Any 7mm Remington Mag fans here?

[SpeedAKL]

The 7mm Remington Magnum seems to me to be the perfect "all-around" cartridge. Now I know many people are not fans of big magnums, but hear me out. Here's a list of reasons why:

-killer ballistics, easily better than .30-06 or .308 and superior to .300WM at very long distances
-enough power to easily stop any game animal save for certain large or dangerous game like buffalo or great bears
-recoil is controllable for most shooters
-ammunition is readily available and while expensive is not as bad as manynewer or more specialized cartridges; its also the cheapest magnum round out there
-for reloaders, brass is relatively plentiful and not too expensive
-for long-range shooters, while there are no over-the-counter match loads available a reloaded can use good brass and match-grade 7mm bullets like Berger VLD and have a 1100m+ tool for a reloading cost of just over $1/round. Yes a .338LM will get you out further, but will be far more expensive in doing so.

I've been kicking around another high-powered bolt action, and a 7RM will probably be my next one. To me, its a far more sensible choice than most of the specialized long range cartridges. A Remington 700 Sendero is chambered in it from the factory, and I could always go the custom route if I saved up for awhile.

 

[MJR007]

7mag is a big mag? Never mind.

Good luck.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

I agree 100 percent. The 7 mags are absolutely perfect in my opinion for the majority of large game. A lot of people will post here arguing that it is too much gun for whitetails, and they do have a point, but in some places, you may hunt a variety of game on the same day. If you're hunting mule deer and have a chance to take a moose on the same hunt, you've got plenty of gun to do it. And I would much rather have a little power to spare than almost enough. I don't own a 7mm yet, but it's on my list. Don't really need one where I'm at, but that's not the point. I flat out want one.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

I'm pretty sure when he said "big magnums", he meant magnums in general.

 

[SpeedAKL]

I'm pretty sure when he said "big magnums", he meant magnums in general.

correct

 

[d2wing]

I have a 7mm mag in a Remington 700 BDL ss with box magazine, Leopold scope. It's very accurate, flat shooting, and it takes the worry out of being not close with it's performance. With soft point bullets it still will penetrate
a wall hanger buck nearly end to end. The 06 is not far behind and cheaper to shoot. If I see a deer within 400 yards, with a decent gun rest, it's dead.

 

[Horsemany]

I'm a fan based on the 4 7mm RM's I have in the cabinet. They're more gun than I need hunting strictly whitetail in the midwest so I've been using the 270 the last few years with good luck. I'll always be a fan of the 7mmRM though.

 

[Runningman]

7mm RM will do the job on most all big game in North America from what I have seen, especially with the heavier 160 and 175 grain bullets. Got two friends that got 7mm Rem mag in high school on the 70s. They still hunt Deer and Elk with them.

Back in the 90s I picked up a couple rifles in the slightly longer version of the 7mm Remington Mag..... a couple 7mm STWs, been very pleased with the performance of them.

 

[oneounceload]

a 160 Nosler partition in the 7mm mag, IMO, is the perfect round for almost everything i the lower 48

 

[P.B.Walsh]

I love the crap out of the wonder cartridge, too bad the rifles that I'd like to have that has a 7mmRM is expensive!! The bullets are way too expensive for my poor self.....

 

[Zak Smith]

Run the ballistics on a 163/168 VLD in 7mm RM/WSM vs. a 250gr in .338 Lapua Magnum, or the 180gr VLD in 7 vs. the 300gr in .338LM-- the 7mm doesn't really give up anything ballistically, other than 40% bullet mass.

-z

 

[okierifleman]

I am a big fan of the big 7's. I have a STW, RUM, and a Weatherby, I love them all.

 

[surjimmy]

I have always liked the 7mag, I just picked up a BDL in 98% made in 1968. Will try it out in a month for deer season.

 

[dakotasin]

the 7 rem mag is the cartridge that started my love affair w/ 7mm chamberings, bolt guns, and hunting... i'm a huge fan of the 7 rem mag, and think pretty highly of most of the other 7's as well...

