Any 7mm Remington Mag fans here?

[rangerruck]

that is pretty close, but the 6.5 mag case is based on the 350 case necked down, and is about 150 to 200 fps faster than a 6.5-284 case, is it not?
which would edge it's ballistics just past the 7mag.

 

[jon_in_wv]

I'm not sold on the 260 beating the 7mm RM in ballistics but it doesn't give up much and it does it with a LOT less recoil. My 7mm is an awesome shooter but I intend to rebarrel it in 260 Remington in the spring.

 

[Zak Smith]

I assumed rangerruck was referring to the two 6.5mm magnums beating 7mm RM, not the .260. The "problem" with 6.5 mm cartridges with more powder capacity than 6.5-284 is the lack of 6.5mm bullets with a BC higher than about 0.61-0.62. 7mm can get into the 0.65-0.66 (Berger's new BCs are a little less than before-- used to be 0.68)

-z

 

[jon_in_wv]

I like my 7RM but the only problem is the most accurate load I've worked up with it is also listed as a maximum load in the manual so it goes without saying that recoil is pretty nasty. It shoots three shots into one little cloverleaf at 100y but the barrel heats up quickly and the group spreads out a lot if you don't keep the rate of fire really slow.

 

[elkhunter101]

it is a great round but i still love my 300 win mag.

 

[tommyintx]

my brother swears by his with 140 nosler btips.. I don't blame him, he has killed MANY deer and hog with it.

but i'm still a .308 guy

 

[pat86323]

I shoot a remington 700 in 7mag and it is BAD it is spooky accurate as long as i give it the ammo that it likes. Nothing that it has hit has ever survived. The thing that i really enjoy is the fact that shooting 150grain bullets i sight it in to shoot 0 at 250 then i can aim center mass and hit in the killzone out to 350-400. I just really enjoy not having to judge for elevation at reasonable hunting ranges.

 

[Snakum]

I now love the 7mm rem mag even more than I did when I posted on this thread back in October. I did a huge spreadsheet while searching for another hunting/target rifle that averaged out trajectories, drift, and energy across factory loads of the same type and bullet weight - ie. avg of all factory 140gr partition/A-frame bullets, avg of all 150gr ballistic tip loads, etc. and added comments on accuracy of the round, availability of ammo from box stores or sporting goods stores and what-not. And the 7mm came out on top based on the raw numbers, with the .270 in second. I love the power and trajectory of the round and with handloads I love the accuracy that can be wrung out of it. With only trigger work and fire-lapping the barrel, I now have my Model 70 in 7mm shooting handloads consistently at well under 1 MOA with the sporter barrel that came on it and shooting around 1 MOA with cheap Federal hunting ammo.

Among common ammo calibers it seems owning a 7mm mag will just about do-it-all, even though the 30-06 seems to be more flexible while shooting almost as flat and carrying close to the same energy with some factory loads. If I could only have one huntign/target rifle it would be a 30-06. If I could have two it would be the 7mm and the 270 or a 25-06.

 

[scchokedaddy]

7 mm big magnun? .284 diam. against 3o cal. 140 grain against 150 just wondering mines retired but still love it.