Thread: Slow 150gn 7mm mag loads

I worked up the following load for for my 7mm rem mag (a tikka)

Case- Norma
Proj - 150gn Nosler B/tip
Primer - Federal Magnum
Powder - 68 gns 2213sc
Avg velocity - 2834fps

The adi data shows a max load of 62gns with a 150gn proj (2986 fps), and the nosler data has a max load at 65 (3075fps)- I'm well over the over the ADI max load and a bit over the nosler load and at still nowhere at all near those speeds.

I've got no pressure signs but stopped upping the powder load as I was getting quite a long way over max book loads. This load is nice and accurate (0.5 MOA for a 3 shot group), and has killed everything nice and dead that I've shot with it, but at this speed it's not doing anything more than my old .270 did except burning more powder and making a bigger bang.

Anyone else running 150's with 2213sc in their 7mm? Are tikka barrels usually a bit 'slow'??