The classic bullet for the 7mm-08 is 140 grains, but my favorite combination is a 130-gr. Speer Boattail powered by 41 grains of IMR 4064. With an unmodified Remington Model 700 BDL, ...

“Deer rifle love affair,” published in this space Nov. 22, struck a few chords across the scale.

The difference between a .277-caliber bullet and a 7mm bullet is only seven-thousandths of an inch, but they are a universe apart. As mentioned last week, there are only three major options in the ...