These are the 30-06 loads that bruised my shoulder yesterday..the 165gr Nosler accubond / 56gr W760 (savage featherweight w/steel buttplate) These were going to be my elk load but the 7mm-08 sounds much more pleasent on my 50 year old bones. I have some 139 gr factory ammo for it. The heaviest factory loads I can find here for 7mm-08 are 140s. That would work I`m sure but I`d like a little heavier. I found some 150gr Nosler partitions in 7mm that should do it. I`ve already heard of how inadequate the 7mm-08 is as a hunting cartridge..The same thing I was told about the 30-30
Yep the 7mm-08 and the 30-30 are world renown for bullets bouncing off of big game animals. Nosler partitions are good bullets. Put one of those in the right place and you should be okay.
Your right about that, shot placement is everything..lots of critters poorly shot with super magnums and never found
