Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Demise of 7mm Rem. Mag. Market driven or marketing?

You don't hear anything about the 30-06 either but, guess what, it's still around. I would imagine that the gun writers have used up their whole bag of words on the big 7 and now have all of the super new shorties to talk about but that don't mean the 7 is dead. It'll still do stuff the shorties can only think about. Not everybody just hunts whitetails.

I guess I could be considered old school because all of my rifles are in the tried and true calibers. 243, 270, 30-06, 30-30 and a Remmy 7 mag. Never had a critter say you can't kill me with a old caliber.


Reggie

I agree, you have to practically give them away to sell them here. I'd rather have a 30-06 with a 24" barrel as have a 7 mag.

Love the new WSM cartridges and they are extremely efficient ... up to the heaviest bullets for the caliber. However, the longer magnums perform better with the heavier bullets. I have a Win Laredo 7mmRemMag that I LOVE ... had it rebarreled with a Lilja 1:9 twist and had the action trued. She stacks 'em in tight. IMHO, the 7mmRemMag is one of the top 5 best calibers ever made. Slight more power than the '06. Doesn't have the recoil of the heavy mags. Extremely high BC with 175gr bullets. Capable of taking widest range of game. Love it! Neck turning + case uniforming + all the other bench rest tricks + Lilja barrel = dead deer at 450yds through the neck. Love the 7mmRemMag.