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Post by gunsbam45 on Dec 30, 2022 23:52:13 GMT -5
I want to thank all of you for your help and comments. I literally have not used a high powered rifle other than small varmint rounds like .204 and .223 for over 15 years now, but I keep thinking one of these days the urge will come back. Time will tell. How many of you have personal experience with dies from John Whidden down in Georgia?
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Post by smirker on Dec 31, 2022 12:52:20 GMT -5
I have a 7mm-08 built on a Remington Mountain Rifle also. No#3 Schnider bbl. cut to 23 inches. Love the caliber! Favorite deer load is a old one that seems to work in most 7mm-08 rifle including Ruger No.1's. Nosler 140 Ballistic Tip over Max load listed of IMR4350, Federal 210M primer. This would be my statrting load for 7mm-08 Imp. Maybe look at some slightly slower powders. By the way, all Ackley Rounds are good choices if you actually shoot them. For me, less to no case trimming is the best thing! My .223 Ackley gets my 40gr. Blitz Kings to 3980fps. It's like a 22-250 with 10 grains less powder. The key is a gunsmith that understands how to cut the chamber and set up the headspace for a Ackley Cartridge.
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Post by cddogfan1 on Jan 5, 2023 10:08:08 GMT -5
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Post by gunsbam45 on Jan 5, 2023 19:19:21 GMT -5
Thanks for the Jarrett link. That's a name I'd forgotten. I think those guys were friends with Bob. Bob wasn't all that big on the Improved version of the 7mm-08, but interesting to know that they are. The best performance coming from a shorter barrel is interesting. I'll have to call them and visit with them a bit when time. I looked through some studies on the .204 Ruger a couple years ago, and a guy who did a bunch of load testing and barrel length testing said he found that the .204 went backward once the barrel length passed 23" due to drag.
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