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I just have no use for it. Lots of them around the woods when I was a kid as guys got them because they'd "go west someday" but still - my 7-08 does everything I need in a trimmer package with less BS.
Excellent brass
Not bad on powder consumption
Accurate in my Montana This here too. Everyone buys big ol guns because they might someday....but today they will shoot a deer at 135 yards (not real sure no rangefinder).
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Lots of no experience talking in this thread.    <no confusion-- I have/like/use 7 RM & 300 WM > Jerry
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Had a 300 WM - I'd still rather my 7-08 over that. Can't imagine shooting a 7RM would change my mind given that.
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Again - it's for my hunting, not that it's useless for other's hunting. It offers NOTHING special for ME as I stated over other cartridges that do have very real advantages for ME. 7-08 does all I need with excellent Lapua brass, modest powder requirements, handy rifle. Of course bullet selection is a wash. Show me why and how a 7rm or the 300 WM which I've already used and discarded is somehow an improvement over that. And just for accuracy - here's what I posted. I just have no use for it. Lots of them around the woods when I was a kid as guys got them because they'd "go west someday" but still - my 7-08 does everything I need in a trimmer package with less BS.
Excellent brass
Not bad on powder consumption
Accurate in my Montana Had a 300 WM - I'd still rather my 7-08 over that. Can't imagine shooting a 7RM would change my mind given that.
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A Pabst can do almost everything a Fat Tire can....
Well now Dogshooter, that one is just being absurd.
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How come so many people don't use 7mags anymore??
They are now made in lighter guns and not such a beast to carry.
Nothing new is really lights out better?
Tremendous bullet and powder choices.
Lots of brass available.
Are people just looking for something different?? Because the 270 Win does almost everything a 7mag will.  The further away things get, the less true this is. Anyone who thinks the 7 Rem Mag is somehow waning in popularity lives under a rock....or spends too much time reading about trendy new cartridges. The blather about long actions, belts, and stretchy cases is the stuff of anal retentive handloaders,and has nothing to do with the Top Ten popularity of the cartridge for BG hunting. It still smokes everything in its category and is right there with the 30/06,270, and 300 Win Mag as an international BG cartridge. Nothing else comes close. The dreaming that goes on here is astonishing. You people ever get out of the friiggin house?  If I could have one cartridge to hunt the whole continent, it would likely be a 7 Rem Mag.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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I agree with Bob. The 7RM is magic, and all those who insult it are stupid, or live under rocks, or never leave the house.
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Because the 270 Win does almost everything a 7mag will. A fat ugly chick can do almost everything Scarlet Johansson can... A Pabst can do almost everything a Fat Tire can.... A Ranger can do almost everything an F350 can.... You see where I'm headed here.... I think you missed the fact that the bait had a hook in it. By the way, fat ugly chicks need love too, a Ranger cannot tow/haul within 20% of an F350, and I prefer Irish over Belgium brews, but it's ALL good. 
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How come so many people don't use 7mags anymore??
They are now made in lighter guns and not such a beast to carry.
Nothing new is really lights out better?
Tremendous bullet and powder choices.
Lots of brass available.
Are people just looking for something different?? Because the 270 Win does almost everything a 7mag will. The further away things get, the less true this is. Anyone who thinks the 7 Rem Mag is somehow waning in popularity lives under a rock....or spends too much time reading about trendy new cartridges. The blather about long actions, belts, and stretchy cases is the stuff of anal retentive handloaders,and has nothing to do with the Top Ten popularity of the cartridge for BG hunting. It still smokes everything in its category and is right there with the 30/06,270, and 300 Win Mag as an international BG cartridge. Nothing else comes close. The dreaming that goes on here is astonishing. You people ever get out of the friiggin house? If I could have one cartridge to hunt the whole continent, it would likely be a 7 Rem Mag. Being serious, I don't disagree. But I wasn't serious. Excuse me while I climb back under my rock. I prefer it to my mansion due to location.
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IMO, for the guys that liked to buy big guns and shoot them little, I suppose the 300 Ultra stole some of the SEVENMAG's thunder a few years ago.
But I don't see many new 300 Ultras around these days.
7mm Rem Mag is one of the rounds I shoot/hunt with the least. I usually hit right on either side of it (7 STW or 280).
But I would probably be the last to go if I had to start selling.
When properly hand loaded, it is uber versatile.
I probably hit more elk with a pickup than you have with a rifle. I have yet to see anyone claim Leupold has never had to fix an optic. I know I have sent a few back. 2 MK 6s, a VX-6, and 3 VX-111s.
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I agree with Bob. The 7RM is magic, and all those who insult it are stupid, or live under rocks, or never leave the house. Bingo.... LMAO... cwh : No one said it was magic except you, and the OP did not make any issues about any of its imaginary drawbacks which some other people decided to throw into the mix. The OP was trying to convince us that it isn't popular, which is utterly absurd. Your sarcasm is not hard to spot.
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The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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If I could have one cartridge to hunt the whole continent, it would likely be a 7 Rem Mag.
Would not be a bad choice. I certainly hope I don't have to choose just 1 but..... It would be among, 7 RM, 30-06, & 300 WM As much as I like and have used 270s it wouldn't be my choice for JUST one. I have used a 6.5X55 for the last 4 seasons and killed W T........ It would NOT be considered. As Teal said above, he (and every one) doesn't need a 300 WM, I don't need a 375 HH but the 7, 06, & 300 have very wide applications. Jerry
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But I don't see many new 300 Ultras around these days. I did not see many for a long time but the recent long range hunting and shooting boom (pun intentional  ) has made them hugely popular around here. But to bring it back to topic, you see a lot of those rigs in 7RM as well.
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How come so many people don't use 7mags anymore??
They are now made in lighter guns and not such a beast to carry.
Nothing new is really lights out better?
Tremendous bullet and powder choices.
Lots of brass available.
Are people just looking for something different?? How much did they pay you to start this thread?
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I have shot lots of other guy's 7mm Rem. Mags. over the years, it is a cartridge that never impressed me so I've never owned one. When I needed magnum power for the game I was hunting I went with the .338 Win. Mag.. I sold the .338 several years ago and now hunt with the .35 Whelen.
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I don't see the 7mm and 338 mags as trying to address the same need.
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The 7mag is in the ranks of the .284cal like the 30-06 is in the ranks of the .308cal.Some may be a little better,some not,but after it's all said and done,it's hard to beat.
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For the not so average guy the big 7 blows away a 270 by a landslide. For the average guy or average hunter/shooter it's really not much different. Same can be said for a lot of it though.
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I have noticed the 7 Rem Mag is really popular with southern whitetail hunters. Much more so than it was in PA.
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