moojpg2
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I want to use my trusty old Model 7 youth in 7mm-08 this year for bear season because it will be lighter to walk around with (my usual bear season gun is a 300 win mag, but it weighs upwards of 11lbs) but my pet load for it is a 120gr. sierra pro hunter (like the game king i think, just not a boat tail) Is this bullet to thinly skinned for black bear?
I have some 140gr Ballistic silver tips, or 140 gr game kings, or should i pick up something else?
Problem is my rifle shoots really terrible (like 2-3.5" vs .75-1.25" at 100yds) with some of the 140's, it seems to like quicker powders and the lighter bullets.(perhaps because of the really short barrel?)
I wouldn't care about group size to much for hunting usually but i will be hunting in the Berkshires, near a lot of long power line runs and across some valleys where a long shot (300-400yds) is likely.
I have some 140gr Ballistic silver tips, or 140 gr game kings, or should i pick up something else?
Problem is my rifle shoots really terrible (like 2-3.5" vs .75-1.25" at 100yds) with some of the 140's, it seems to like quicker powders and the lighter bullets.(perhaps because of the really short barrel?)
I wouldn't care about group size to much for hunting usually but i will be hunting in the Berkshires, near a lot of long power line runs and across some valleys where a long shot (300-400yds) is likely.