Reduced Recoil Ammunition ???

My son has been shooting the Hornady reduced recoil in his 7mm-08. Honestly I don't care for it. Some people do, but I'm not impressed with its thumping power.

Using the Hornady in a 7/08
Keeps sighting shots in a 2" orange dot all day
Most accurate factory ammo in my model 7

My wife and boys both shoot savage rifles with after market muzzle breaks and use reduced recoil Hornaday loads.

She shoots a .308
the boys shoot a 7mm-08


very reliable ammo. groups very well shot to shot. The POI is different between the reduced recoil and non reduced recoil from the same weapons on the same day, as would be expected.

My wife is sighted in 1.5 high at 100 and the oad has performed well out to 250 with single shot kills on pigs.

My son has shot pigs and deer out to 150 with his sighted in dead on at 100 and the devastation is significant.


My only issue is the cost of the rounds for sighting in and practicing with the weapons.

I've heard good things about it but have no first hand experience with it.

My suggestion is order the stuff you like if it's still available anywhere. Don't fix what ain't broke if you don't have to.

I bet you could switch to standard off the shelf stuff and the kids never notice the difference, especially if the gun fits them well and they're shooting at a deer.

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I bet you could switch to standard off the shelf stuff and the kids never notice the difference, especially if the gun fits them well and they're shooting at a deer.

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I bought some Corelokt the other day. He's going to shoot that from now on, but I'm not even going to tell him.

My 9 year old shoots the custom lites in .30-06. We are very pleased with their performance on deer. Thumps them with authority.