The 7mm-08 Remington can be a rifle cartridge that is sort of a immediate copy of a wildcat cartridge produced all over 1958 referred to as the 7mm/308. As these names would propose, it's the .308 Winchester scenario necked down to simply accept seven mm (.284) bullets with a little boost in circumstance duration. Of cartridges centered on the .308, it's the second hottest powering only the .243 Winchester. Nonetheless, the .308 is much more common than both equally. In 1980, the Remington Arms organization popularized the cartridge by making use of its possess title and presenting it for a chambering for his or her Design 788 and Design 700 rifles, along with a confined-operate sequence in their Design 7600 pump-action rifles through the early 2000s.
The recognition on the cartridge implies there is a reasonably large choice of factory masses, making it a decision even for individuals who never handload. Bullets weighing from one hundred to 197 grains are offered. Bullets from the 120 to a hundred and sixty-grain assortment will suit most searching purposes whilst extensive-assortment shooters will decide to the heavier bullets to make the most of their bigger 7mm-08 Ammo ballistic coefficients. Medium burning rifle powders generally do the job finest inside the 7mm-08