 

[Uncle Mike]

The 7mm bullet is one of the very best...period!
Say your going to be doing it all with this new wonder 7...?

Your run of the mill production hunting iron wont wring out all the potential of the 7 mag.
They do have increased recoil, if that's a concern for you.
Do you hunt with hearing protection...? Whatdyou say...huh...yea, it's loud!

It will whack anything that walks or crawls with authority!
I like the 7 mags. have several. I used to hunt with one, but elevated to a 7mm-08 and sometimes the ol' 30-06.

If you like it....get it! They are great!

 

[Sav .250]

My son has one. That is one, serious killing machine.

 

[Snakum]

I looked at the ballistics of the 7, the 30-06, the 300, and the 308 before I bought the 7mm and it did seem to be a close to a do-it-all round as I could get. I love the 7mm, and will be looking for a second Model 70 synthetic 7mm mag soon to replace my .300 WM. For what I do - hunting deer and hogs, target shooting, long range target and varmint shooting, SHTF sniping - the 7mm mag is perfect while the 300 is more recoil for no real gain (if I was an active duty Army sniper I might feel differently).

 

[627PCFan]

-killer ballistics, easily better than .30-06 or .308 and superior to .300WM at very long distances
But are you skilled enough to apply that?

-enough power to easily stop any game animal save for certain large or dangerous game like buffalo or great bears
I would think 2x about going up against dangerous game. There are just better calibers for that-

-for reloaders, brass is relatively plentiful and not too expensive
But there is a lack of match grade brass

I recommend one but consider the above

 

[qman2]

I love mine. I'm not a gun afficianado and only have this one cuz my dad gave it to me. Sid he couldn't take the pain. I could understand him too since he shot two boxes of rounds at deer without a scope. The dummy. It killed mine too at the range but I feel nothing out hunting.

I've killed pronghorn, deer, and elk with it and it works great. It blows right through PH and deer with the cheapo Winchester Super X rounds and they don't run too far. I put a CXP2 round right through a big bull the other day like he was soft butter. He dropped like a rock. The exit wound was barely larger than the entry. I'll never buy those things again unless I hunt elephants.

 

[berettashotgun]

The 7mm Remington Magnum round is a favorite of mine.
It is possibly the most sensible ( if that actually does apply ) magnum round currently in use.

You get what you need and a little extra in this chambering.

It is sad to say the 280AI is a better cartridge IMHO; but for the money a 7mm Remington is the way to go. The 280AI would take off in another time, but for now the market is FLOODED with an overlap of efficient hunting rounds.
Bullet selection for the 7mm is very broad, I have not yet fired an accu-tip after buying 500 rounds (150gr.).
I figured since the 140 & 150 ballistic tip worked so well, the accu-tip must be better
( got a good deal on them).......

 

[razorback2003]

Great Round for Stand Hunting

I have enjoyed using a Savage 110 7 Rem Mag when stand hunting for deer over clear cuts and long logging roads in Tenn and Arkansas. It is a very plain gun with a wood stock and 24 inch barrel. The rifle is kind of heavy...nothing I'd want for slipping through the woods or blind hunting. It is very accurate...I'd like to put a Timney trigger (i have a pre accutrigger rifle) on it and take the front sight off...It has a decent Bushness 3-9 scope with a 100-300yd compensator..I'd like a Nikon Monarch (I have a low power 1.5-4.5 power on my Winchester 94 30-30 and how GREAT that Nikon is for the money!) on it too and a Limbsaver recoil pad. I'd leave the plain birch wood stock alone because it adds weight to the gun and helps cut recoil down. It's not a bad kicking gun because it is fairly heavy between the gun, scope, and sling, and 24 inch barrel.

7 Mag will do just about anything in North America....except your big grizzley, polar, and brown bears. I don't have a fancy gun...but I think once I enhance my rifle a little bit...it will work just fine anywhere on anything except large dangerous game. A heavier gun helps recoil...and a good pad....I do know 7 mag ammo is a little expensive...but this isn't my target rifle...it is a hunting rifle...I'd go broke if I shot my 30-30 weekly at the range just like my 7 mag...that is what my 22 rifle is for!

