Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting 280 rem vs 7mm mag

I have, hunt with and like both. At closer ranges there is nothing the 7mm RM can do that the .280 cannot do as well. For longer ranges I prefer the extra 200-300fps the 7mm RM provides.

Neither cartridge is a high pressure cartridge - the .280 Rem is rated for 60,000 psi MAP while the 7mm RM is at 61,000 psi. The big difference is case capacity - about 67 grains for the .280 compared to about 83 for the 7mm RM.