whats a good bullet
clay15
10/29/09 8:34am
im getting a 7mm-08 and i was wondering what type of bullet and grain would be good,the longest shot i have made is about 112 yards and i hunt near cisco Tx.
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bc.pse
You may only get the one shot at the buck of lifetime, if you have practiced all you shooting positions with the ammo you use in the field your odds of taking this animal with a human clean shot goes up.
I like you choice of calibers the 7mm-08 is a great round, I would select a good 140 gr. Bullet if you reload (pm me for my recipes) if you are off shelf, you need to do some shooting, find the brand that your rifle likes and stick with them.
Become proficient with your weapon is not the weekend before hunting season, you must shoot all year round, that is what they call practice. All other sports you practice, how come hunters think they can shoot 3 shoots before season and them make that quartering away shot at 300yds looking into the sun?
I'm off my soap box now
Have a great day
V/R
M. Bird
I have recently had very good success with the hornady Interbond. Normally, I shoot federal ammunition as it is a local company to me, and I like to support my fellow minnesotans, but last fall I decided to give them a try based on the price when accuracy testing. I bought them for my Accumark .270 Win and Tikka T3 7mm Rem. Both grouped extremely well (under 1 MOA), so I decided to give them a whirl in Wyoming last fall for Antelope and Mule Deer.
Based on what I read about the bullets (bonded and tipped) they seemed to be along the same line as an accubond or scirocco, and should hold up just as well.
I was extremely pleased with the results on both species. I shot my antelope with the 130grn .270. I hit it with a frontal shot, it dropped in its tracks, and I found the bullet lodged in the back leg perfectly mushroomed and with apparently the majority of its original weight.
I shot my Mule Deer with the 154grn 7mm broadside (both lungs and top of heart). I didn't recover the bullet as it passed through, but I couldn't find anything I could identfy as the far side lung in the chest cavity. I took that as a good sign. The deer bounded about 40 yards, stumbled, and fell.