I spent some quality time digging through ammo cans looking for the ammo I knew I had someplace. My primary rifle will be a Rem 700 in 7mm Rem mag and I discovered I have 2 1/2 boxes of it's preferred 160 grain Nosler Partition and a bunch of the PMC 160 grain that shoots close enough to POI to use for practice. I intend to deer hunt with this rifle in the MO rifle season to fully re-acquaint myself with the rifle's recoil and trajectory-I haven't shot it for over a decade.
My back-up and/or heavy timber/close range rifle will be one of the following:
Rem 700 20" carbine in .308(not a catalog item, it's a Youth rifle with an adult stock). I have some PMC 168 grain Barnes HP but not sure the 20" will give the velocity needed for optimum expansion. Also have some 150 Nosler Partition that has shown excellent accuracy and I'm not concerned about the lighter 150 at carbine velocities. Today, I noticed Nosler 168 Bonded "Defense" ammo at a good price and ordered 3 boxes. Guess I'll see which one of the 3 shows best accuracy and velocity.
Wby Vanguard/HOWA 7mm08 20" carbine. At present, I only have one load on hand that I consider suitable for cow elk- Speer Factory loaded 145 GrandSlam. I've used this on a couple of deer and feel it's OK for the expected 350-450# elk.
I'm open to any comments or actual use stories on the Nosler 168 Bonded .308 or Speer 145 GrandSlam 7mm08 on elk sized game.
My back-up and/or heavy timber/close range rifle will be one of the following:
Rem 700 20" carbine in .308(not a catalog item, it's a Youth rifle with an adult stock). I have some PMC 168 grain Barnes HP but not sure the 20" will give the velocity needed for optimum expansion. Also have some 150 Nosler Partition that has shown excellent accuracy and I'm not concerned about the lighter 150 at carbine velocities. Today, I noticed Nosler 168 Bonded "Defense" ammo at a good price and ordered 3 boxes. Guess I'll see which one of the 3 shows best accuracy and velocity.
Wby Vanguard/HOWA 7mm08 20" carbine. At present, I only have one load on hand that I consider suitable for cow elk- Speer Factory loaded 145 GrandSlam. I've used this on a couple of deer and feel it's OK for the expected 350-450# elk.
I'm open to any comments or actual use stories on the Nosler 168 Bonded .308 or Speer 145 GrandSlam 7mm08 on elk sized game.