7mm-08 Rem success on big game

[Bubbadoyle]

Someone correct me if Im wrong, but I thought I read, heard on here or from one of hornadys pod cast, that the sst bullet was the same as either the ELDX or ELDM? Ive been searching for sst's in the 308 superformance around home, and if I heard wrong please let me know, thanks!

From everything I’ve seen the eld-x is the new version of the SST and the eld-m is the new version of the amax. I’ve seen many reports of the eld-x failing like the SST.


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[OXN939]

thought I’d show some love to oft forgotten 7mm-08.

If anyone is forgetting 7-08, they are wrong. There is honestly very little in the lower 48 a 7-08 pushing copper 120s can't do. My current load uses Hammer Hunters because they're easy to load, but Barnes TTSXs will kill a mature elk all day long too. Also it's kind of nice not having to carry a 14 pound rifle around or get your labrum and ears blown out by a belted magnum that costs five dollars every time you pull the trigger.

 

[MarkOrtiz]

I understand impact velocity is very important for bullet performance. My failures were with a 180 gr SST out of a 300 RUM. Impact velocity should have been around 2900 fps. For the bullet to fail the way it did on a small whitetail doe makes my decision to never use a SST again for hunting. 2900 is a fairly high impact velocity but it’s certainly far from an extremely high impact velocity. I know there’s an impact velocity threshold at where the SST would not completely fragment but it seems exceptionally low in my opinion but might work ok for a 7-08.


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As The Guide pointed out this was Hornady custom lite reduced recoil. I just calculated the velocity and at 250 yards it was right about 2200 fps. I could see how faster cartridges could cause issues and change the performance.
My kids really don’t need the reduced recoil loads anymore, so the rest of what is left after our TX hunt will be used for practice and I will probably load 120 ttsx, 120 NBT, or step up to 140 accubond.

 

[Fogger]

That’s some real success with that old round.