Thread: 7mm08 Bushpig projectile

I used the 139 Sst for a long time in my 15 inch 7mm08 but experienced blow ups a few times on close range goats that put me off. I ended up shooting 162 eldms and they preformed really well. They were going slow as anything but tbh I think that helped. On the bush pigs topic I have short barrels on most of my rifles and if you shoot within reason there is no reason they can't do a good job at range. I have a 16 inch bergara that I use for tops hunting regularly. When I was loading for it I used a 225 eld m at 2250fps to great effect out to 450 yards but now just use factory 168 ELD M loads at 2620fps and they also do great. I've come to find the eldms seem to do very well when the velocity is kept down.

To note though I always shoot to break the shoulders as I hate running animals as the bloodshot meat lost is nothing compared to losing the whole animal if you cant find it before dark and it sits overnight with its guts in during summer.