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7mm RM load for Bushveld
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Loading for a 7mm RM, what would the best option be for bushveld hunting in South Africa, range between 50 -150m? My thought was 175gr Barnes TSX at approx. 2400-2500ft/s. Any suggestions or comments?

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Posts: 160 | Location: Johannesburg- South Africa | Registered: 27 November 2006Reply With Quote
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IMO, the big 7 was made to shoot 160gr bullets. Smiler


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I've never been comfortable with either the internal or external ballistics of monometal bullets, especially at slower velocities where they are less likely to provide adequate expansion. A jacketed lead core bullet is much more predictable. At the lower velocities you are contemplating, I would better trust a simple cup-and-core bullet like a Hornady, Speer, or Sierra; or if you anticipate very large game, perhaps a Nosler Partition.

As wasbeeman says, the 160 grainer is a great bullet in the 7mm Magnum and offers a good combination of trajectory and penetration, but if your ranges are no more than 150 meters then trajectory doesn't really matter.
 
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Now thinking that maybe 160gr TSX at 2800-2900ft/s might be the way to go for a good allrounder
 
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