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

My opinion of the 7mm RM is biased by the fact that my first centerfire was a 7mm RM, back in '82. It remained my only big game bolt rifle for 20+ years and my last elk was taken with one in 2015.

During that time my 7mm Rm has been used for light varminting (great target practice), antelope, deer and elk. The 7mm RM can shoot flatter and deliver more down-range energy and velocity than a .30-06 with similar recoil. (Actual recoil can be more or less depending on the loads compared.)

Although I now have four .30-06 rifles in my safe, along with a variety of of rifles chambered for larger and smaller cartridges, the last to go will be the 7mm RM.