Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting 7MM Remington Magnum for Elk

A LH Model 700 in 7 Mag. has been my Elk rifle since 1980. In the late 80s I put on a HS Precision stock and had all the shiny metal covered with Teflon -- even the Leupold. In those days the 175 grain Partition only came as a round nose so I loaded the 160 -- with IMR4831. I've killed a lot of Bulls with it -- never lost one. Missed a few though.

It kicks Waaaay less than by buddy's 300 Weatherby.

Another fellow I Elk hunt with has a Browning in 7 Mag. He buys 150 grain Rem CoreLocks and kills Elk with them. Now and then, he asks me if he should change ammo and I mention that maybe at least shoot 175 CoreLocks and that a Partition can be had in a loaded Federal cartridge. Next year -- he comes back with the 150 grain CoreLocks. He killed a nice Oregon 6 point 2 years ago.