7 rem mag and 139 grain hornady

[johnnybow]

Anybody have any experience with hornady 139 grain boat tail soft point on deer with the 7 mag? First time using them. Thanks

 

[slatebuilder]

The 139 is a good bullet. I have used it a lot in a 280 Remington. While not a 7mag, it’s very close in muzzle velocity. It will be good for deer, or whatever else you want to shoot with it.

 

[Sask hunter]

That used to be my dad’s go to when he Hunted deer with his 7mag. I run the 165 interlock version in my 300 win mag for deer

 

[elevatorman]

My dad shot alot of deer with 140 gr ssts out of his 7rm. Its a darn deer laser. They will die and quickly. I shoot 162eldxs out of my 7rm. Its also a deer laser. I shoot high shoulder and 90% of them simply flop over

 

[TrapperJ]

I use it in my 7mm and it hits hard and fast and drops most on the spot now granted mine aint a rem mag but its still a 7mm

 

[Jnasa]

They would be fast and flat. My only concern would be them coming apart with the high velocity. Personally I would either go with a harder bullet like a partition or something bonded. Or I would step up to a little heavier bullet.

having said that I don’t think there would be any problem with killing deer or accuracy.

 

[Walkathon]

I use the Hornady Interlock (140 gr.) in my .270 Win. It shoots great and holds together well for a non-bonded bullet. I've shot several Whitetail and Mule deer with it. I wouldn't be afraid to shoot an Interlock out of a 7MM Rem mag.

 

[X13]

I’ve shot some pronghorn and whitetails with a few different flavors of 140 gr. bullets out of my 7mmRM around that 3200. Everything was very, very dead but I found the results out of cup and core bullets to be a little too dramatic for my liking at closer ranges.

 

[std7mag]

Depends on which bullet you're using.

The Interlock expands well, yet holds together fairly well also.

The SST is a whole other story. They can be kinda splody.

Better would be a 150gr Nosler Ballistic Tip.

 

[slatebuilder]

Hornady recommends a window of 2300-3500 FPS for the 139 Interlocks. You would have to lean really hard on a 7mag to get 3500 out of that bullet. 3200-3300 muzzle velocity is very realistic for hand loading, but factory 7mag ammo with this bullet is probably much more conservative. Venture fourth with confidence.

 

[Wvhuntandfish]

I killed a couple with the 139 grain Hornady. Not a scientific study, but they seemed to do the job for me.