What is the best factory load & size bullet to use on whitetail deer in 7mm rem. mag that will knock em' down with destroying as little meat as possible?
A few choices depending on your spending limits. I like 140 grain bullets for white-tail out of my 7 mag. I got 2 deer this past season with my 7. I handload, but i was using regular Sierra Game King bullets in my load. 63 grains of RE 22. These are 150's but the same basic bullet design. http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=779448
They worked well. Both one shot, drop kills with minimal damage to meat. Good Luck!
This season,I will be trying out a Barnes Tripple Shock loadI developed that my rifle shoots beautifully!
(140 gr w/ 67.3 gr RE22)
You want to get a round designed for deer. Some of the ammo for the 7mm is for large game such as elk and will not perform properly on deer sized game. I would look at a round loaded with a premium bullet such as AccuBond, TSX, AccuTip or Core-Lokt Ultra Bonded to name a few. Stick with a good bullet that is designed for the game you are hunting.
A friend of mine shoots nothing but 162 Grain BTSP Hornady Ammo. While another swears by the Federal Fusion ammo.
I would use the 140 gr. Winchester Supreme AccuBond CT factory load.
your asking for the impossible, for DRT hits you need a high expansion bullet, that means bloodshot meat, now if tracking 50-75 yards is ok, just get any controlled expansion 140 gr bullet that your rifle shoots well, personaly in my 7 mag I shoot a 140 ballistic tip and stay off the shoulder on close shots.
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Been using the 140 grain Nosler Partition for 25 years, no deer ever escaped and few took more than a step or two..never had a bullet failure from 25 yards to 350 yards.... nuff said !!
Remington has a 150 grain Scirroco that is very flat shooting and bucks the wind well. This would actually be a good all around load for deer and elk. You can compare the ballistics on their website.
Any 120-175gr bullet works fine for deer, but a TTSX, TSX, Partition, TBBC, Grandslam, Interbond, Accubond or A-Frame will hold together and provide less meat damage if thats what your after.
You want to get a round designed for deer. Some of the ammo for the 7mm is for large game such as elk and will not perform properly on deer sized game. I would look at a round loaded with a premium bullet such as AccuBond, TSX, AccuTip or Core-Lokt Ultra Bonded to name a few. Stick with a good bullet that is designed for the game you are hunting.
A friend of mine shoots nothing but 162 Grain BTSP Hornady Ammo. While another swears by the Federal Fusion ammo.
I would use the 140 gr. Winchester Supreme AccuBond CT factory load.
X2!
Using a heavy Elk bullet in a 7MM RM is asking for trouble! If you go with a lung shot to save meat, it can blow right through with no expansion, dead deer, but hard to track! I've done it twice, the 1st. one only ran about 15 yards, but did not bleed. The 2nd. one went about 100 yards through some thick stuff, no bloodand I was very lucky to find him! I'd recomend a 140 gr. also.
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I have used the Nosler Partition in abut every thing I have ever hand loaded for from 243 Win. to 338 Win. Mag. I have hunted with hand loads using this bullet I'd say 75% of the time ... since 1964 +/-.
I am a "just behind shoulder shooter" if the broadside angle presents it self. But the angle is seldom perfect, so I want the assured penetration that the Partition gives me. On white tail deer, the pass-through has been the case an overwhelming percentage of the time. As far as blood trailing, seldom been a problem. When it has, I have always had a good blood trailing Dachshund to bring into action. Frankly I cannot recall any having gone farther than maybe 250 yards ... other than the flat out misses !!!
The other favorite bullet of mine is the Sierra "Game King". Yep ... these are both oldies. But it is hard to get me to come off these two. I tried Nosler Ballistic Tips in a 30/06 Spr. and 300 Win. Mag. set-up. Accurate as all get out, but at close range (100 yards in), if I hit the shoulder ... well it was mince meat. Plus I had one that "blew up" with little penetration. That was a weird deal. Nice buck at maybe 30 yards. Dead on the shoulder. Rolled the buck. Got up and covered nearly a quarter mile before going down. Entrance wound was a huge hole, exposing at least a 4" diameter of the ribcage. No exit at all. Fragments all through the lungs. So, right or wrong thinking, I don;t use the old style BT for hunting.
"Frankly I cannot recall any having gone farther than maybe 250 yards ..."
Wow, I'd be a little pissed if I shot a deer and it ran off 250yds. I've never had a whitetail or muley go more than 10'....guess your deer are tougher than ours.
7mm Rem. Mag Bullets
