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The mention of moose is interesting.. The last moose my wife shot was with the 7mm Rem. She used a 140 gr. BTBT at 3400fps.
The shot was broadside at maybe 150 yds. She had a dead rest, and held 1/3 of the way up the shoulder.. At the shot, the moose took one step and crashed.. Don't know that I have seen a moose die as quickly with a body shot as that one..

When they first came out I was in gunsmith school. Douglas premium bbl, mark one Springfield action, Cajun trigger on a Yamawood stock and of course a Leupold scope. 50 years later it still shoots sub moa groups with 154 grain Hornaday with 4831, and if I honestly told you how many Antelope, Deer and Elk I have harvested wity ivy you would prolly call me a liar. God I love this gun.

WyoCoyoteHunter,

What a coincidence. The first moose my wife killed (a 34" Shiras bull) was angling away at around 125 yards, and did the same thing when Eileen whacked it with a 150-grain Partition from the .270 Winchester. It's also the quickest I've seen a moose die from a body shot.

The 7mm works wonderfully on elk. I was given a 7mm Mag as my first rifle and I stuck with the caliber for almost 20 years. I have never had a elk, bull or cow, move much more than 15 yards after being hit. Most have dropped on the spot. I've used reloads that my stepdad worked up (not sure but I think they were 168gr noslers), federal premium factory 165gr NP, and recently downgraded to the federal power shock 175gr SP. The Blue Box Specials (along with the others) hit hard and are very accurate in both my Sako 75 and my sporterized M1917 Enfeild.

Excellent elk medicine. That bump to just below the shells is a 145 grain Barnes LRX waiting to be removed. He didn't make it 3 steps.

Its interesting how the elasticity of the off-side hide will "trampoline" and catch those expanded soft points. Nice pic.

I like em and they work. I've shot many with 160NP and a couple with 160AB, they were all dead.

I shot my first bull elk (5x5) in Colorado in 1996 with a 7mm RM shooting Federal Premium 160 Nosler Partitions, 175 yards away 3/4 facing away, shot behind the shoulder and exited the brisket the size of a pool ball. He ran about 40 yards with blood all over the place. I've seen a lot of animals killed with a 7mm RM, it just gets the job done!

Mule Deer, interesting.. The .270 with a 150 Part. would be pretty lethal medicine.. My wife liked the 7 because it had a comfortable stock.. A bit heavy, but it fit her well.. At the time I didn't own a .270 or we may have used that instead.. Women make some remarkable shots... My wife didn't shoot a lot, but she was deadly when she did shoot..

Elk hate them. Seriously, it's all you need for elk. I'd say the majority of local hunters (with consistently full freezers) around here use 7mag, .300WM, and .30-06.

Yeah, would have loved to see a slow motion camera shot of it springing back.

The 7 is a very versatile rifle that is tough to beat for deer and elk. I prefer the 150 grain Barnes TTSX since mine loves 150's and those Barnes are really great at breaking bones if necessary.

I have shot several elk and a boatload of deer with my old Ruger 7mm RM made in 1976 and glass bedded, barrel free floated, and a trigger job 15 years later. It shoots little tiny groups and is sudden death for elk that are inside about 400 yards without having to think much. There are better dedicated elk guns with more raw power that shoot as flat or flatter but there aren't any that have a much better performance for the amount of recoil delivered. They just kill very well with a good bullet.

T3 Lite stainless 160 NAB 3,000 ft/sec mv.



That'll do.




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JR,

What was the MV and what distance on this shot? I'm considering this bullet and the 150 gr PT out of a 7mm wsm for our elk hunt this fall.

bludog

175 gr Partitions and enough IMR-7828/RL-22 to reach an accurate 2990 fps from a 26" barreled rifle has work for a couple of friends of mine for better than 20 years, I worked up the initial loads for them, they now handload for themselves and haven't changed a thing about said load.

LOTS of dead elk, mule deer, black bears and whitetail, something to be said for one load for all game with a particular rifle and familiarity.

Naw, we're got to use exactly the correct cartridge and bullet at the ideal velocity for every different species of game, or even different animals of the same species.

That's why Campfire members own several dozen rifles chambered in cartridges that differ about as much as corn from the same plot, and experiment endlessly with different powders and bullets, especially new powders and bullets.

sure beats coin collecting...

So true.

Can't think of much better ta do...cept ta read the RAGS Specially written ta capture the attention of like minded loonies...ScottyO.