Thread: 7mm08 load advice ?

@dannyb Just my 2 bits ,my wife & l have used her 75 S/S taking game around the world for over 2 decades & the rifle is on its second barrel , it has taken everything from Rabbits to Buffalo & in the Top End of Oz was regularly used on culls of Pigs, Jesus Taxis & Brumbies where numbers in the high 100's were shot over a week .

IMO there is no need to use such heavy bullets in the 7/08, the 2 loads l have now settled on are both mild allowing for hot temps in the Oz Tropics & Africa, the 120gn Barnes TSX BT pushed along at just under 2900 fps & the Barnes 140gn TSX BT pushing just under 2800 fps .

Here in gods own, the 120grn load is a great load for Goats ,Pigs,Fallow & snack pack Reds all the way out 400 easily & the Barnes hold together & penetrate deeply without destroying good meat.The 140 grn load is a all round great hunting load ,it has shot Reds & Sambar all the way out to 500 yards & taken basically all African Plains Game .I dropped a Buffalo at 135 yards with it across a Billabong after we came across it with a badly broken leg & the cranky bastard would not let us get any closer in the croc infested swamp ,it will handle anything we have here at more than the range you are looking at.

I am afraid l am that old l have still got PTSD from the Clinton era ammo & gun apocalypses & have lived in what are seen as remote regions for most of the last few decades,so learnt my lessons well then & always have stocks of favored load consumables so have no idea what availability is like,but my guess is our light skinned game would not notice the difference with good quality alternatives at similar speeds.

Great to see you working out your next stage in your hunting life. If you get stuck for a press or scales etc etc let me know ,my lazy ass little brother sponged my old full set up ,yet grovels for me to just load him enough to see him through for the last 4 yrs,so no doubt he has them like most like most Latte Land
girly men ,pressing flowers or hiding their hand bag collections , so l can grab them next time l go up to Latte land,you may just need to clean the double shot, decaf with a twist of lemon stains off them