Thread: 7mm rem mag projectile options

Will doing load development on a rem 700 action soon and I'm struggling to decide on what pill to settle on.
I would've loved to try Norma bondstrike 165gn or Federal TLR 160gn but both are unobtainium

The other 4 I'm contemplating are
162gn eldm
180gn eldm
168gn vldh
180gn vldh

Only gonna be used for hunting mostly reds out to 500y all work well with correct shot placement, is there anything else i should consider ?
Powder is adi2225 if that comes into it.
Thanks peeps

168gn LRABs would be another option but not cheap.

Originally Posted by chainsaw

168gn LRABs would be another option but not cheap.

Yeah but neither sre the norma or berger offerings

Love the 168 VLDs - hunted truck loads of game with them. Humted most plains game in South Africa with then. Spingbuck (Fallow sized) to Eland(Size of a moose). Never let me down.

Shot the VLDs in comps too.

500 yards

Nosler 150 or 160g BallisticTips

Solid boat tail for penetration at rem mag velocity’s

Stubby ogives to fit in std magazines and great run at up to a 80 thou jump if need be

DRT performance

Easy choice

162 ELDX, 175 ELDX options too. I’ve seen and used the 162 ELD X and M, 180 ELDM, 175 ELDX, 168 VLDH and they all worked great. Ran the 162 ELDX in my rem mag for ages and it hammered. Load 180 ELDMs in my mates rem mag and they hammer. Used the 162 ELDM in my 284 and also load them in another mates rem mag, they are savage. Currently running the 168 VLDH in my 7mmSAUM and they are epic. The only one I know of that my mate stopped using was the 160 TMK after multiple unsatisfactory kills when the projectile didn’t hit bone.

175 eldx seems like a good option. I have some you can try if you like

sierra 140gr partitions

Originally Posted by gonetropo

sierra 140gr partitions

"Nosler" and was waiting for it

I use the 180eldm in my 7prc and they really work great on animal, super accurate on target. Great in the wind. However I bumped into a bad batch with last box. It was so bad I questioned everything except the pills… (went from steady <0.5moa to >1.2moa and dropped 50fps). Drove me nuts for a while checking scope, chassis ect even started to thing my barrel could be fucked…. Until few weeks ago I picked a pill and took measurements 0.283 and 1.548 length. Got some box from Jacques from an older batch and here we go back in business.

180 eldm seem to work very well shot a fallow tonight at just over 1900 yards with a 7 prc.
The 180 Berger also seem to work very well at range maybe a little better with the faster speed of the fatmax.

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Originally Posted by BRADS

180 eldm seem to work very well shot a fallow tonight at just over 1900 yards with a 7 prc.
The 180 Berger also seem to work very well at range maybe a little better with the faster speed of the fatmax.

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1900yards!!! Far out

Very far out!!!

Different zip code

The Nosler 160 gn BT and AB.
For a cheap but decent pill the Hornady 162 SPBT.


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