Thread: Model 7, 7mm08 vs Spiker

When I first saw this Model 7 in the shop, with a carbon fibre stock, I thought I'd better grab it before someone else does! I like Model 7s but I really like carbon stocks and I thought this one would make a really nice and light 'bush pig'. I returned it to the shop a few weeks later, after I'd gathered a few other parts and had them chop the barrel down to 18 inches and fit a DPT suppressor. I wanted to shoot factory ammunition from this rifle, as all of my other rifles had CDS's on them or are in calibers that you couldn't get factory ammunition for. I settled on the 150g ELDX that Hornady runs in their Super Performance line, it shot well and the velocities were OK.
The video below is from earlier in the week, when I was predominantly on a scouting mission, but when a deer lays down 385 yards from you, what do you do?

https://youtu.be/KtdtLfHKbBg





This probably will be the last deer of the year for me.