If we're only worried about numbers, why not skip right over the 7/162 and go for a 30/208? Or a 338/300? Or a 50/750? Those bigger guns put up some impressive numbers, but they aren't very shootable in a rifle somebody wants to pack around the hills.
But the 7 RM is.... by a long ways. And puts up numbers that rival or beat the piss out of guns that recoil a whole lot more. That's the root of my love for the caliber and cartridge.
Tanner
I agree with Tanner and what Dogshooter says about the magnum 7's.It was always good even with yesterday's bullets,as a LR cartridge.Moderate recoil (for what you get),and reasonable rifle weight have always been by products of the cartridge.
