Thread: First time reloading: 7mm08

Big 7mm08 and 162gr fan.
I'd drop back and find an accuracy node just around or below book max.
I'd be doing a ladder test to find your node looking at rungs on the target and flat spots with velocity on the chrono, then do a setting depth test on the middle rung to find my load.
Normally get a decent hunting/ field shoot load within 20 rounds this way
Then it give you plenty of leeway for temperature variations, give decent brass life and accuracy.

I ran an 18inch 7mm08 for along time.
Mostly using the 162gr Amax/ eld m @2530fps with 2208.

Would regularly take goats and fallow past 500meters and longest kill at 602 meters.
Personally, I'd be dropping my load right back, especially as a beginner reloader