7MM BR CARTRIDGE

Boneyard · November 28, 2000, 07:37 PM

Does anybody here have any experience with this round?
Would it make a good deer hunting/target shooting round
from a 10" Encore barrel?
thanks

HankL · November 28, 2000, 07:51 PM

I only shoot the round in a pistol caliber AR15. There is a good write up on it in Nosler's #4 Reloading Guide about a fellow using a Rem. XP-100 on mule deer. IMHO it should work.

steelbuster · December 1, 2000, 11:05 PM

I have been using the 7 BR in a 10" Encore for a couple of years now and I love it for Silhouette. It is very accurate and the recoil is fairly low.
My son just took a 195 lb Whitetail at 120yds with this gun.
The load was 31.6 gr. AA2460,CCI400, Sierra 130gr Single Shot Pistol Bullet. C.O.L. was 2.312" which in my barrel is .015" off the rifling. I cronoed this load at 2075fps.
The bullet went in right behind the shoulder and shredded the heart and both lungs , struck an offside rib and exited leaving a large exit wound. The deer went 30 ft.
My favorite Sil load is:
28.5gr AA2460, CCI400, Remigton 150gr PSP

Boneyard · December 1, 2000, 11:08 PM

Thanks Steelbuster, that is great info

November 28, 2000, 07:37 PM	#1
Boneyard Senior Member Join Date: January 30, 2000 Posts: 158	Does anybody here have any experience with this round? Would it make a good deer hunting/target shooting round from a 10" Encore barrel? thanks

November 28, 2000, 07:51 PM	#2
HankL Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 1999 Location: The Sunny South Posts: 2,174	I only shoot the round in a pistol caliber AR15. There is a good write up on it in Nosler's #4 Reloading Guide about a fellow using a Rem. XP-100 on mule deer. IMHO it should work.

December 1, 2000, 11:05 PM	#3
steelbuster Member Join Date: December 1, 2000 Location: Indiana Posts: 66	I have been using the 7 BR in a 10" Encore for a couple of years now and I love it for Silhouette. It is very accurate and the recoil is fairly low. My son just took a 195 lb Whitetail at 120yds with this gun. The load was 31.6 gr. AA2460,CCI400, Sierra 130gr Single Shot Pistol Bullet. C.O.L. was 2.312" which in my barrel is .015" off the rifling. I cronoed this load at 2075fps. The bullet went in right behind the shoulder and shredded the heart and both lungs , struck an offside rib and exited leaving a large exit wound. The deer went 30 ft. My favorite Sil load is: 28.5gr AA2460, CCI400, Remigton 150gr PSP

December 1, 2000, 11:08 PM	#4
Boneyard Senior Member Join Date: January 30, 2000 Posts: 158	Thanks Steelbuster, that is great info