Reloading 7mm Remington Mag

[UpperTully]

Im new to the reloading sport and will be loading some loads for the Model 700 7mm Rem Mag 26" in the future. Does anyone have any good suggestions on any recipes to start out with?

 

[Rubberduck270]

150 gr bullet and 7828 is a pretty good place to start.

 

[250savage]

120 tsx barnes 65r of h4350 I have loaded for two different rifles a savage 110 and a rem 700 light recoil sub moa

 

[bigtex]

139 Hornady BTSP with a healthy dose of IMR 4350 works very well in my Rem SS 700.
Very accurate in my rifle and terminal performance is outstanding.

 

[Rubberduck270]

139 Hornady BTSP with a healthy dose of IMR 4350 works very well in my Rem SS 700.
Very accurate in my rifle and terminal performance is outstanding.

IMR 4350 does work great with the lighter bullets.

 

[UpperTully]

Ive had a couple people recommend the Berger 168grn Hunting VLD. Any thoughts on that bullet?

 

[Rubberduck270]

For deer in TN, there are much better options available. Unless you shoot a LONG way, you won't see any benefit from the high BC.

 

[UpperTully]

Forgive my ignorance, what is a BC?

 

[Jcalder]

Ballistic coefficient. Measures drag on a bullet.

 

[megalomaniac]

150g BT and Re22 (not for close shots) is unbeatable in my 7mm RM (and WSM)

if shots will be consistently under 200 yards, spend a bit more and switch to 150g AB and re22.

 

[AllOutdoors]

I like the 160 gr sierra gmkbthp on top of retumbo. The deer don't like so well.

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[a retrohillbilly]

Buy 2 or 3 reloading manuals , they are a must have...Hornady, Sierra, etc

 

[7mminatree]

All above posts are good info. There are a ton of good 7mm bullets out these days as well as powders. IMO, I would keep powders narrowed down to IMR/H 4350 or RL17 on the fast side to anything with a slower burn rate. Also, you don't have to go full throttle to achieve accurate loads to deer hunt with. It's not unreasonable to achieve sub MOA accuracy and have nice manageable recoil.

 

[Deer Assassin]

Ive had a couple people recommend the Berger 168grn Hunting VLD. Any thoughts on that bullet?

killed several with it in a 7 saum

great long range does good at close range and would not hesitate you use it how ever

if i was gonna load something in 7 mag

120 nbt

or 140 nosler e tip

over max re19 or 22

 

[Tennessee Lead]

Got a buddy that loads for several different people in 7 mag. 160 Nosler accubonds will one hole 3 shots at 100 yards with each one of the guns. I ain't sure on the powder part.


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[UpperTully]

Thanks for the info guys. How many loads can I expect for a pound of powder?

 

[AllOutdoors]

Depends on the powder and bullet you choose.

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[UpperTully]

I picked up some IMR 4350 and 140grn Nosler Ballistic Tips for starters, I figured that would be a good place to get my feet wet.

 

[GOODWIN]

Tried them out yet?

 

[FULLDRAWXX75]

I have been hunting with a 7mm Rem Mag since the early 80's, I have tried multiple factory brands and bullet weights over the yrs. Then go into reloading in the early 90's, with all my experimenting I believe the 154 gr Nosler ballistic tip to be the best performer on whitetail deer. Unfortunately, Nosler discontinued that bullet a few yrs ago. So, you either have the choice of 150 or 160 grain. I have not yet tried the 160gr. to compare it to the 154gr. as I still have several boxes of the 154's to use up.

I used Remington Core loks in 175gr for yrs. (recommended by fellow hunters), I was not happy with the results of the bullet. It killed deer, but always punched a very small hole straight through, very little expansion. The only time I can actually say I have great expansion from that bullet was on a deer I shot standing head on facing me, I hit him at the base of the neck and retrieved the bullet just inside one of the rear hind quarters, it was a perfect mushroom but took traveling the entire length of the animal to do so. AND...............I always had to track them 50-75 yds after the shot.

I switched to the Nosler ballistic tips and it has been bang/thud. NO Tracking. I did have a big bruiser drop in his tracks, jump up and take about 10 steps before nose diving into the dirt.

FDXX75

 

[KPH]

Buy 2 or 3 reloading manuals , they are a must have...Hornady, Sierra, etc

This is most important. Do not and I mean do not take loads from people on the internet without checking them with a good published load manual. Have a friend who loads that you can call up and ask questions and you will have them. Like he said get the manuals before you even buy your first powder.

 

[UpperTully]

Tried them out yet?

Not yet, still waiting on a couple components and manuals to come. Working almost 3 weeks strait doesnt help any either

 

[Deer Assassin]

if your not loading for a bunch of cartridges dont wast money on mutiple manuals


get a load book

1 book 1 caliber all of the bullet mfg load data and all of the powder mfg load data in one book for like 7 bucks

http://www.loadbooks.com/

you can buy from cableas or midways usa or loadbooks direct

 

[UpperTully]

Right now im loading for 7mag, ill eventually load 30-30 and 30-06. I actually picked up 2 of those books for the 7mag and 30-30. Im just waiting on Larry Potterfield LOL

 

[UpperTully]

I switched to the Nosler ballistic tips and it has been bang/thud. NO Tracking. I did have a big bruiser drop in his tracks, jump up and take about 10 steps before nose diving into the dirt.

FDXX75

Good information to know since I picked up some 140grn Nosler Ballistic Tips to start with.

 

[megalomaniac]

Get a chrono... you may be pushing 3250 with the 140BT outta 26"bbl... if you are, be careful about low shoulder shots under 150 yards... They absolutely explode. High shoulder will be bang-flops, DRT, but I've seen a couple softball sized entrance holes and damage only to nearside lung with low shoulder shots and those bullets at very high velocities.

 

[UpperTully]

A chrono is for sure on the list of things to get. Thanks for the heads up

 

[Deer Assassin]

Get a chrono... you may be pushing 3250 with the 140BT outta 26"bbl... if you are, be careful about low shoulder shots under 150 yards... They absolutely explode. High shoulder will be bang-flops, DRT, but I've seen a couple softball sized entrance holes and damage only to nearside lung with low shoulder shots and those bullets at very high velocities.

i agree


the best NBT in 7mm is the 120 it will hold together

it has a thicker jacket than all the others nbt

 

[Rubberduck270]

DA is correct, not all Ballistic Tips are created equally. From left to right:7mm 120gr BT, 7mm 150gr BT, 7mm 140gr Accubond, .308 168gr BT, .308 180gr BT

If it's not a thicker, tapered jacket model of a Ballistic tip, I won' use them on deer.

 

[UpperTully]

Wow that makes me wonder what my 140's look like