7Mm08 Load

[Topwaterspook]

Anyone have suggestions for a 120-140 grain load for whitetails ? I'll be shooting a Model 70 super grade with a 22 in. barrel. I'd like to experiment with Varget powder.

[Wayne P.]

http://www.chuckhawks.com/varget_4895.html

[cookjp]

My deer load for my Rem 700 7mm08 is a 120 nose ballistic tip over hodgdon h4350. Tried varget but never got the accuracy that I was after. That load has been a hammer on our north georgia deer and the 120gr bt has a thicker base and stays together well enough that I wouldn't hesitate using it on black bear or hogs.

[Way2slow]

I don't shoot 7mm-08 but shoot a ton of Rem 260 and I don't like Varget.  My two preferred powders are the Reloader 17 and the H-4831SC.   My 260 shoot very small groups at 500 yard with the R-17, my granddaughters shoot very small groups at 500 yards with the H-4831SC.  Both rifles will shoot the other powder, but each shoot the tightest groups with the powders I mentioned for them.  Hers has a Shilen 20" barrel, mine has a 24" Krieger barrel and I have another with a 28" Krieger barrel that shoots both about equally well.