Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting 6.5X284 or 7 rem mag????

I found a few Savage long range hunters for sale, and can choose between these two.

Which would you choose?

7mm RM.

7mm Rem Mag

7mm for me, simply because componants are much easier to procure locally. I hate being forced to mail-order.

I'm sure the ballistics between the two can be micro-parsed down to the red c**t hairs, and they probably will be here shortly, but for myself the choice would hinge on the very easy "stuff" for the 7 mag.

Oh. One more thing. If a 6.5-.284 requires fireforming the brass then that'd really seal the deal. Can't abide by the waste of time and money in fireforming brass. Just IMHO. I've got a rifle I have to form for and it drives me batty every time it's time for new brass, just seems wasteful.

David,

Owning and shooting both and just recently building a 7mm mag.

I wished I had built another 6.5-284 instead of the 7mm mag.

Lapua 6.5-284 brass all the way.

Lighter recoil and the ability to really do anything the 7 can do seals it for me.

The 6.5 is easier to load accurate for me as well.

Pretty easy choice for me. 6.5-284 all the way, You dont need to fireform as you can get Lapua brass, very easy to make shoot.

6.5x284 of those two hands down. The big 7mms have issues with fliers now and then too.... you get premade GREAT brass with a 6.5x284, great projectiles, accurate case, whats not to like there?

I have both and like them both. The 6.5-284 brass doesn't have to be formed. Available from Norma and Lapua, the latter probably the better of the two. The 6.5-284 is a more efficient round and although both are very accurate, I'd give the edge to the 6.5-284. I guess it just depends what you want it to do. One can crank out more performance with the 7mm RM. They each have their strong points and their individual fan clubs. If you're a factory load type, go with the 7mm RM or a .270. Both 7mm RM and 6.5-284 are easy to reload.

DF

both, i have a 7mag with 168 bergers i shoot weekly, having a new 6.5x284 built as we speak,, ,,

300stw,

Are they both hunting wt. sporters or heavy target guns and what will be your planned utilization of the two?

DF

Hard choice between the 7Rm and the 6.5x284. I have both. Both kill stuff well enough. Good bullets are available for both. I would probably have to go with the 7 if I could not have both.

the 6.5 8lb all up ready to go, the 7 weighs 9 lbs all up,,,the 7 hols .5 moa out to 1000 yds pretty easy,,,will see about the 6.5 pretty soon,,,,

i have two of each. the 7mm mag sendero kicks less than the 6.5 -284 sendero because it has a vais break. i would not be able to decide. just wish had had a break put on the 6.5 .

I built a 6.5-06, same velocity. I really liked it and wrote and article in The Varmint Hunter about it. It didn't do anything earth shattering, but shoot flat and accurate. I built a 7mm mag too and loved the longer reach with a heavier bullet. Both worked exceptionally well, but are far from equal. For target shooting and fun with medium game, the 6.5 rules. For serious big game and long reach, the 7mm is a better tool by quite a stretch. Never had any problems with "fliers". That isn't the fault of the caliber ;o) Flinch

Application?

Couldn't think of a question,that Salvage answers with a straight face............

Surprise, a Savage hater.

Must be tough to face the fact that Savage has continually improved their wares and are now beating their competitors in both quality and price.

I don't think Big Stick necessarily hates Savages, he's just messing with you. I think he likes the Kimber Montana, which I do, too. I don't own any Savages, but looked at one today. A friend just bought a Savage 116FCSS in .270. It has the AccuStock and AccuTrigger. Both, innovative ideas. Fit and finish aren't much, but it looks like a real functional rifle. The action works smooth and I wouldn't bet against it shooting good groups. I believe it was out of the door at a little over $600. This guy bought a lot of rifle for the dollar.

DF

Savage is easily the most bang for the buck and there is no doubt it will be a shooter.

If I was many thousands of dollars invested in custom Remingtons I might be a little defensive too, I guess.

I almost made up this same exact thread last week. I have a 25-06 for the small stuff so I don't need another medium size game snuffer. I'm won't be saying that the 6.5 won't do for elk, however I will say that many states have a .270 diameter restriction on elk and bigger size game. 6.5 ammo isn't loaded by the factory as far as I know. This means that finding ammo for it in a pinch would be a pinch in the glutes.

This has me leaning towards the 7mm rem mag for this application. That said that the secret service used this round for a number of years and then suddenly switched over to the 300 win mag. Apparently the big 300's are really easy to get to shoot well. Either that or they just needed something that would punch through a tank. In addition the last time that I looked more records were held by 300's than by 7mm's. Then again better bullets are coming out for the 7mm on a yearly basis. I wouldn't be surprised if there are a thousand different types of bullets available for the 7mm by now. (slight hyperbole).

My vote goes to a 7mm or 300 magnum for ammo availability, magnum power, and accuracy.