I bought one yesterday and it's my first one and have never been around anyone that has had one , so i was wondering what grain is the best. Any input would be great , Thanks.

Lot of people have been hand loading or running the barnes vor-tx ammo 120gr ttsx.

Or 140gr cup and core

When I get one it'll get 162's.

I shoot Rem Core lokt 140 and the Fusion 140 in mine the Fusion 140. It does seem to like the Fusion a bit better. I shot 2 deer last year with the Rem Accu tip bullets even though both deer were recovered the performance was Poor and not to my liking.

What Brand name gun did you get?

ammo would depend on use..
For the average deer hunter shooting say 300 and under I would go with the Barnes Vortex 120g TTSX load.

I have some for the 7mm08 I got in (Weatherby V2, 20" barrel) for my 16 year old to use.

Shooting .3" groups, hard to argue with that.

For bigger game I would move up to 140s probably and for long range fun if you handload 162s

A savage Axis

Theres a few bucks for you to score on your "score this deer page" that you seemed to have dissapeared on.

So just regular old Rem's or not that good then , i am going to go shoot it at the ranch this weekend so can see what it does.

Oh i didnt look i went to be early last night.

If 139 GMX Superperformance works for you, then based on the price of the other choices, you might as well use the best.

Otherwise, the Hornady American whitetail non-boattail is good enough.

I have been less than impressed with the GMX line of bullets. You either get a hole you could park a tractor in or no expansion. I would shoot something else.

That's what I feed mine.

I shoot 140gr Accubonds.

120 tsx or 120 ttsx

Mine likes 140gr accubonds and 139 gr SST'S
I guess you broke down and bought one instead of shooting the 204.

This, they are amazing out of mine.

Yeah i found a deal that i couldnt pass up , i know its a low end one but heck for $300 with a ok scope i thought why not

I run 140 gr Accubonds but I don't think they're available in factory ammo

Nolser makes them in their trophy grade ammo... its a redbox

that is a great bullet in my 280AI
fantastic performance

they're available from Nosler. Finding them is a different story.

In 31 years with the 7mm-08 I have used several different bullets, hand loaded and a few factor.

Currently running 140gr accubonds but have used
140gr Corelock
140gr Ballistic tip
139gr Hornady interlock
139gr Hornady sst
140gr partition
145gr Seer spbt

Have some 120gr ttsx I might workup a load for some day and give a try.

140 gr. Sierra Pro Hunter over IMR 4350.

Otherwise Remington CoreLokts.

Thanks for all the input , academy just needs to have more choices .I guess it's a trip to Cabela's this weekend

I'd call bass pro and see if the have the Nosler ammo in stock