Thread: Dialing the 7mm-08

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

9 years on from the Original post -who is still using a 7mm08 as a dual purpose (short and long range) rifle ?

The 140 BT is seriously useful

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Just about to start

Me to 162 eld-m doing 2700 FPS for day time and any other projectile for night time,good out to 800 yards not bad for a gay08


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What's your barrel length and load @buzzman ?

Old 7mm08 isn't very sexy but seems to work okay!

Originally Posted by Hunty1

What's your barrel length and load @buzzman ?

Old 7mm08 isn't very sexy but seems to work okay!

20” and just 08 powder


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ME ! My go to rifle , Although I dont do too much dialling with it . Longest shot was this hind at 376 yds which it absolutley dumped

The exit wound

Tikka T3x with an 18" barrell . Over barrell supressor= nice and pointy . 140 gn BT 2700 FPS . Does the job on larger deer too

Self imposed limit of 500 yds with this rifle as I beleive 1000 foot pounds of energy is the minimum for a clean kill on deer

I use a tiikka 20" dpt taken couple animals out to 450m with the boone and crocket using factory hornady sst.
My ten year old has taken three deer around the three hundred meter mark with it now.

Yep 18” barrel running factory 150 precision hunter ammo good to 550 on steel so far. Awesome on deer and tahr out to 400. (Young fella not shooting just teaching him technique early).

Originally Posted by H.M

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Yep 18” barrel running factory 150 precision hunter ammo good to 550 on steel so far. Awesome on deer and tahr out to 400. (Young fella not shooting just teaching him technique early).

That's good news as I currently have some factory 150gn precision ammo and the components to load my own

Mine is a 17" barrel, have you worked out the velocity yet ? I haven't had a chance to chrono the factory ammo nor a chance to load any hand loads yet....

Originally Posted by dannyb

That's good news as I currently have some factory 150gn precision ammo and the components to load my own

Mine is a 17" barrel, have you worked out the velocity yet ? I haven't had a chance to chrono the factory ammo nor a chance to load any hand loads yet....

No have not put it through a chrono yet but worked out from drop it is only doing around 2,575fps which i calculate drop too and hit steel out to 550 so cant be far off. So not going fast but still enough punch out too 500 if need be.

Originally Posted by H.M

No have not put it through a chrono yet but worked out from drop it is only doing around 2,575fps which i calculate drop too and hit steel out to 550 so cant be far off. So not going fast but still enough punch out too 500 if need be.

I'm picking hand loading may be able to recover some lost velocity too not that it matters if it already has enough out to 500 yards that's more than enough for me

Originally Posted by buzzman

Me to 162 eld-m doing 2700 FPS for day time and any other projectile for night time,good out to 800 yards not bad for a gay08


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800 yards without a scope is bloody impressive @buzzman.

Originally Posted by RUMPY

800 yards without a scope is bloody impressive @buzzman.

He's clever!

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Originally Posted by RUMPY

800 yards without a scope is bloody impressive @buzzman.

Just have to know hold over


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That’s a great looking stock @Mangle