Better late than never on this thread. Or maybe not...
These guys above have it all wrong. Having used the '06, .300 Mag and 7Mag here in Alaska, let me put it this way:
The '06 will do anything the 7 will and the 300 will do it better.
I'm positive a 175 grain in a 7 Mag will kick more and and probably just bounce off, whereas the 180 in '06 and 300 Mag will kick less, has good penetration, and kills better.
In the interests of full disclosure, I just have never been able to get all warm and fuzzy over the 7 Mag. Could have been that POS stock on my first one....ah, naw...! (Roll your eyes back, it would.)
Although there was this one Husquavarna that the SOB wouldn't sell me. I'd done some work for him on it and consequently had to "test fire" it before he got it back. About 50 rounds worth, tho the first 3 rounds were sufficient for function.
That thing was sweet in every respect.
Bullets probably would have just bounced off a moose tho.....
