Does anyone shoot a Remington model 7 in 7mm-08? I bought this rifle after the ammo crunch and do not want to spend a bunch of money to find the perfect load. I’m shooting Hornady White tail 139 grain and shooting a very sad 4 inch group off a bench. What have you had luck with?
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I shoot a .308 model 7. I started out with 150gr an it was horrible. I shot about 5 different brands. All sucked. I tried the 180gr corelok and the groups tightened up significantly, but kicked like a **** mule. A buddy of mine told me that his .308 loves 168gr. So I tried a box. It was the ticket! Still only getting 1” to 1.5” groups at 100yrds.
I actually called Remington about it. They were very honest, saying that the gun was designed to be a short, lightweight, short range firearm. The profile on the barrel is very thin, the barrel is 16”, the stock is lightweight. The gun was designed to be a lightweight, easy to maneuver package. It was not designed to shoot sub MOA at 300-400yards.
Lol I actually respected them when they told me, “if you want to shoot sub MOA I have a 700 I can send you, but that’s not what the 7 was designed for”
Go up in grain weight and see how it does. Don’t give up on the gun, find what it likes.
It’s a sweet little package and I love mine in the National forest packing in and out.
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Originally posted by KGreene View PostThanks for the help. I gave it a good scrubbing and shot it this morning. It now shoots around an inch group at a hundred yards with the same ammo. I let it cool down after every shot. I’m not sure what helped it, but it will hunt.
If off the shelf, I shoot 10 rounds then clean , repeating that process, a 1MOA is ok , but IMO a mod 7 could make 3/4 - 1/2
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The model 7 have really thin barrels and most I've shot will spray groups when heated up. I shot 2 shot groups and let it cool. Also read where the 7 is not free floated, but bedded with upward pressure on the barrel at the end of the stock, so I'd be careful messing with the stock bedding.
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I have shot a M 7 7mm- 08 for the last 25 years. The only factory ammo that would print a decent group was Remington Corelokt. This year I started loading for it and found a Sierra boat tail soft point 140gr, loaded as long as the mag would let me would shoot a little over 1/2 " groups at 100. I'm still testing and trying out other combinations but am pretty happy with this load.
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Originally posted by KGreene View PostThanks for the help. I gave it a good scrubbing and shot it this morning. It now shoots around an inch group at a hundred yards with the same ammo. I let it cool down after every shot. I’m not sure what helped it, but it will hunt.
I have also used Semi Chrome in barrels to help with copper removal. Again, not too much or too often. Just until the groups tighten up.
On a higher end gun with cut rifling I would never use J&B or any other abrasive cleaner.
Shoot different bullet weights and styles to find what it likes best. Some guns just don't shoot well with boat tail bullets so run some flat based as well as BT's.
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