7mm08 appreciation thread

[grandpamac]

What flavor of projectile are you using? My M70 doesn't seem to like 140's so I'm trying to get mine to group 162 Eldm's. I'm not quite where I want to be and was considering a different powder
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Cheers,

Greetings@7mm tragic,
Sorry for the long delay, didn't spot your reply. I am using 145 grain Speer flat base projectiles as they are what I had in stock. They are giving dead on 2,800 fps in the 26 inch barrel with 41 grains of AR2206H. My son had been using the 162 grain ELDM's with AR2209 and R17 powders with good results. The rifle is custom built and I have not measured the barrel twist so your results may differ in your Winchester? Although old fashioned I often prefer flat base projectiles for rifles that are a little grumpy about shooting well. Something to try. Boat tails can be finicky in some rifles.
Regards Grandpamac.