Remington Stainless Mountain Guide 7mm-08
03-08-2011, 05:27 PM
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Fork Horn
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Remington Stainless Mountain Guide 7mm-08
Finally scraped enough $ together to pick up my new rifle. It's a Remington Stainless Mountain Guide in 7mm-08. Basically it's a Mountain Rifle with one of the Titanium series stocks. A previous owner had a Remington detachable mag cut into it. My buddy bought the gun two years ago and never shot it. I paid $650.00 for it with a Burris Fullfield II and Leupold mounts. I think I did pretty good. The DM install was done by a pro, it looks factory. These guns were a special run available only through Gander Mountain. Anyone know of anyone that has one and how do they like it? Gonna be working up some loads for it, first one being 120gr Ballistic tips. Should be just the ticket for deer.
03-09-2011, 06:48 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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Sounds like a great rig.IMO the 7-08 is one of the finest cartridges on the market.For deer I would suggest going with a 140-150gr bullet over the 120.I've taken quite a few deer using these weights in my 7x57 and they work great plus they provide a lot more confidence should you run into a bear.I found IMR 4350 works well in my Ruger M77 with these weights.
03-09-2011, 02:50 PM
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I have a Savage Model 11 GCNS Bolt-action 7mm-08 Wood Stock/Blued Barrel with the Accu-Trigger and its a great looking gun and it shoots very good,the only bullets I could find for it was Remington or the Winchester 140 grain bullets...even the "Managed Recoil" shells were in 140 grain.What brand of shells did You find were in 120 grains...or are You hand-loading the bullets Yourself?
I think 120 grain bullets would be a good start and an ideal weight!
I think 120 grain bullets would be a good start and an ideal weight!
03-10-2011, 06:59 PM
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Fork Horn
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I have a Savage Model 11 GCNS Bolt-action 7mm-08 Wood Stock/Blued Barrel with the Accu-Trigger and its a great looking gun and it shoots very good,the only bullets I could find for it was Remington or the Winchester 140 grain bullets...even the "Managed Recoil" shells were in 140 grain.What brand of shells did You find were in 120 grains...or are You hand-loading the bullets Yourself?
I think 120 grain bullets would be a good start and an ideal weight!
I think 120 grain bullets would be a good start and an ideal weight!
03-10-2011, 07:01 PM
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03-11-2011, 07:28 PM
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