7mm-08 Rem success on big game

[FredH]

@Pharmseller has killer recipes with Big Game for the 150 ELDX. He's piled up a couple truckloads with whitetails and elk from several rifles with this combo.

I greatly regret not buying some Big Game the only time I have ever seen it on a shelf.

 

[Kimber7man]

This is a valid concern if you don't have a Tikka. My OAL with the 162 is 2.925. For Tikka a quick bolt stop change and L mag and you're in business, easy peasy.

Even the M+ magazine is an improvement in the Tikka

 

[CaribooBC]

I just won a Winchester XPR in 7mm-08. I have previously shot and killed many deer with my S&W 1500 in 30-06. I have been very happy with the results of IMR 4064 or Varget propelling a 165gr SST…. Now reading this thread, I don’t see much love for SST’s. I was planning on working up a load for this gun using 139gr SST’s. I have already bought the SST’s… have I made a mistake? I have a couple of new to me 308’s too. A CZ 557 Ranger and a Vanguard… both shoot nice groups with 165gr SST’s but have not had a chance to kill anything yet. Wife shoots a T3 in 30-06… also has had good results with the 165gr SST. All of our kills have been one shot pass throughs. Will the higher velocities of the 7mm-08 cause issues with my bullet choice for deer?

 

[stan5677]

I just won a Winchester XPR in 7mm-08. I have previously shot and killed many deer with my S&W 1500 in 30-06. I have been very happy with the results of IMR 4064 or Varget propelling a 165gr SST…. Now reading this thread, I don’t see much love for SST’s. I was planning on working up a load for this gun using 139gr SST’s. I have already bought the SST’s… have I made a mistake? I have a couple of new to me 308’s too. A CZ 557 Ranger and a Vanguard… both shoot nice groups with 165gr SST’s but have not had a chance to kill anything yet. Wife shoots a T3 in 30-06… also has had good results with the 165gr SST. All of our kills have been one shot pass throughs. Will the higher velocities of the 7mm-08 cause issues with my bullet choice for deer?

Stay away from bone and you should be fine.