New Fan of the 7mm-08

[Ray357]

Here's what my 7-08 will do with Nosler Partitions when the nut behind the trigger is tight...LOL

100yds?

 

[280 Man]

100yds?

Yes!

 

[Goon]

Killed a pile of deer and coyotes with my Browning 7mm-08. I had a gun shop over in Lilburn do their magic on it and she is a shooter. Her name is "Bad Medicine."View attachment 1044099

What work did you have done on it?

 

[furtaker]

I've killed several deer with a 7mm-08. It's an excellent, well balanced hunting round. Good ballistics while providing light recoil and muzzle blast.

 

[Meriwether Mike]

Crowned the muzzle, glass bedded and free floated the barrel, lap the lugs on the bolt, 40 oz trigger. Cannot remember them all as it was 7 adjustments to accurize a rifle. The shop was called Bennetts Custom Shop. It has been a while.

 

[HughW2]

Mike the Bennetts did one of my rifles and you are right! They did some really excellent work. Do you know if they are still around? I now live down south now; but if I knew where they were located I would make the drive.

 

[Meriwether Mike]

I think they relocated to Loganville. Just Google Bennetts Custom Shop.

 

[Ray357]

Crowned the muzzle, glass bedded and free floated the barrel, lap the lugs on the bolt, 40 oz trigger. Cannot remember them all as it was 7 adjustments to accurize a rifle. The shop was called Bennetts Custom Shop. It has been a while.

40 oz trigger?

 

[Silver Mallard]

7-08's shoot very well in my T/C Encore.

 

[SC Hunter]

My encore with the 7mm-08 heavy barrel did its job again this morning. 140 grain nosler ballistic tip killed a doe at 125 yards. Lower 1/3 of the shoulder out the other side she never moved besides down.

 

[killerv]

40 oz trigger?

Colt 45 drinkers use this terminology, us real beer drinkers would say 2 1/2 lbs.

 

[killerv]

I don’t know that I can love that caliber. My dad had a model 7 youth that he replaced the stock on with some aftermarket super light stock and mounted a luey 2-7 and loaded the rifle weight just over 6 pounds. Was the hardest recoiling rifle I think I’ve ever shot in my life!

I had bought a youth birched stock model 7 708 for my son, it was a sweet heart with reduced loads, felt like a 223. I was curious what it would do with my standard handloads that I shoot out of my model 7. It was stout. I sent that youth model 7 down the road once I picked up a m77 compact in 260. Its amazing the difference in recoil. No more reduced loads for us. Both are big enough to shoot my stainless synthetic model 7 in 708 now, the limbsaver on it makes a world of difference. My youngest has shot so many with the 260 that is all he wants to take though.

 

[Ray357]

Colt 45 drinkers use this terminology, us real beer drinkers would say 2 1/2 lbs.

If it were on my rifle, it would be a 3/4 lb trigger if that's your preferred terminology. On my bench guns, it would be a 1/16th of a pound trigger.

 

[killerv]

3/4lb hunting trigger, sounds safe.

 

[280 Man]

3/4lb hunting trigger, sounds safe.

Somethings are so laughable, wouldn't you agree...

 

[SC Hunter]

I had bought a youth birched stock model 7 708 for my son, it was a sweet heart with reduced loads, felt like a 223. I was curious what it would do with my standard handloads that I shoot out of my model 7. It was stout. I sent that youth model 7 down the road once I picked up a m77 compact in 260. Its amazing the difference in recoil. No more reduced loads for us. Both are big enough to shoot my stainless synthetic model 7 in 708 now, the limbsaver on it makes a world of difference. My youngest has shot so many with the 260 that is all he wants to take though.

My best friend has a model 77 compact in 7mm-08 and that thing is about a handful! I say I'm going to buy another full size rifle in 7mm-08 but all I carry is my encore. That gun has killed a pile of deer with the 7mm-08 barrel on it.