This is for all you reloader's out there
I am shooting a 7mm-08 for the first time and I am hand loading it. I am shooting 150 gr ballistic silvertips.
I finally found a load that grouped well with my rifle but i am only shooting 39gr of vihtovouri n150 powder. My concern is that this is a slow burning powder and I am just not sure it will have enough umphh for whitetails my shots will NEVER be over two hundred and likely 100 and probably most 75- 50 yds. The season is two weeks away and i have already loaded my hunting rounds. Is it going to give me enough energy with this particular load? I am guessing its leaving the barrel at 2400 fps. I taped some old glossy catalogs together 4.5 inches thick with a complete pass through at 100yds with good expansion. This is a quick expanding bullet that fragments easy as you may know so i don't think expansion will be the trouble. I am mildy concerned over the penetration though. Thoughts?

thanks trevor

I'm not familiar with vitovouri powder at all. If this is listed in that powder's manual and you are getting excellent accuracy-fret not. One thing about expanding bullets is generally the lower the velocity,the slower it will expand-thus increasing penetration to a degree. If you have a kinetic bullet puller such as the universal model rcbs makes,it wouldn't take very long at all to pull bullets,save powder,and recharge/reseat bulletsto an safe increased power loading after checking said load for accuracy,pressure,etc.