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I haven't shot a 7-08 in years, but when I did, IMR-4064 was the go to powder. I have never used RE-15 powder. With no option on cartridge overall length, you might try one of the Barnes Bullets, they are the only ones I've used that shot that well that far off the lands. The other option is to have the cartridge in the chamber close to the lands and then the other ones in the mag in case of a follow up shot if needed. Just my .02.

Speedygoss, I have this coming Sat AM open for SC's, if you would like to shoot. Anyone else interested?

Years ago one of the Phoenix papers ran a sketch of different Az outdoors men with a small story what they were noted for, I have seen Reed Petersens, Manuel Sinohui's, and Sid Tibshraeny's. Don't know how many there actually were, anyone want to fill in the blanks?

I had something to take care of with the guy who takes care of the offices where Sid's Daughter has her office, I went over there acouple of weeks ago and he was standing in front of this office with all those heads on the wall, had to check them out, that was a treat!

First off is it a factory 20 in barrel or did someone lop acouple of inches off, which I would pass unless the gun is going really cheap. I read an article one time on barrel lengths and .308's, said that length didn't matter much with that particular round, at that time I had three, one in a 20 in, one in a 22 in and one in a 24. Grabbed the chrono the three guns and headed toward the range. There was little difference between the three, but that was my three using my bullets my powder, someone else might have had quite a spread between the three. Bottom line for my thoughts is this, most game is shot less than 200 yards there is a few taken that are way out there, but for most taken it wouldn't matter if the barrel was 20 inches or not. My personal preference is 24.

Thanks Speedygoss. Do you ever shoot sporting clays at Rio?

Don't know much about factory ammo, truth be told any one of the bullets mentioned would take a deer, I have been playing with the Barnes130 grain TSX in my .270, very accurate. This is a 10 shot group off the bench with a pretty good left to right wind at the Globe-Miami Gun Club.

Here is mine.

Got an early WT tag in 31. Don't think too much will upset me today!

Wouldn't worry to much about the temp sensitivity between Hogdon and IMR powders, I would however stay away from the double base powders, ie ball powders and VV-500 series powder. I have loaded for three different 7mm Mags, one liked H-1000, one likes IMR-4350, and one isn't too picky IMR-4831 to VV-165 using an assortment of Nosler bullets. Just my two abes!

I just put my fourth 6.5 barrel in 6.5x47 on, have shot both 6.5x55 and .260 Rem, not a nickels difference at least on a 700 action. Used to have a Swede 96 also. Don't know why metric calibers never really caught on here until Rems 7mm Mag. On my deer rifle, I'm in the 06 family, got a 30-06, a .280 barrel in the safe and a .270 that is my favorite. Just my two abes.

Normally I'm using Nosler Partitions in my .270 with 130 grains, but just recently I got some Barnes TSX to group out of my gun. I have a personal limit at about 400 yards where I will take a shot at an animal. Question is how much difference is there between the tipped tsx and the tsx in game getting performance?

Thanks for all the replies! I have never got the kind of group out of any bullet like these with them seated so far off the lands.

I was using Ballistic Tips in a .280 Rem that I had, dropped Deer right in their tracks all but once, 2000, I had a shot on a med sized buck around what I figgured to be 300 yards, at the shot he just stood there then when he figgured out where it came from he ran off, when I got to where he was there was a huge circle of blood with bone chips in it, the blood trail ran out 6 foot from that circle, it was in rocky country (36b), no tracks, 4 of us looked for a day and a half for that deer, never did find a carcass, didn't see any kind of a bird circling it, nothing. That's when I started using Partitions.

Azwest16, If I remember right that screw that is loose, just holds the trigger guard in place, the other two screws are what holds the stock on the barreled action. Usually when a gun is shooting good and then goes south, it is a loose screw somewhere. With a rifle that recoils, screws have a habbit of coming loose. Locktite is one option.

I have used Kreiger, Hart, Schnieder and Douglas barrels. The two being used the most right now in the competitive circles are Kreiger and Bartlein. I perfer Kreigers, and have two on order now (20 weeks out). For Hunting, I don't think it would matter which barrel you chose, just get someone that knows what they are doing when putting it on your gun. FWIW Pac Nor barrels are liked by many also. Just my .02.

I was at the Tucson Rifle Club on the 4th of March for the Milt Hood Memorial Match, there was an article among the pictures and such written by you, when Milt won the NRA's Man of the Year award.

There seems to be some shooters here, so I'll post this. Here's a chance to bust out your Deer Rifle and knock the dust off from it and have some fun at the same time. The Saving Private Ryan Scope Shot. A scope will be placed on the Turkey post at 385 meters (427 yards). Where: Rio Salado Sportsmans Club, 3960 N. Usery Pass Rd. Mesa, Az 85207. This will be held at the High Power Range by the Clubhouse. When: Sunday Feb 19th, 2012. After the High Power Silhouette match. Approx. noon. Th Nitty Gritty: The cost is one dollar a shot. At the start you will give the director a dollar and then you will be given a ticket with a number on it, the other half of the ticket will be placed in a can and a drawing will be held to see who is shooting first, second, ect. then you will be called to the line and you will be given 1 minute to shoot. No shooting will be done from the bench position. Either standing, sitting, kneeling or prone. Which ever position you shoot from, no artificial rest will be allowed. If you are a shooter of known ability you will have to shoot offhand. Nobody will be allowed to shoot more than one shot at a time. Half of the pot will go to the shooter who wins and half will go to the Silhouette Division. The scope is a Bushnell Sportview with a 45mm objective. To win you must bust the glass with a bullet. In other words your bullet can hit the post knock the scope off from the post and bust the glass, that doesn't count, the bullet has to break the glass. Keep your Elephant rifles at home with your .50 cal rifles. Contact: Jim Rose, Sr at 480-641-1500 or Jim Beckley at 480-678-0783.