7mm-08 with heavies for 1000yds

[Murray Brook]

@Willyqbc
Just to let you know I got mine at Epps in Ontario. $36.99/100

 

[johnfred1965]

I understand your attraction to the 7mm08, my first deer rifle was chambered in it and never let me down in 29 years! I had a beautiful Abolt medallion, but after all this time it was not so beautiful with all the dents and dings of hunting, so needing money, I sold it off. That lasted only one year before I had to have one back. Wish I could comment to it's long range abilities, but my experience is hunting. Still, shooting beside a 308 it's got the goods and I wish you luck.

 

[rafale]

What about 7mm 180 grs Lapua L at 1000 yds?

 

[Laurie]

(SO65 is now available in the US as Shooters World 'Long Rifle' a propellant that suits mid-size 6.5s and 7mm cartridges very well. In the UK it was originally touted as a substitute for H. VarGet as its manufacturer Explosia showed the pair as level in its burning rate chart. This is very misleading and it is a slower burning, bulkier powder with less energy than the Hodgdon product so is poor in cartridges like 308 Win, 6BR etc where VarGet is optimal. It has struggled to recover here from this poor start but is an excellent performer in suitable cartridges matching its characteristics. It should work well in the 7-08 too with 160/162s, but I've not tried it.)

Since then, I have used SO65 / SW Long Rifle in the 7-08 with 160gn Sierra TMK. It is a star - excellent results. See: http://www.targetshooter.co.uk/?p=3624

(Part 3 of the series looking at H4350 alternatives and using my 7mm-08 long-throat F-Class rifle as the test rig will go live in the next few days, and the final part will follow within a few weeks.)

 

[Mulligan]

Since then, I have used SO65 / SW Long Rifle in the 7-08 with 160gn Sierra TMK. It is a star - excellent results. See: http://www.targetshooter.co.uk/?p=3624

(Part 3 of the series looking at H4350 alternatives and using my 7mm-08 long-throat F-Class rifle as the test rig will go live in the next few days, and the final part will follow within a few weeks.)

Good stuff Laurie,
The article in Target Shooter is well done, I am looking forward to part 3.
CW

 

[darkangel_r2]

Since then, I have used SO65 / SW Long Rifle in the 7-08 with 160gn Sierra TMK. It is a star - excellent results. See: http://www.targetshooter.co.uk/?p=3624

(Part 3 of the series looking at H4350 alternatives and using my 7mm-08 long-throat F-Class rifle as the test rig will go live in the next few days, and the final part will follow within a few weeks.)

If you want some more speed, you may want to add staball 6.5 to that list.

 

[Laurie]

If you want some more speed, you may want to add staball 6.5 to that list.

Thank you for the suggestion, but we don't get Staball here - I presume because it's not Reach-compliant. Likewise, we don't get the Alliant high-performance ball powders such as the MR series grades. Reach has left us rather short of ball grades in fact to replace the now-gone H414. The only two readily available are Ramshot Big Game and Hunter, neither of which is a close match.

Speed itself isn't a huge issue - Part 3 is sub-titled 'The Tortoise and the Hares'. The 'Tortoise' is Lovex SO70 (Shooters World 4350) and the four 'Hares' are Alliant Re16, Re17 (in its Reload Swiss RS60 guise), Norma URP, and Viht N550 which give a significant velocity boost to the 7mm-08 especially Re16 and RS60. The series is anyway about identifying replacements for IMR and H4350 which we have lost because of their being Reach non-compliant, not maximising performance per se.