Anyone use Varget in their 7mm Remington Mag? A friend of mine shoots 120 grain bullets with IMR 4350 and was wondering if Varget may improve his groups. I suggested he try Varget since it works in just about every gun I own, but I don't own a 7 mag. He says the IMR currently holds an inch @ 100 yards. I could find no data for Varget and 120 grain bullets... any help is appreciated.

Mark, Being that the 7Mag is a fairly big case, they seem to like 4350 and slower powders, IMR4831 is a favorite of mine, though it doesn't go through the powder measure very well, I notice that my Lyman manual has 4350 as the most potentially accurate load, an inch is pretty good for a 7Mag, though the 7Mag I sold to an Air Force buddy shot 1/2" from the first 3 shots with 62grs. IMR4831 and 154SP Hornadys, Jay

[ 11-24-2003, 02:51: Message edited by: Jay Gorski ]

Thank you Jay... I called him on the telephone just now and broke the bad news. He already peeled the label so nulls the return... maybe he'll sell it to me at a discount price. LOL.

I use 71.5 grs of RL22 with barnes 120xbt and get 3486 fps out of it. It will also shoot sub moa groups with this load

I've used RL15 ( very similar to Varget) in my 7saum with 120 gr. bullets...works very well... 3350 fps, sub MOA

[ 11-26-2003, 13:13: Message edited by: todbartell ]

Back in the day when my Sako 7mm Rem. Mag would shoot light bullets, I found the combination of 69 grains of IMR 4831 and a Hornady 120-grain Spirepoint pretty hard to beat.

I still keep a target dated January 4, 1991 with five shots of the above load in about an inch to remind me of what that rifle used to be like before the throat was burned.

What's this guy planning to shoot with his 7mm Rem Mag that 1" groups won't suffice for? Gee whiz! Some folks are just hard to please.