7mm (.284) target bullet source?

[CCWdownrangeP2]

Purchased a 7mm-08 (22" barrel, 1:9.5" twist) for my bride for her birthday. I've been searching far and wide for reasonably priced bullets, of the 139gr range, to make target/plinking rounds. I will load hunting loads for mule deer or elk with good quality 160gr bullets, but for her enjoyment of reduced recoil, fun shooting wanted to go with a lighter bullet for plinking purposes. RMR currently only has 160's, although I find the $.13/bullet acceptable. Is my thinking about the lighter bullet being that much of a difference of recoil off-base? Thanks ahead of time for any advice or sources for bullets. CCW

 

[GooseGestapo]

MidwayUSA has some Hornady Blems. You can't hardly beat the 139grn Interlock for any 7-08 use. I bought a lifetime supply several years ago at ~$9/100 for btspt's.
They perform as good or better than partitions. Current aren't boat tail.

 

[X-Rap]

The Hornadys are hard to beat. The 139's should do nicely and if you want to step it up some the 154 7mm Interlock has piled up a bunch of deer and elk when shot from a 280 Rem.

 

[bluetopper]

120gr 7mm bullets are very accurate and low recoil too. I've been buying some discontinued Speers at a good price.

 

[GooseGestapo]

For powder, RL17 is the stand out. 48.0grn under 139grn Hornady will hit 3,000fps from my 20" RemM7. As accurate as anything I've run through it. And, not a max load! Went as high as 50 but no significant improvement.

 

[Sunray]

Sierra makes a 130 grain Matchking. No light weight match grade 7mm bullets from Hornady. They do make a 162 grain. And hordes of 139 grain hunting bullets that'd do nicely in a hunting rifle. Kind of suspect a 139 SST would be good for mulies too.

 

[CCWdownrangeP2]

Thank you for the responses. Good thing I'm a patient man, it may take a while and constant vigilance to find more reasonably priced bullets to supply my bride's itchy trigger finger.

 

[Dudedog]

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[KansasSasquatch]

I've seen some people state that these have performed very well, but I don't own anything in 7mm http://www.shop.rmrbullets.com/7mm-...il-NEW-250-Ct-7mm-160-Bonded-SPBT-New-250.htm

 

[CCWdownrangeP2]

bluetopper, You finding those Speer bullets locally or online?

 

[Paddy]

I like graf and sons. Good prices and great selections.