Thread: School me on 7mm08

Long range gong shoots and thinning goats on a farm , at 400-600m , was looking at 162gr amax If i could get them ?
Barrel will be long , ie 26-28 inches ?

Do you need it that long for a little 7 08?

Originally Posted by ChrisF

Long range gong shoots and thinning goats on a farm , at 400-600m , was looking at 162gr amax If i could get them ?
Barrel will be long , ie 26-28 inches ?

I have plenty of 162s Chris.

Use 308 or 260 Lapua brass, throat the chamber to seat them as long as your mag will allow.

Surprising the performance you can get with a decent length barrel combined with intelligent component choices

Originally Posted by ChrisF

Long range gong shoots and thinning goats on a farm , at 400-600m , was looking at 162gr amax If i could get them ?
Barrel will be long , ie 26-28 inches ?

To 600m is easy, the 140g Nosler Ballistic Tip from a 7mm08 @ 2900fps is supersonic until 1100yrds.

Long range gongs no problem

Long range goats no problem

Deer to 600yrds no problem.

The 162 amax in a short action is far more usable when pushed by a saum or wsm case.

My standard 7mmsaum in a Model 7 pushes the 140g nbt @3200fps so gongs and goats to 1300 yrds are covered. And the model 7 can be made into a featherweight if need be.