 250 primers. .300" outside to outside group measurement at 100 yards. 2970fps. When I went to 70 grains opened up to .800". Have shot pigs in brain at 500 yards with this load. Very pleased with this powder, bullet performance.

Sounds like you definitely have a winner. If the ELD's dont shoot well that was the next bullet of choice. Either the 168gr hunter or 168gr vld.

 

[bdlesh]

I have ran 160 partitions with 69.5gr of H4831 for over 40 years with no problems.....so far

 

[Tommo64]

I don't reload that particular calibre personally, however I do use the Hornady app for reloading data and I find their numbers to be quite conservative compared to other sources. So if you are exceeding their max values you may still be ok, however, I would urge caution when working towards the upper limits.

 

[LVJ76]

The Sierra reloading App is pretty good as an additional source of data. I use three to four different sources when developing a load, Sierra, Hornady, Nosler, and the powder's manifacturers website, and make a decision based on that.

I'm with @74honker on this one, 59gr is too low. Hodgdon's website list 64.0gr as Max load for H4831 and a 162gr bullet. 59gr is below their recommended stating load.