Thread: Short barrel 7mm08 loads

Originally Posted by Rock river arms hunter

16"

160gr TMK.
40.0gr 2208
Remington brass.
Fed LR primer
Model 7 rifle.
COAL 2.780

2430fps

Used ADI pistol data for reasons stated above due to barrel length.

If you're going from a shorter barrel there's 2 theories: 1) send a light for calibre projectile and drive it as fast as you can like a Barnes or 120gr NBT. Usually of stouter construction.

Or option 2) push a heavier weighted match style bullet slower that opens up across the velocity range no worries. I generally aspire to the latter for both 308 and 7mm08. They both work. Keep it as simple as I can seems to be a oxymoron for a reloader but I've found that that is not far off the money.

Hope this info helps

Yep keeping it simple really is an oxymoron a lot of the time ha ha. I'm just going to keep things simple this time, as he purchases an annealer and concentricity gauge

But yes I agree with that theory on the heavier bullet, no worrying about it going too fast to penetrate, generally lose less velocity with the heavier bullets and having a higher bc than the lighter ones, they still have plenty of energy further out.