7mm Rem Mag loads

JD IN ALBERTA · 04-22-2003, 11:14 AM

I' ve always used Federal Premium bullets but now I want to try some reloads and see if I can find a decent load. Does anyone have any decent recipies that have worked for them that they will share? I' m looking at around a 165 grain bullet and I usually hunt Mule Deer and W.T.' s up in Alberta. I just would like a starting point...any other places to look for loads? thanks JDinAB

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stubblejumper · 04-22-2003, 06:37 PM

I had great luck using the 140 gr partition ahead of reloader 22.It works well on deer ,elk and moose.

duckbill · 04-24-2003, 02:54 PM

I' m partial to Sierra bullets myself. H-1000 works best with 160 gr gamekings. RL-22 works best behind 140 gr gamekings. My accuracy load for the H-1000 is 68 grains, which is well below max. Good luck and be safe.

Power · 04-29-2003, 11:31 PM

Best groupings were with Nosler Bal. 150s pushed by IMR 7625. The Nosler reloading book has plenty of good loads.

Currently I use Nosler 175g partitions so I can use them for Muleys and Elk.

Tried the 150g. Scirocco' s but wasn' t overly impressed with their performance on deer;

http://www.powerandfury.net/j02deer2.html (VERY graphic pictures so don' t visit if you don' t want to see the results).

The 175g worked just fine for my Elk last year;

http://www.powerandfury.net/j02elk.html

JD IN ALBERTA · 05-01-2003, 10:22 AM

thanks guy' s. I' m gonna do up some loads this weekend and start testing. JDinAB

rockytop · 05-05-2003, 02:26 PM

I shoot H4831 at 68.5 grains with a 140 grain nosler ballistic tip. I am very comfortable shooting deer at 300 yards with good conditions. In practice, I shoot at 430 yards and shoot a 5 inch group (I don' t guess that' s great but I' m not a professional and shoot about 300 rounds a year.) I am sighted 1-1/2 inches high at a hundred (1/2" groups), right on at 300 with 2 inch groups. I' m dropping about 15 inches at 430 yards. I shoot a mkII ruger with a pilar bedded stock and timney trigger with a nikon 3x9x50. I might add that if go to 69 grains, I start having stiff bolt opening symptoms so work your way up no matter whose load you start with. I started at 62 grains and worked up.

Vapodog · 05-18-2003, 06:20 AM

For the 7 mag, I' d be experimenting with RL-25 powder and around a 150 grain pill for deer. I' m very fond of the Swift A-frame for all hunting and besides I don' t shoot that many rounds at big game.....use other bullets for varminting and targeting....use the A-Frames for hunting only.....they' re a tad spendy and need to be conserved.....but a marvelous bullet.