140 AB - 7mm rem mag
 

Was doing a little clean up in my gun room and low behold I come upon 140AB's that I bought last year in hopes of getting a draw Antelope tag. Hoping this year will the oneI pull a lope tag[8D].

Anybody got any experience with the 140ab/7mm rem mag they'd like to share?

Thanks

RE: 140 AB - 7mm rem mag
 

My buddy loaded 100 of em and they shoot awsome, 140 gr Acubond , 215 fed mag primer,(he worked up slow) to67 1/2 grs of RL 22 , over all case length, 3.26, shot out of a Rem 700 bdl, 1/2 inch and better 3 shot groups, he had only one problem, went hunting 3 different times and never fired a shot, so can't tell you how they work on deer or goats, we never chronoed them. Good luck

RE: 140 AB - 7mm rem mag
 

I haven't used the 7 mag to hunt with but did work up some loads for my ruger 7 mag and the 140 AB.The 2 best loads were.
R-22=68 grs,wrlm primer,3127fps,one hole groups at 100 yds,shot some 140 bt same speed and groups at 100yds.
The other best was IMR 7828=70 grs .wlrm,3125 fps,one hole at 100yds.
Used the 110 AB in a 25/06 last year and it worked great on a nice 8 pointer at 80yds.Complete pass through deer went about 20 yds
Groups started opening up after I passed 68gr and 70 gr with these powders.

RE: 140 AB - 7mm rem mag
 

Here is my load for my 7mag Browning.

140gr Accu Bond
Fed 215M
66gr RL22
3.348"

Puts 3 shots in a nice lil clover at 100 yards, and about 1.25" 3 shot groups at 300 yards.

That is not a max load, so this summer I was thinking about bumping that load up a ways and seeing how it performed, I was previously loading 66grs of powder and didn't feel like changing anything so I just went with it.

I forgot - Works good on speedgoats as well!

RE: 140 AB - 7mm rem mag
 

Thanks. Anybody ever run H4831 beside to see how it does with the 140's as comparable to RL22??

RE: 140 AB - 7mm rem mag
 

IMO R-22 is the king for speed in the 7RM w/ the 140's. I was about 75fps slowerw/ H4831. As far as accuracy, I've seen great results withAccubonds with almost any powder. Brett

RE: 140 AB - 7mm rem mag
 

Point taken. I'll stop looking for projects to keep my mind off the in between blues:D. Thanks again

RE: 140 AB - 7mm rem mag
 

Have shot about 70 140gr AB through my 7mm this past year. Found the best groups at 100yds were with 68.5gr of RL-22 with WLRM primers, seated about 0.015-0.018 off the lands (full length sized to 2.490; land distance was 3.352"). I was running the OAL at ~3.337" This was through an A-Bolt Eclipse with the BOSS set at 2.4. Got 3200fps with this load. 0.284" with three shots was the norm!! 67.5gr of RL-22 did pretty good as well - 0.514" with three shots at about 3080fps. I started at 65 gr and moved up slowly. I stopped at 70gr - no pressure signs, but the groups opened up a little (1.2").

Took four whitetails this year with the 68.5gr load - three nice does and a LARGE bodied 8-pt (242lbs dressed!) All 3 does dropped on the spot - chest hits. The buck took two hits in the chest at 100 yds. Great exit holes. PM me for pics of the exit wounds on the buck - if you want!?

I was very impressed with the AB - better penetration than the BT's, seemed to hold together more and I didn't worry about them blowing up on the close shots. Am loaded up some 165 and 180gr for my 300WM.

RE: 140 AB - 7mm rem mag
 

The 140 gr. accubond is the best shooting bullet out of my 7mm saum. Shot one doe, no complaints. Velocity is a little over 3100 f.p.s.

RE: 140 AB - 7mm rem mag
 

I witnessed one bull moose taken with this combination and I was impressed.The penetration was very good.