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I'm starting to wonder if a guy could just buy a 700 in 7RM, bed it into a good stock, tweak the trigger and end up with a rifle that doesn't take a back seat to anything?
That's the route I'm headed... Remington? Which one did you go with? I'm thinking about just picking up a stainless SPS in 7mag and dropping it in a McMillan edge. Yep... stainless SPS that my new wife bought me for Christmas. Bedded it in a standard fill McClassic. Gotta get around to chopping it to 24" one of these days... but I think it'll work well for now.
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I'm starting to wonder if a guy could just buy a 700 in 7RM, bed it into a good stock, tweak the trigger and end up with a rifle that doesn't take a back seat to anything?
That's the route I'm headed... Remington? Which one did you go with? I'm thinking about just picking up a stainless SPS in 7mag and dropping it in a McMillan edge. Yep... stainless SPS that my new wife bought me for Christmas. Bedded it in a standard fill McClassic. Gotta get around to chopping it to 24" one of these days... but I think it'll work well for now. Awesome. Keep us updated how it shoots. I've got Hunsonora's old 260 SPS and it shoots amazing.
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You gentlemen do realize the trouble this thread is going to cause? Once it hits 20 pages, it is going to spawn another 7mmRM vs 7mm-300 WM vs 7mm Mashburn thread. Me, I am putting my money on the 7mm-300 Norma!!
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I'm starting to wonder if a guy could just buy a 700 in 7RM, bed it into a good stock, tweak the trigger and end up with a rifle that doesn't take a back seat to anything? Wonder if those 700's are twisted s right, throated right or have enough magazine length? Probably not.. back to the drawing board  If Remington could offer such a rifle, maybe bullet manufacturers would finally start making decent .284" bullets.. Sure would leave a lot of money for tags, instead of chasing the perfect build.. No way.... Not for a serious hunter anyways. Tanner
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Considering there's a .577 TRex, might as well neck it to .277 TRex...
You fellas going SWFA on them there 7 Maggie's?
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You gentlemen do realize the trouble this thread is going to cause? Once it hits 20 pages, it is going to spawn another 7mmRM vs 7mm-300 WM vs 7mm Mashburn thread. Me, I am putting my money on the 7mm-300 Norma!! You forgot the STW!
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I'd rather see the debate about the 7mm Rem Mag Vs. the 300 Win Mag. They categorically are used on the same game and both have range.
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Yup...I agree. However, there is a fairly new 7mm sheriff in town called the 28 Nosler which can also be added for comparison......
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Yup. That thing will poke your eye out. Tempted to try the variable version myself.
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Keep us updated how it shoots. I've got Hunsonora's old 260 SPS and it shoots amazing. Will do... won't be long now. That .260 does bad... ugly... borderline heinous things to prairie dogs... brings a smile to my face just thinking about it.
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Thanks Bob. Tho I do love the Wby, cases can be expensive as you know. Thought if I tried the long throat thing in the 7 Rem Mag,would have more options. The take off barrel cost me $45 bucks, we did the work, so had nothing to loose and everything to learn. Working so far.
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Keep us updated how it shoots. I've got Hunsonora's old 260 SPS and it shoots amazing. Will do... won't be long now. That .260 does bad... ugly... borderline heinous things to prairie dogs... brings a smile to my face just thinking about it. It does really bad things to mule deer and elk too.
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Bob:
thank you, I've mostly been shooting the 160 partition as I'd bought a bunch because they were on sale but have planned to switch to accubonds when I run out. Planned on just sticking to 160s for everything. figure if they won't work then I really need either a bigger or smaller gun If I had a bunch of Partitions I wouldn't switch to an Accubond.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Bob:
thank you, I've mostly been shooting the 160 partition as I'd bought a bunch because they were on sale but have planned to switch to accubonds when I run out. Planned on just sticking to 160s for everything. figure if they won't work then I really need either a bigger or smaller gun If I had a bunch of Partitions I wouldn't switch to an Accubond. Yep! the partitions can't be replaced cheap (ly). Jerry
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I have 4 7RMs. 2 are Senderos and 2 BLRs.
I've never regretted that I wasn't taking advantage of the rifles potential because I was too close.
Never felt like 7mags were particularly hard kickers.
Most elk I kill (most anything actually) are at ~100 yards.
On a few occasions I killed elk or antelope at 400yds or so. That is not really the shot I'd prefer but the 7mag was nice to have at the time.
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Well, according to the Gospel of Speer Reloading Manual 13, "If you own a good 280, there's little reason to trade it in for any of the 7mm Magnums."
page 237.
I bought my 280 a dozen years ago, and every time I think of a 7RM I go back and read that Speer manual... Although I own and like both, I have to agree with Speer. If all I had was a .280 and I wanted more horsepower, I'd probably opt for a .300 Magnum of some sort.
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This thread kinda sucks now without Bob around. RIP.
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Well, you can look at it another way. Bob would probably be happy if we continued on with a bunch of 7mm Rem Mag, Mash, 30-06, and 270 win threads.
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