Recommended powder for Remington 7mm-08

vffdoug · April 14, 2013, 07:19 PM

What does everyone use for a Remington 7mm-08 for powder for a work for say whitetail deer? New to reloading any help is appreciated.

BigD_in_FL · April 14, 2013, 08:27 PM

Lots of good choices. I have had good results with 760, 4064 among others. This is using 140 grain bullets

oldscot3 · April 14, 2013, 08:28 PM

Do a quick search, we had a similar thread just recently, my vote was for W760 with speer 145s. good luck

Mobuck · April 14, 2013, 08:36 PM

i use IMR4064 in the carbine and H414 in the 22-24" barrels.

123kiwi · April 14, 2013, 09:24 PM

Ar2208 which i think is called Varget over your way. Using this with 130grain speers in my ruger and dropped a 3 year old red deer in its tracks last weekend

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57K · April 14, 2013, 09:36 PM

I'm jealous because I need to get a 7mm-08 and I'd like to reload it with Ramshot Hunter because Ramshot claims that Hunter (a dense and fine grained spherical) has temperature stability as good as extruded powders. Right now, they only show data for 160 and 175 gr. bullets, but I know some reloaders who have gotten data directly from Ramshot for lighter bullets where I'd think with a 140 gr. load density would be at 100% or maybe mildly compressed. It is recommended for the .260 Rem. and the .243 Win. so I don't see any reason you couldn't use it with a 140/139. Been eyeing the Savage that when bought in the "package" deal now includes a Nikon 3 x 9 scope.

April 14, 2013, 07:19 PM	#1
vffdoug Member Join Date: March 19, 2013 Posts: 31	Recommended powder for Remington 7mm-08 What does everyone use for a Remington 7mm-08 for powder for a work for say whitetail deer? New to reloading any help is appreciated.

April 14, 2013, 09:24 PM	#5
123kiwi Member Join Date: March 23, 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 85	Re: Recommended powder for Remington 7mm-08 Ar2208 which i think is called Varget over your way. Using this with 130grain speers in my ruger and dropped a 3 year old red deer in its tracks last weekend Sent from my LG-P970 using Tapatalk 2

April 14, 2013, 08:27 PM	#2
BigD_in_FL Junior member Join Date: December 20, 2012 Location: The "Gunshine State" Posts: 1,981	Lots of good choices. I have had good results with 760, 4064 among others. This is using 140 grain bullets

April 14, 2013, 08:28 PM	#3
oldscot3 Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2007 Location: texas Posts: 997	Do a quick search, we had a similar thread just recently, my vote was for W760 with speer 145s. good luck

April 14, 2013, 08:36 PM	#4
Mobuck Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2010 Posts: 6,846	i use IMR4064 in the carbine and H414 in the 22-24" barrels.

April 14, 2013, 09:36 PM	#6
57K Junior member Join Date: March 2, 2013 Location: Heart of Texas Posts: 788	I'm jealous because I need to get a 7mm-08 and I'd like to reload it with Ramshot Hunter because Ramshot claims that Hunter (a dense and fine grained spherical) has temperature stability as good as extruded powders. Right now, they only show data for 160 and 175 gr. bullets, but I know some reloaders who have gotten data directly from Ramshot for lighter bullets where I'd think with a 140 gr. load density would be at 100% or maybe mildly compressed. It is recommended for the .260 Rem. and the .243 Win. so I don't see any reason you couldn't use it with a 140/139. Been eyeing the Savage that when bought in the "package" deal now includes a Nikon 3 x 9 scope.