7mm 08 handi rifle

[handi243]

Checking to see how has one and how do you like it? loads. scope etc. going to send in for one trying to get some ideas for setup. This will be my whitetail gun for here in NC.

[bluebayou]

I HAD a 308 Handi and it was nice, used a Leupold VX-2 on it.  I HAVE a Rem 700 in 7-08 and it is my favorite, good-to rifle.  I have a cheaper Simmons 3-9x WTC on it now.  Forget what the magnum kids say, the 7-08 will kill anything out to 300 yards easily enough.  I load H4895 with Hornady 120 SP and Varget with 150 Nosler BT.  I would just get the cheap ammo and see what works in your rifle.  I like the 7-08 because there isn't much recoil, 243 type recoil with 120 gr, is surprisingly flat trajectory (read "easy to shoot"), and doesn't use as much powder for the same performance as my 270 (read "I am cheap").

[handi243]

thanks blue i really like this round (reading the ballistics) it out does the 308 in down range ballistics with factory ammo. Plus i can let my kids use it and my wife. I don't shoot mil. ammo so that doesn't matter.

[bluebayou]

It really is surprising how far the 243 and 7-08 can be fired (with the proper bullets).  I, personally, would not shoot at game farther than 200-300 yards, but targets are a different story.

[revbc]

I have a 7-08 mounted with a bushnell elite 1.5-6x36 which will be my new deer rifle here in Louisiana.  Have a survivor with a 308 bull that shoots good also.  I was looking for something with a little less recoil, the 7-08 fills the bill.  Love it!  Going to send my son's 243 superlight in for a new 7-08 barrel.

I haven't done any handloads yet, but planning on it.  I'll post the info when I do.  It shoots good with rem corelocks 140 grain.

[10ga.]

I have a 7-08 mounted with a bushnell elite 1.5-6x36 which will be my new deer rifle here in Louisiana. 

revbc,
What part of Louisiana are you in?

[revbc]

10ga

I live in St. Francisville.........raised in the Tunica Hills where I hunt.