7mm-08 brass hard to come by...... any suggestions?

[n4ue]

I have three 7mm-08 firearms. An Axis, a TC Venture and a Rem XP-100. The XP ain't fun anymore.....

I was looking for 150 or so 7-08 cases. I have searched about everyplace, Everyone seems to be out of stock, except for Brownells. I'd really like to find once fired brass with the same headstamp.

I do have a bunch of 308 brass I've converted, but the neck thickness is a little more than I care for. I could neck turn them, but that's not a lot of fun either, ha ha.
Case NECK dia of a loaded 7-08 (headstamped) ctg runs .308" where a necked down 308 Win ctg measures .312". The brass had to go somewhere.......
I guess I could take a sample of both types and shoot them side-by-side...... These are not target rifles, but they do shoot great. Anyone have experience with the above ctg types?

Any idea why the brass is so scarce (except it's not a military ctg) ?

thanks,

ron

[snowgetter1]

I like to neck down 7-08 to 260 and have not seen any in stock for about 2 years now. Had to switch to necking up 243. Not sure how the 243 would fair going all the way up to 7mm though.

[jonbearman]

If you want premium brass, Grafs has the all new 7-08 lapua brass at 109.95 per hundred. Its a lot of money but they should last and last.

[BillPa]

Bullets also have 7-08 brass
https://www.bullets.com/search?s=category%3abrass&s=cartridge:7mm-08+Rem&o=1

[TXCOONDOG]

Neck down .308 brass, trim to length and neck turn.......yep it's work

[digger11]

I'm making mine out of good surplus 308,,,and 260 as well.

www. brassbombers.com

[mousemotors]

I also use 308 brass, just give it a 2 or 3 strokes on the sizing and they are good to go after that. I have shot them side by side with my 7mm08 brass with the only difference they go from .25 moa to .50 moa with the 308 brass.

[fgw_in_fla]

Same here.
Using annealed, good condition .308 brass for the 7mm-08.

If anyone gets a line on any don't be stingy. Pass on the info. Maybe we can all go in on a group buy for a few million new cases.

And not the Nosler, Norma or Lapua stuff either. I don't want to have to take out a mortgage to buy some...

[gemby58]

got a few 1000 once fired 7MM08 brass I could let go, got two 5 gallon buckets full , there out of a AR10

[n10sivern]

http://www.fsibrass.com/once-fired-brass/

http://www.oncefiredbrasshouston.com/once-fired-brass/

[n4ue]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. However, every one is out of stock, except for the high zoot stuff. I 'donated' all of my 308 brass to my friend (and boss) since I just took delivery of his new 'loaded' M1A yesterday.
OMG, another (awesome) machine! I don't want to spend that kind of $, like he did for the Barrett M107A1, but, I'll be able to shoot it whenever I want. I doubt if he will EVER shoot it... sigh...
I'll just wait for the 7-08 brass to show up. I have a couple of hundred now.......

ron

[fgw_in_fla]

Another option -
Buy 4 or 5 boxes of factory, shoot 'em up and reuse the brass.

I did that when I was looking for 25.06 brass. Picked up 6 boxes of Prvi with a 90gr HPBT and recycled the brass.

The Prvi ammo didn't shoot too bad, either.

[scpaul]

I think that Sportsman's Whse. in Columbia, S.C. had 2 or 3 bags about a week ago. I shoot 7-08 and so far haven't had problems finding brass, I haven't needed to buy any for awhile but I still watch the stuff that I use. You might check with them if you have one near you. The one in Columbia is on "Bush River Rd.". Hope it helps, Paul

[scope eye]

N4ue empty your mail box.

Dean

[fgw_in_fla]

N4ue empty your mail box.

Dean

You grabbed that 7-08 brass from the classifieds before I could. Now you're gonna sell it to him at twice the price, aren't ya?...

Creep.
I hope you get arthritis in your trigger finger and a toenail fungus.

[scope eye]

Actually I bought it over on another forum where it was also listed, and completed the transaction over here, the reason I bought it is because a guy on they other forum made a really low ball offer, actually $24.00 is the number so I bought it out of spite.

Dean

PS: Hey You With The Potty Mouth, Check Your Mailbox This Week.