7mm & Berger 168 VLDs

CarbonOne

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I've never reloaded for the 7mm. I just picked up some Winchester brass and 168gr Berger VLDs. They'll be shot out of a 26" Remington barrel. I believe the twist is 1 in 9.25 or there abouts.

What powder and charge would you guys with experience recommend I start with. I'm shooting for accuracy not really after the fastest load out there.

Also have you guys noticed much change in POI shooting the 168 target bergers vs the 168 hunting bergers?
 
Re: 7mm & Berger 168 VLDs

My bad...Yes it's a regular old 7mm remington mag.
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Re: 7mm & Berger 168 VLDs

My load is 70.6 H-1000, new Win case, Fed 210 primer and Berger 168's .080 off the lands. 1/2 MOA out of a 26" Broughton. At 3050 fps.

Reloading disclaimers apply.
 
Re: 7mm & Berger 168 VLDs

I've had great results with IMR 4350, H4350 and especially H100v in my 7 SAUM.

The loading data is a little lighter than the 7mm Mag, but case capacity isn't too far off to be a reasonable match.

RL22 works really well for that kind of case capacity as well.
 
Re: 7mm & Berger 168 VLDs

CarboOne,
This is the data I recently got from Walt Berger. It didn't post correctly but I think you can make sense of it. Pay particualr attention to the MAX LOAD.

7mm REMINGTON MAGNUM
Bullet Powder Start Load Approximate Start Velocity MAX LOAD Approximate Max Velocity Fill Ratio
168 Grain IMR 7828 SSC 62.0 2855 65.3 3002 95.1%
168 Grain H4831 SC 61.0 2731 64.5 2889 93.4%
168 Grain RE-22 62.0 2832 65.0 2984 96.2%
168 Grain H1000 66.0 2826 69.5 2987 100.1%
168 Grain NORMA MRP2 65.0 2812 68.5 2970 102.4%
168 Grain WIN WXR 62.0 2838 65.3 2982 95.1%
168 Grain AA MAG PRO 65.0 2847 68.0 2984 95.9%
168 Grain Ramshot Magnum 67.0 2845 70.7 3019 98.7%
168 Grain VIHT N165 62.0 2760 65.3 2892 97.5%
168 Grain RETUMBO 66.0 2839 70.4 3022 104.7%
168 Grain RE-19 59.0 2799 62.4 2944 94.3%
168 Grain IMR 4350 55.5 2802 58.3 2920 88.1%
168 Grain IMR 4831 57.5 2772 60.5 2897 90.8%
168 Grain AA XMR 3100 61.0 2743 64.5 2888 96.5%
168 Grain VIHT N560 62.0 2851 65.6 3014 94.0%
168 Grain RE- 25 64.5 2875 67.8 3012 101.9%
168 Grain NORMA MRP 62.5 2868 65.7 3007 95.1%
168 Grain US869 74.5 2795 78.5 2987 113.7%
168 Grain Hybrid 100V 55.5 2730 58.5 2846 93.6%
168 Grain H4350 55.5 2781 58.8 2921 88.6%