7mm Rem Mag
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pat86323
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i have a 7mm mag and i love the thing, it reaches out and touches things and nothing i have shot with it survived. My dad also shoots a 7 and it has killed countless mule deer and elk at all ranges from 50 yards out to 500. Nothing wrong with an 06 but a 7 performs about as well as you could hope a rifle would. Only thing that sucks is the ammo cost.
pat86323
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well the ol 7 will do it, with authority. Ive seen some LONG range elk drop in their tracks because of a 150grain corelokt bullet.
pat86323
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they make a pill for that sickness, its called a 7mag loaded with 150's and some practice. It isnt the only rifle that will do it but i dont think youll find much argument that the 7 will.
pat86323
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not a problem, hope you like whatever you decide on, i dont think ill ever need another hunting rifle, not to say i wont ever have another one but it takes care of whatever i need it to
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Its not a magic 500 yd. pill. I hope you reload and can spend some money on a scope if you intend to be effective out to 500, otherwise you will be adding to those who give the sport a bad name.
If you can't hit a paper plate all the time keep working.
If you can't hit a paper plate all the time keep working.
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Best "pill" I found for 7 mag is 140 nozler partition bullet. AWESOME from 50 yards out to 300 yads it does the JOB Can't go wrong in my book!!! GO FOR IT
MachIVshooter
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There's no need for it if you already have an '06. Theirl game-taking capabilities are identical for all intents and purposes. But if you just want another rifle, maybe a loaner for a friend or a back-up if your other gets damaged/scope gets banged, then go for it. It's a fine cartridge.
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fot the record you do not nessisarily have to reload to get good long range accuracy. My rifle generally does not like reloads of any kind and they tend to make the rifle LESS not more accurate. I shoot nothing but remington core lokt and would be more then confident to take shots all the way out to 500 yards if the conditions were right. I do not give hunters a bad name nor do i make unethical shots. This is a little off topic here but im actually getting a little tired of all the reloading snobs that keep saying that there is no such thing as a good factory load. Shoot what works dont fall into the "only a reloader can make accurate rounds, factories make garbage" trap. Some people dont have any interest in reloading. It can be a fun rewarding hobby but not everyone wants to do it. You are deterring people from our sport because they think that after they buy the rifle they will have to spend 500 dollars on a reloading kit (because one of the cheaper loaders wont make accurate ammo) This guy seems to know a thing or two but a newbie doesnt want to spend 500 on a rifle/scope combo then turn around and buy a 350 dollar reloading kit just to get "reasonable accuracy". Rant complete.
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P.B.Walsh
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They use 180 grain Berger VLD's.
I dont intend to make this a long range gun. i just want a rifle that is capable of taking a 500 yard if the shot was presented. As far as shooting goes I taken deer out to the 400yrd mark with a one shot kill with a 06. the only reason considering a 7 mag is the price is in my budget.
bang_bang
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If the rifle is within your budget...why not go ahead and get it?
Even if you decide the '06 is still your go-to-rifle, the 7mm would still be a great rifle to get. I've taken dozens of deer with my 7mm Rem Mag, from 20 yards to over 200, all but one required just one bullet to make a quick kill. (The first deer I ever shot was with the rifle, my experience and skill was lacking and my 12-year old arms were quite excited.)
Mine doesn't see much use anymore since I bought my 300 Win Mag, but I still manage to drop a deer every year to keep it happy. It usually goes out in the field once a year during deer season...it's my lucky rifle.
Even if you decide the '06 is still your go-to-rifle, the 7mm would still be a great rifle to get. I've taken dozens of deer with my 7mm Rem Mag, from 20 yards to over 200, all but one required just one bullet to make a quick kill. (The first deer I ever shot was with the rifle, my experience and skill was lacking and my 12-year old arms were quite excited.)
Mine doesn't see much use anymore since I bought my 300 Win Mag, but I still manage to drop a deer every year to keep it happy. It usually goes out in the field once a year during deer season...it's my lucky rifle.
MachIVshooter
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That's not hunting at all. It's an excercise in markmanship.
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Just one round or what?
Uncle Mike
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Buy it!
The 'big 7' is a fine round for deer. The Savage 110 is fine rifle...so there, everything is fine!
The 'big 7' is a fine round for deer. The Savage 110 is fine rifle...so there, everything is fine!
MTMilitiaman
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The 7mm Rem Mag is an excellent critter slayer for what you're looking for.
A 160 gr Nosler Accubond or 162 gr Hornady SST driven at over 2900 fps sheds velocity slower than Congress and delivers long-range punch without bone jarring recoil. In fact, from a rifles of similar weight, you should find the 7mm recoils only marginally more than the 06. With the 7mm, long range performance is achieved through decent velocities combined with very low drag, high BC projectiles.
A 160 gr Nosler Accubond or 162 gr Hornady SST driven at over 2900 fps sheds velocity slower than Congress and delivers long-range punch without bone jarring recoil. In fact, from a rifles of similar weight, you should find the 7mm recoils only marginally more than the 06. With the 7mm, long range performance is achieved through decent velocities combined with very low drag, high BC projectiles.
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BS.
I mean, is there some magical range at which it becomes shooting rather than hunting?
There are the muzzleloader/.45-70/.30-30 crowd that says anything over some arbitrary range is unethical and more shooting than hunting. Then there is the .30-06 crowd that says anything over some other longer arbitrary distance is unethical and is more shooting than hunting. Then there is the magnum crowd with their own arbitrary and highly theoritical maximum engagement distance.
Then there is me. I am just sick of hearing people extrapolate their own capabilities and ethics on others. The maximum ethical range a hunter should be engaging game is almost entirely individual. It depends on the skill of the hunter, his/her equipment, and the environmental/external circumstances at the time.
I'm not shooting at a game animal outside 400 yards with my 7 Mag, but that is a reflection of my own abilities and, to a lesser extent, the capabilities of my equipment. But I am not about to say anyone who dedicates the time to developing the skills, spends the time scouting, then glassing, and then ranging and setting up the shot isn't every bit the hunter that some hillbilly with a lever action tromping through the woods is.
And BTW, I am almost positive most of the work seen done in that movie is done with a 168 gr Berger VLD in a 7mm Rem Mag.
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