Thread: Very short 7mm08

I got an old ruger frontier in 7mm08 afew years ago, was cheap and obviously ridden hard and put away wet by previous owner. The last few inches of the 16” barrel were badly pitted. The plan has always been to rebarrel but I have decided in the meantime to shorten it, thread it and have a play. So as it sits today the barrel is 12.25” Long and threaded for a can (yes it’s well above legal OAL).
I’m aware of the ‘pistol’ 7mm08 load data that’s printed around a 15” barrel length and obviously I will start there, my question for someone who may have played with a short 7mm08 is around projectile selection, this will be used for tight bush stalking on sambar, probably 150m max(usually well under 50m). Any suggestions on projectile selection would be much appreciated.