7mm-08?

[Bonasababy]

I dont find ammo hard to come by but do often have to order some makes. Theres usually one or two different manufacturer loads in stores here. Non tox is an order proposition most of the time.

If anyone has a box or more of the old federal premiums with 140 partitions i would love to chat about taking them. Hoarding what I have left, they pattern best in my gun.

 

[Mustangs Rule]

7-08 is what I recommend to 95% of new hunters. It works and won’t recoil hard. It also saves me time not cracking creedmore jokes at them.

I have a lot of rifles but haven’t owned a 7-08 yet. My love of the 280ai is strong.

About 5 years ago I bought a Kimber Hunter 24" barrel, SS ever so light. First three shots I could put in a small postage stamp at 100 yards off a bench. The load I worked up was just 35'/sec shy of a 7mm, Remington Mag.

Then one day I looked at my pre 64 model 70/270 in my gun safe and missed hunting with it. Yes much heavier, but my arms missed carrying it. I sold the Kimber 280AI

Never miss it. Hapy to be hunting with my old rifle again

 

[brymoore]

About 5 years ago I bought a Kimber Hunter 24" barrel, SS ever so light. First three shots I could put in a small postage stamp at 100 yards off a bench. The load I worked up was just 35'/sec shy of a 7mm, Remington Mag.

Then one day I looked at my pre 64 model 70/270 in my gun safe and missed hunting with it. Yes much heavier, but my arms missed carrying it. I sold the Kimber 280AI

Never miss it. Hapy to be hunting with my old rifle again

My 280ai is a Kimber. I look at other rifles but the Kimber is a killer. 20+ elk, lots of deer and antelope. One sheep. About to be a moose this fall. I replaced the barrel and it’s very tight MOA so far. There are better rifles for sale. I’m just used to carrying and shooting it.

My “old” rifle is a Win Model 70 in 270. It cost $500 something new. Shoots cloverleafs. Oldest son killed a deer with it two years ago to reminisce. He’s already claimed it for inheritance. It was the family killing rifle before the Kimber.

 

[Phaseolus]

You just need to work up to it slowly, bud. Remember, fear is the mind killer...

Once I accustomed myself to its punishing recoil, I became quite fond of it and have taken deer, pronghorn and elk with mine.

Tell me of the waters of your homeland, Ouzel.

 

[Mustangs Rule]

My 280ai is a Kimber. I look at other rifles but the Kimber is a killer. 20+ elk, lots of deer and antelope. One sheep. About to be a moose this fall. I replaced the barrel and it’s very tight MOA so far. There are better rifles for sale. I’m just used to carrying and shooting it.

My “old” rifle is a Win Model 70 in 270. It cost $500 something new. Shoots cloverleafs. Oldest son killed a deer with it two years ago to reminisce. He’s already claimed it for inheritance. It was the family killing rifle before the Kimber.

You did not mention if your Model 70/270 was a pre-64, better yet a deep pre-64, The last several years of pre-64's Winchesters quality slumped with their WW2 era machinery wearing out and their great gunsmiths and machinists both retiring out. In those final pre-64 years Winchester was losing money selling a model 70 for around $119 While Remington was making great money on their models 721 and 722 selling them for $90. When the Remington model 700 came out in 1962 and selling for $114, earing the company fine profit, Winchester suffocated financially.

Those post 64 model 70's were really decent rifles, but they were competing with a historical, and workmanship legend.

I grew up on a dairy farm 1/2 drive from the Winchester Factory and visited it enough times
to Winchester become part of my identity. (And Colt too)

I have 4 Winchester rifles, a 94/30-30, a model 54 30-06, a newer (2000) but still CRF Model 70 6.5x55. (It is just OK quality wise) I only keep it due to the caliber.

Lastly I have a Standard grade Model 70/270 made in 1953 right at the end of the Korean War.
It was bought by a returning vet, a cowboy right as he got married It was his only ever rifle.
I was there just at the right moment when his widow brought it into a pawn shop in Cheyenne Wyoming for consignment. That was in 1986.

Its workmanship and accuracy meet the legends standards. It and my Belgium Safari grade Browning 30-06 (bought in 1972) are like mothers' milk to me.

 

[brymoore]

You did not mention if your Model 70/270 was a pre-64, better yet a deep pre-64, The last several years of pre-64's Winchesters quality slumped with their WW2 era machinery wearing out and their great gunsmiths and machinists both retiring out. In those final pre-64 years Winchester was losing money selling a model 70 for around $119 While Remington was making great money on their models 721 and 722 selling them for $90. When the Remington model 700 came out in 1962 and selling for $114, earing the company fine profit, Winchester suffocated financially.

Those post 64 model 70's were really decent rifles, but they were competing with a historical, and workmanship legend.

I grew up on a dairy farm 1/2 drive from the Winchester Factory and visited it enough times
to Winchester become part of my identity. (And Colt too)

I have 4 Winchester rifles, a 94/30-30, a model 54 30-06, a newer (2000) but still CRF Model 70 6.5x55. (It is just OK quality wise) I only keep it due to the caliber.

Lastly I have a Standard grade Model 70/270 made in 1953 right at the end of the Korean War.
It was bought by a returning vet, a cowboy right as he got married It was his only ever rifle.
I was there just at the right moment when his widow brought it into a pawn shop in Cheyenne Wyoming for consignment. That was in 1986.

Its workmanship and accuracy meet the legends standards. It and my Belgium Safari grade Browning 30-06 (bought in 1972) are like mothers' milk to me.

Mine is one of the last New Haven rifles with a three position safety. It’s the smoothest action in my pile of rifles. I stopped carrying it because of weight and I kept scratching the stock.

 

[RaiderRich]

Had a Savage Axis 2 in 7mm-08. Was a decent rifle. I traded it in on something else. I did pick up a Ruger American in 7mm-08, the thing was a bit picky on ammo, finally found it likes the 160 grain Norma TipStrike. I have a Savage Axis 2 in 243 that has never shot well for me, been thinking a barrel swap to a 7mm-08. Cartridge is a great all around round.

 

[3006Sprng]

Working on loads for a new 7mm-08 right now. Fun calibre, loading versatility is great.

 

[Brad]

What’s your preferred bullet in the 6.5creedmoor?

@brockel I genuinely don't have a favorite load at this poit. I tend to change up the loads yearly. I think anything from 120 - 140 gr's would work on anything I'm going to use it on. I do have a pile of 125 Nosler Partitions left over from a 260 I used them in. It was insanely accurate in that rifle, but I haven't tried them yet in the CM - I need to!

 

[Brad]

Back to the 7-08, I have a friend that uses a 300 RUM for elk. He grew up using the 7-08, starting at age 12. He took a dozen elk with it. I asked him, since he now uses a 300 RUM, did he have any problems with the 7-08 that led him to switch to the 300RUM? He replied, "nope."

He also drives a big jacked-up truck.

 

[mtmuley]

Back to the 7-08, I have a friend that uses a 300 RUM for elk. He grew up using the 7-08, starting at age 12. He took a dozen elk with it. I asked him, since he now uses a 300 RUM, did he have any problems with the 7-08 that led him to switch to the 300RUM? He replied, "nope."

He also drives a big jacked-up truck.

I shoot a RUM. Have for 25 years. My truck is normal height. mtmuley