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 ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/15/13 02:59 AM
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Anyone have personal experience about what factory ammo performs best for this particular gun. It did not like the winchester super x 140 grain.
I don't smoke ,so I can't say but I highly doubt it. I do know a loud fart works! I think they like the smell plus I guess they think it's a buck grunt.
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/15/13 03:16 AM
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/15/13 03:19 AM
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Varget 7-08
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1:11.75 I think.
For the record,I shoot a 160 gr SGK with Varget through mine with very good/devastating results.
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/15/13 03:21 AM
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My 9 yr old will be shooting it so I didn't want to go any bigger than 140 grain.
I don't smoke ,so I can't say but I highly doubt it. I do know a loud fart works! I think they like the smell plus I guess they think it's a buck grunt.
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/15/13 03:40 AM
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Please realize a particular twist rate means that it will perform the best in a range of bullet weight.
A .308 Win 1:10" will peform best between 165 gr and 180 gr.
A .260 Rem 1:8.5" twist will perform best between 130 and 140 gr.
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/15/13 04:29 AM
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hornady superformance 139 i think is what my 200 loved and I mean submoa loved!
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/15/13 10:50 AM
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I don't smoke ,so I can't say but I highly doubt it. I do know a loud fart works! I think they like the smell plus I guess they think it's a buck grunt.
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/15/13 11:46 AM
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I have one that i reload for. The only bullet i can get it to throw to my liking is a barns tsx 120g
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/15/13 04:02 PM
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Anyone else have 1st hand experience with this gun and factory ammo?
I don't smoke ,so I can't say but I highly doubt it. I do know a loud fart works! I think they like the smell plus I guess they think it's a buck grunt.
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/15/13 04:17 PM
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mine shoots the hornady sst pretty decent.
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/15/13 09:11 PM
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I have always thought the SST would work in the slow twist barrel
Never had a dog fail me yet.
Only you can modify your trajectory.
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/16/13 03:28 PM
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Guess I will try the 139 sst and if that doesn't work we will drop down to the 120's.
I don't smoke ,so I can't say but I highly doubt it. I do know a loud fart works! I think they like the smell plus I guess they think it's a buck grunt.
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/17/13 02:42 AM
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Guess I will try the 139 sst and if that doesn't work we will drop down to the 120's. For factory ammo, I'd get a few different brands and see what shoots best. Don't rule out Corelocks either. I love Accubonds in my 7mm-08, but don't think they're available anymore in factory ammo.
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/17/13 02:55 AM
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rem 140 core loks and also shot the Rem 120gr hollow points good
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/22/13 11:53 PM
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Rem 140 corelokts have shot well out of everyone of my 7-08's. winchesters, remingtons, custom, savage/stevens
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/23/13 02:30 AM
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Anyone else have 1st hand experience with this gun and factory ammo? Yes I have the exact same gun And couldn't get good groups with anything other than the Barns TSX. I never used factory but put many 7mm bullets thru the tube before I used the TSX 120's
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/24/13 02:37 AM
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Rem 140 corelokts have shot well out of everyone of my 7-08's. winchesters, remingtons, custom, savage/stevens Are these the reduced recoil one's? That's the only core lokt one's I can find. I'm also gonna try the 120 TSX's.
I don't smoke ,so I can't say but I highly doubt it. I do know a loud fart works! I think they like the smell plus I guess they think it's a buck grunt.
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/24/13 04:02 PM
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we havent had much luck with the 7-08 and accuracy, takes a lot of working on handloads to get them to shoot. 120s were the ticket most of the time or weak loads in the 140s
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Re: ammo for savage stevens model 7mm 08
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03/25/13 01:21 AM
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Mine is a remmy mountain, first and only load it has seen is 140 gr core loct.
Shotts them well and kills stuff where it stood. And no, not managed recoil version.
Patience is the key
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