Your favorite 7mm powder, primer & bullet load

[BenPerfected]

This will be my first new caliber in years. Kelbeys bedded the action in their stock and it now has a Brux barrel w/Ezell Tuner. My plan is to shoot this gun mostly in F-Class gun. What would be your recommended load?...all input would be appreciated.
Ben

 

[ngb1787]

H4350 and 4831sc work well, wolf or fed 210m primers, somewhere around 51,2gr powder and .0015 off lands, have fun!

 

[Ringostar]

Vague question. It depends on cartridge, freebore, barrel length.

 

[Zero333]

I know of 20+ different 7mm cartridges.

Which one are you enquiring about ?

 

[DON GILL]

Howdy
Don from texas

I having a 7mm mag built on 700 action with custom barrel 8 in 1 at 26 inches in length want to build load using berger hybrid 184 gr bullet
which primer should i use in this set up ?

Thanks

 

[1shot]

7 Shehane
RL23
Lapua brass
Wolf primer
183 SMK bullet

 

[Willow]

Vague question. It depends on cartridge, freebore, barrel length.

This...

 

[MrMajestic]

BIB bullets...

 

[DennisH]

RL17 and Lapua 180's worked well for me.

 

[Ringostar]

BIB bullets...

And neck squeezing

 

[onelastshot]

As others have mentioned, it depends on which 7mm we're talking about. My favorite 7mm is the 7x57 mauser. For loads I use a stout load of Varget or RL17 pushing 168 grain Nosler LR Accubond with Federal primers.

 

[cdparker]

I used the 7mmAi for many years. The load that I used was straight out of Ackley#1 with 160gr. Nosler partitions and 55.0/ H4350 Shot lots of Caribou. It was quiet, easy on the shoulder and they were DRT.

 

[Zero333]

Howdy
Don from texas

I having a 7mm mag built on 700 action with custom barrel 8 in 1 at 26 inches in length want to build load using berger hybrid 184 gr bullet
which primer should i use in this set up ?

Thanks

Federal 210m or 215m primers.

Powders ???....

H-1000
RL-23 / RL-25 / RL-26 / RL-33
Viht. N-165 / N-560 / N-565
IMR-7828 / 7828ssc - imr7977 - imr8133

 

[theallcineyes]

Since it has been my main hunting rifle for decades, my 7mmRM loves the 175 Sierra GameKings. The soft lead tips do get flattened by recoil while sitting in the magazine, though. I tried some ballistic tips when they first came out (1980's ?) but they didn't fly as well, at least back then. I've never really given the lighter bullets a real testing.

 

[scope eye]

7mm Rem Mag, 30" 12 Twist 700 Rem Remage conversion, Go to load is a full case of RL17 75gr plus or minus topped of with 100gr Sierra HPs, 110gr Speer HPs, or TTSX 110gr, non mag primers. good for 4000fps plus. One final note it is head spaced of the neck oppose to from the belt, for no reason in particular just something I wanted to try and it seemed to work so I kept it that way.

Dean

 

[BenPerfected]

Got a lot to learn about 7mm. Will be back when I have a clue.
Ben

 

[hogpatrol]

28 Nosler, RL-33, CCI 250s

 

[loinhunter]

Old savage 110g prints .6 inches with 71grains imr 7977, cci mag primers capped with 140 grain nosler accubonds. Real sooty , though.

 

[KenOath]

Straight 284, 50.9gns 4350, BR4, Lapua brass, Berger 180VLD Target at 2810. Found the Hybrid tuned as good or better than the VLD Target but but the Target held together at the longer ranges for F Class..

 

[ngb1787]

It will be hard to find a successful fclass shooter who does not use h4350 or 4831sc. Not impossible but hard,