Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles The 7mm Rem Mag thoughts.

I've had a couple over the years. I can't detect any difference in recoil over 30-06 with similar bullet weights. On paper they look good, but in the real world I can hand load similar bullet weights for my 22" 30-06 at the same speeds that I could actually get from a 24" 7 mag. I found published data for 7 mag loads to be "optimistic".

In similar bullet weights 7mm bullets will have better BC's and that does translate to more energy and slightly less bullet drop even if started at the same speeds. But the advantages weren't great enough for me to justify keeping a 7 mag and a 30-06. And I had too much history with my 30-06's to part with them.