Thread: AR2217 and 162gn AMax 7mmRM recipe??

Originally Posted by Tikka7mm08

It would be nice to have a 'puff' rifle that makes little noise and sits on the target after firing so you see the hits.

Less of a recoil and still able to get legs out there in my T3 lite. I'm running a Hardy Gen iV can on this load, but something I don't mind sharing and fit the projectile to fit a COAL that sits in the magazine but which is slightly over the SAMI recommended length.

IMR 7828 (62.9 gr but is happy with it up to 63.1 with little difference in group size) runs at just on 2900 with a A-max 162gr and a real good average speed helped a bit I'm sure by the can (variance no more or less than 10fps.) I'm using Winchester magnum primers which I've had good results with.

This is a nice easy load and ticks all the boxes apart from very long range stuff but I think I've found a nice accurate sweet spot here. I only shoot usually out to 600-700 max with my 6-20 glass, and its really just to be sure I can ethically kill at distances less than that confidently - even though the A-max and load is probably capable of doing it a fair way further out - I live in awe of Nathan Fosters vid's but I'm certainly not there yet... But this load is nice for me and feels just the same as my 223 without a can so I'm comfortable I'm minimising my bad habbits by shooting both.

Thats one thing I'd suggest Tikka 7mm08 is that due to the 7mm warming up too quickly and changing the POI - I practice at the range mainly with a 223 and due to having similar ballistic characteristics have found that really useful in gaining good transferable trigger time.

Just a couple of thoughts, use or bin at your discretion...