I will say deer don't run very far when you hit them with the 7 mag...but they don't run far when hit with the 30-30 either....it's the man behind the gun that really matters....but as an all around gun 7 mag and 30-06 are both great when you can only have on rifle to do it all for elk, caribou, black bear, moose, deer, antelope. I can't do such a wide variety of game with my 30-30 with confidence. My 30-30 is my woods rifle.

 

[hardluk1]

I own to rifles and both do there job well . I use a old 788 rem in 308 for bottom and shorter range hunting and the custom 7rem mag for stand hunting over clearcuts and farm fields. I do like both Noslers BT's and the SST from hornady but have shot barnes x in both but never over 140gr. The X in a 140 will work fine on large game too.

 

[rangerruck]

if you are going to handload, and want a factory rifle, I would look at either a 260, or better yet, something in 6.5 remington mag, or 264 winmag. Both were designed to best the 7mag, for everything, past 500 yds, and they do; they just make a smaller hole. But they were done to , what factory companies screwed up whenever they could, when it comes to rifles. No one else is allowed to make the round, no one else is allowed to make a rifle chambered for the round, etc., etc. Plus remmy and winny put this round, in rifles that were heavy, relatively ugly, and came with 16 or 18 inch bbls, which really short changed the round.
the amount of bullets in 6.5, that are absolutely tailor made, and made to high tolerance, for long distance shooting, as opposed to the 7mm bullets, is night and day.

 

[Zak Smith]

I would look at either a 260, or better yet, something in 6.5 remington mag, or 264 winmag. Both were designed to best the 7mag, for everything, past 500 yds, and they do;

Here's a comparison of some 7mm and 6.5mm loads. I didn't have any 6.5RM/WM data to put in

Bullet_           _BC_ _MV_         0     250     500     750    1000    1250 | YARDS
7RM/WSM 180       0.654 2950 >    0.00    2.44   10.30   24.47   46.08   76.51 | wind (inches)
7RM/WSM 162       0.625 3050 >    0.00    2.43   10.29   24.53   46.31   77.10 | wind (inches)
6.5-284 139       0.615 3050 >    0.00    2.47   10.48   25.00   47.25   78.77 | wind (inches)
.260+ 139         0.615 2900 >    0.00    2.67   11.30   26.97   51.04   85.17 | wind (inches)
.260 139          0.615 2820 >    0.00    2.78   11.77   28.11   53.23   88.84 | wind (inches)

7RM/WSM 180       0.654 2950 >   -0.00    0.59    2.20    4.17    6.52    9.31 | drop (mil)
7RM/WSM 162       0.625 3050 >   -0.00    0.53    2.04    3.91    6.14    8.82 | drop (mil)
6.5-284 139       0.615 3050 >   -0.00    0.53    2.05    3.93    6.19    8.90 | drop (mil)
.260+ 139         0.615 2900 >   -0.00    0.63    2.33    4.43    6.96   10.02 | drop (mil)
.260 139          0.615 2820 >   -0.00    0.68    2.49    4.73    7.43   10.70 | drop (mil)

7RM/WSM 180       0.654 2950 >    2950    2653    2374    2114    1872    1648 | velocity (fps)
7RM/WSM 162       0.625 3050 >    3050    2734    2438    2162    1905    1668 | velocity (fps)
6.5-284 139       0.615 3050 >    3050    2729    2428    2149    1889    1650 | velocity (fps)
.260+ 139         0.615 2900 >    2900    2588    2297    2027    1776    1550 | velocity (fps)
.260 139          0.615 2820 >    2820    2513    2228    1962    1717    1498 | velocity (fps)

 

[ClayinAR]

7mm

I got a Sako Finnbear in about 1967. shot 5/8" right out of the box. Woth Sierra 120 grain Spitzer.
Still shoots under 3/4". Lately been using Midway noname 140's.
Never had anything run away from it.
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