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Not really searching, just curious and bored. What are folks using and to what purpose and effect in this ugly duckling of the 7mms?

My favorite was the Speer 145 GS over a warm load of IMR 4350. They might have changed something with the bullet as I haven't gotten the accuracy I used to with previous boxes.

Load still holds up with the other 2 Speers in this weight and the 140 NBT, so I'm good to go with those for longer ranges. Trying some slower loads with some vintage Hornadys this year as hunting will be short range.
 
One of my boys was working up loads for an elk hunt with 160 partitions for his .280. The Nosler on-line data listed a load with Magpro.

It turned out to be the most accurate load he had ever used in that Model 77. He killed a nice bull at 150 yds.
 
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