My light weight bolt action rifle also is in 7 express Rem.. (280 Rem.) Anyway, i remember useing it on caribou, deer, and a blk bear or two, and i've mostly shot 145 Speer boat tails out of it. In fact these days that's all i use in it as it's just used on whitetail deer. My rifle really loves this bullet, so i just kept on useing it.

The 145 Speers are decent for a non premium bullet, but a bit soft for bigger animials (or end to end shots) soi'd go to 150 NP's if i was going to shoot "one bullet fits all" in this cartridge.

I really like the 280 and i could live with it for the rest of my life on everything from moose on down. (with the proper bullet and loads of course)

Drilling Man