7mm-08 deer loads

[dthomas]

I use the 140 gamekings with n 540. Started with varget it worked well but was running low and couldn't find anymore and n540 was available,tried it and it also was very accurate.

 

[billshehane]

Mine is a Mod 7 22" barrel and I use 2015 powder and Barnes 120 TTSX and NOTHING I have tried kills as quick on deer. Don't care how fast it's going but 1 hole 3 shot 100 yd. groups and kills so an ole man has NO tracking job works for me, my son and Grandson.

 

[HTSmith]

I started with the 140 Ballistic tips, but they sure seemed to run a long way when lung shot. Switched to the 120 Ballistic tips and they killed quicker when lung shot. Just my experience.

 

[Murray Brook]

A load I've used for the past 35 yrs in my 7/08 for deer has been the 145 Speer SBT, 49 grs of WW760/H414 with a mag primer in a Rem case. Vel runs appx 2900 ft/sec from my 24" barrel and gives great accuracy. Another good powder I've tried as of late is H-100V with the same load. Good accuracy and slightly better velocity. JMO

 

[billshehane]

Mine is a 10" twist and can shoot the 140's also just fine but the 120s did better on deer. My 280 Ackley is also a 10" twist, 24" barrel and great on Elk with the 140 TTSX.

 

[std7mag]

Thanks, I've been thinking about trying Barnes.
Much Appreciated

If your looking to go monolithic, check out Hammers, and Cutting Edge.

www.hammerbullets.com
www.cuttingedgebullets.com

Both the Hammers & Cutting Edge are a softer copper than the Barnes.
CE & Hammer have the petals designed to break off, while base keeps going. LOTS of internal damage!

 

[7887mm08]

Hornady 139s

Yup! been using the 139's since the early 90's.

 

[waverly]

Mine is a 10" twist and can shoot the 140's also just fine but the 120s did better on deer. My 280 Ackley is also a 10" twist, 24" barrel and great on Elk with the 140 TTSX.

Mine is also 10tw. I’ve been shooting Hornady 139 btsp over 42 grns. of Varget for 3 decades. It’s my favorite go to tree stand rifle.

 

[wboggs]

The family and friends runs this:

130g speer btsp
42g of IMR 4895
Rem case
Rem 9 1/2
Touch the lands
3000 fps
tiny groups

Deer flop, near and far!

Now, find some bullets!

My friend used them for years in a 7x57. He loved them and took many deer in SC.

 

[TGP]

140 grain Bal. Tips with Varget powder

 

[5spd]

120g nosler hunting BT, does the job out here on deer, goats perfectly.
I'll use 130s or 140s on elk

 

[blisle78]

Has anyone tried shooting the Nosler 175gn with a 1:8 twist barrel?

 

[std7mag]

Has anyone tried shooting the Nosler 175gn with a 1:8 twist barrel?

Nope.
Heaviest i tried was the 160gr Sierra HPBT GameKing.
My rifle had a fairly generous throat, but there was still a lot of bullet down in the case.

If you throat ream to seat the 175 out of the powder column, you may run into issues with magazine length, or extraction issues of loaded cartridges with a short action.

And me personally, i have my 7mm Rem Mag if i want to shoot something that heavy.

If you do try it, please let us know what your results are!

 

[sw282]

l have always liked Nosler Ballistic Tips since they first came out in the late 70s. Starting with 130gr in a 270. A couple yrs later something better came along in the form of a 280 Remington. South Carolina Whitetail fell HARD for Noslers 7mm 120gr Ballistic Tip. Around 1993 my eyes fell upon a Used Weatherby Mark 5 Super Varmint Master in 7mm-08. lt was pure SEX that drew me to that Weatherby. 24'' fluted barrel from KREIGER. A beautiful mini Mark 5 Weatherby action with 6 lugs and 60deg bolt.. My first fibergass stock l think. MYOP. Those SVM Mark5s were finest Weatherby rifle ever marketed . Maybe it was the Kreiger barrel? 120gr 7mm Ballistic Tips flew quite well from that Kreiger barreled Mark5 unblievably well. So well, the gun was 'stolen' from me by my Adopted Son. Somehow his wife rescued it soon thereafter. That 7-08 has been zapping those Low Country Whitetails ever since.. lt will likely be in the woods today. FIRST day of Deer Season in South Carolina is T O D A Y.

 

[ChrisNZ]

Mine is a Mod 7 22" barrel and I use 2015 powder and Barnes 120 TTSX and NOTHING I have tried kills as quick on deer. Don't care how fast it's going but 1 hole 3 shot 100 yd. groups and kills so an ole man has NO tracking job works for me, my son and Grandson.

You're onta it Bill. There are thousands of 7-08s here in New Zealand running 120 TTSXs to great effect. My own one is a suppressed Tikka shortened down to 16". 47grs of CFE-223 gives ~2920 MV and they kill like the hammer of Thor out to 250yds, 300 if you need to. Beyond that, I drag my 280 Ackley out.

 

[Savage243]

I have not loaded for it yet but my wife's Tikka does really well with 140gr Accubonds. Caribou do not approve.

 

[ATFIV]

IMR 4064 is tough to beat in 7mm-08

 

[saunaking]

120 grain Nosler BT's for whitetail, and 140 grain Swift A-frame for elk.

 

[rickt300]

I like the 145 gr. Speer BTSP lately pushed by a max load of H414 and a mag primer. 2700 fps out of my 18 1/2 inch barrel. good exit holes so far every time and deer drop or go less than thirty yards spewing blood.

 

[k80skeet]

Been using a 140gr Ballistic Tip sitting on top of 39gr of IMR 3031 since day one back in the late 80s.

Don't judge, that's the only suitable powder I had at the time.
The load lopes along at 2675 and is deadly accurate.

It's killed a lot of critters over the years.

I took that load to 1k a couple weeks ago. The only issue I ran into was Nosler's BC numbers were waaaay, way off.

I'm getting ready to try a 162 ELDM on top of Staball for a target velocity of 2820.
Should be murder on steel plates at 1k.

Don't short change that IMR 3031 In my 25lb 308 benchgun 37.5gr with a 168gr SMK's shoots in the low 1's and had done a pile of winning. Some of that old powder still works better than the new stuff. That being said the new stuff work awful good too.