Unless it already is😅

Get a tika 👍

Tip. Throw the ruger in lake and get yourself a tikka

Do you have any ideas on a decent fur bullet for 243?

When you get to the “middle range” projectiles, give the Hornady Superformance factory ammo in 139 gr. CX a try. They work well for me in my 7mm-08. Good velocity. Good accuracy. Devastating results on game.

Hornady kind of left a bad taste in my mouth when they switched powders for their 7prc ammo and didn’t adjust their advertised velocities on the box. I understand the powder shortage but don’t mislead your customers especially those that don’t have chronographs.

I like staball 6.5 and superformance with 160 grain in my 7mm-08. I also tested Nosler BT and Speer GS and noticed the GS runs about 100fps less than the BT with the same powder charge

I swore off Hornady factory ammo since I bought a box of Hornady Custom Lite 7mm-08 for my son's rifle and there was 2 rounds with cracked necks in the box.

I would tweak the COAL with those Grand Slam loads. Start with 10 thou off the lands and go deeper in 20 thou increments. You can actually do a COAL ladder test too, not just powder charge weight. Of course, seating to the upper edge of the cannalure and giving it a full Lee Factory Crimp never seems to fail. Thanks for the vid!

Great results! Thanks for the content. Looking forward to project 270 Win

You will just shoot better some days. Those 160 bt look good

Good results overall. The IMR 4350 is not formulated or advertised as a temperature stable powder. I have been pleased with it in 7 mag over the years. It isn't a big velocity powder in it but I have always gotten great accuracy. It is better than W760 for ES/SD in my experience and as good of accuracy. Concerning the NBT, we have chosen to not use them hunting whitetail any longer. They have fragmented a good bit more than desired and left lead and jacket in meat a considerable distance from impact area out of a 30/06. They are very accurate. They anchored the deer great, probably due to the serious energy dump. Have you experienced that with the Ballistic Tip?

Now you're talking! BTs and IMR4350! Keep going cuz you're onto something. I have never tested for temp difference but if you do at some point please include us.

I quit shooting/hunting/loading with ballistic tips in the early 90’s due to their grenade like performance. Couple of years ago a friend mentioned they refined the bonding process and I’m extremely plea with the results and performance in my 7’s. Looking forward to seeing your results with them. Thanks

IMR4350 is the first powder I ever purchased and loaded. IMR4831 is the second. First rifle to load for was a 270 Winchester. Thereafter I was loading 30-06, 308, 7RemMag, 300WinMag. As to your comment on IMR4350 and temperature, like you I've been at this a long time. I still have the cans the IMR powders came in from the 80s. Using a reference of 350 yards, which was my max distance I was willing to consider for hunting, I have NEVER had an issue killing game cleanly using IMR4350 and that includes loading mid summer and testing when it was 90+ degrees and shooting mule deer or whitetail at zero degrees. I completely dismiss temp sensitivity issues I read about including some ball powders and Alliant, like Reloder 22. Just don't care. Never had a problem with massive temperature differences. Never had a bullet strike an animal more than a couple inches from where I was aiming and that had more to do with wind call than bullet drop due to colder hunting temps.

Thumbs up for using the cardbord box target 👍

Great shooting ol buddy and now here in WV we r getting all kinds of snow lol

Some days I can't get with the program either

The grandslam is a flat base, so probably used less case capacity up. Probably can bump a grain or so and have them even. 8)

Nice shooting! Do you have a preferred bullet weight for the little 7? I know you got to go with what the gun likes most, but what weight would you prefer?

You're on to something. Keep it going.

Lawyers are the culprits

Glad to see things working better.

Looks good. Agree with perspective on 175.

Good stuff. I have a 26" 308 and out of half a dozenish powders from H4895 to Win760 burn window and 180 BTSP. I get 2600 to 2660s @ near "max" and no pressure or little pressure signs. BL-C(2) has given the best velocity with the worst SDs and ok accuracy. So with the dynamics a demonsions of the 7-08 slightly hindering it in relation to the 308, you are doing really good to get up to 2600 with a 22" 7-08 w/o pressure. Good stuff. Happy hunting and happy New Year.

I'd take that accuracy for velocity trade off. I've heard Ramshot hunter is really good for heavy for caliber loads. Might be something worth looking into

If you like Hornady Interlocks, you might try the 162 in your little 7 if you haven't already. Heard real good things about it in the 7-08.

Awesome results and a load that you can take to the mountains for elk and deer. Happy New Year and may 2025 be blessed for you as well?

Happy New Year, Mike. Again, I’m really happy to see you sharing your experience and journey with us through these videos. It matters.