7mm-08
04-24-2005, 10:33 PM
#5
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wall SD USA & Jamestown ND
Posts: 11,474
RE: 7mm-08
I have a new one in the NEF Handi Rifle. It shoots good with 140 grain Corlokts. I have not used it for hunting yet but plan to load the 120 grain Sierra Pro-Hunter bullets at about 2800 fps. Thats about the same load I shoot in the 280 for deer.
04-26-2005, 04:32 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: N-E PA.
Posts: 1,787
05-09-2005, 11:54 AM
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Wish I lived in S.Dakota
Posts: 202
RE: 7mm-08
I love my Remington 7m-08. I could shoot that rifle all day and never get sick of it. It did a great job a couple years back on a Wisconsin 8 pointer- 160lbs field dressed. I don't know if it is the best deer cailber around, but it groups incredible and is easy shooting.
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-Mathewsconquest2
05-15-2005, 06:22 PM
#10
Host of Hosts
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Posts: 5,780
RE: 7mm-08
I used mine for the first time in the field this past year and shot my biggest buck to date with it. I never take neck shots, but this deer didn't offer me much of a shot as he was moving quite rapidly through the woods. He stopped only briefly and I had to take the shot. The buck dropped on the spot. The bullet was a 140 grain Nosler Ballistic tip. I fell in love with this rifle at that point. It has always been very accurate at the range, but now I see it has the power to knock em down too. Might just be putting the old 270 to rest after using the 7mm 08.