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Anyone hunting elk with a magnum 7mm this year, or have we become a bunch of ladies' and kids' cartridge shooters?
The trend toward shorter, lighter, smaller, at longer range for huge animals has me wondering if the ghost of WDM Bell is haunting this site.
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Sure.....why not
7mm whatever mag is pure elk magic I've been told
Team that up with some Hornady Superhero and the show never ends
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Be carryin my mashburn this year.
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Be carryin my mashburn this year. Finally a real man amoung metro's!
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Be carryin my mashburn this year. Finally a real man amoung metro's! I've takin my 25-06 before but the mashburn needs baptized on my cow tag at fort peck. I'll be taking my 338-06 to the Crazies later into the season.
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Been using the STW W/ 160 gr Hornady btsp @ 3200 MV. But I Loaded up some 160 AB to try this year.
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Anyone hunting elk with a magnum 7mm this year, or have we become a bunch of ladies' and kids' cartridge shooters?
The trend toward shorter, lighter, smaller, at longer range for huge animals has me wondering if the ghost of WDM Bell is haunting this site. [color:#FFFF00][/color] Thought a 7 Mag was a ladies & kids cartridge....... 
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Anyone hunting elk with a magnum 7mm this year, or have we become a bunch of ladies' and kids' cartridge shooters?
The trend toward shorter, lighter, smaller, at longer range for huge animals has me wondering if the ghost of WDM Bell is haunting this site. [color:#FFFF00][/color] Thought a 7 Mag was a ladies & kids cartridge....... Funny, That's what a lot of people I know call it. 7MM Rem Mag "the ladies magnum" That must be the rest of the story.
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Be carryin my mashburn this year. Giddyup!
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Always thought the magic 7 was a city boy rifle
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Haven't used my 7mm RM on elk since 2005 or before. Got tired of the bullets bouncing off... Either that or I've been too busy trying other toys. This year it will be the Ruger American .30-06 Dad gave me before he died. Take your pick.  (Hint: For the 20+ years the 7mm RM was my only bolt-action big game rifle I never realized I needed anything else. "Wanted" was an entirely different story as I a curious SOB.)
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
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Always thought the magic 7 was a city boy rifle
Funny....I've mostly seen the 30/06 in the hands of country boys who couldn't shoot.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Anyone hunting elk with a magnum 7mm this year, or have we become a bunch of ladies' and kids' cartridge shooters? Seven? Millimeters? Pshaw. I'm using a .50 caliber rifle.
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Always thought the magic 7 was a city boy rifle
Funny....I've mostly seen the 30/06 in the hands of country boys who couldn't shoot. You have been with the wrong country boys. I used a 7 mag for a few years and then found out the .06 will do everything the 7 mag would with less powder and less recoil
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Anyone hunting elk with a magnum 7mm this year, or have we become a bunch of ladies' and kids' cartridge shooters?
The trend toward shorter, lighter, smaller, at longer range for huge animals has me wondering if the ghost of WDM Bell is haunting this site. The 7 Mag is surrounded by a mystique perpetrated and propagated largely by those with little actual experience, who seem driven to pass along their ignorance to younger generations who revel in a cartridge that will do magical things without having to actually practice shooting. Don't know why that is�The 7 mag is an excellent cartridge, but its users rely on the mystique, rather than the reality.I have yet to see anyone competently shoot a 7 Remington Mag. Skip up to the .300 Mags and I know a bunch of guys with a bunch of experience that handle them very well indeed. A cartridge anomaly, as it were�.
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Be carryin my mashburn this year. Giddyup! +1
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Anyone hunting elk with a magnum 7mm this year, or have we become a bunch of ladies' and kids' cartridge shooters? 'splain, please? I thought the 7mm mag was a ladies' and kids' cartridge. Pretty good for coyotes and the like. Tom
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Anyone hunting elk with a magnum 7mm this year, or have we become a bunch of ladies' and kids' cartridge shooters?
The trend toward shorter, lighter, smaller, at longer range for huge animals has me wondering if the ghost of WDM Bell is haunting this site. [color:#FFFF00][/color] Thought a 7 Mag was a ladies & kids cartridge....... Funny, That's what a lot of people I know call it. 7MM Rem Mag "the ladies magnum" That must be the rest of the story. Yep, and it works damn good on deer, yotes and smaller critters. I'll be using my 338 win again this year..
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Lots of wowen and kids will get along great and kill this year with a 260, 308, 7/08 and gasp 243.
I'll be along on a few of these hunts. It's great hunting with people that don't try to over complicate things with things they think they know.
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7mm magnums are fine elk rounds. In fact they're just as good as the .270 or .30-06.
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