Bought a Remington 700KS in 7mm Rem. Mag. in the first year or two after Big Green introduced that model. Shot (shoots) like a house afire. Whitetail, hog, pronghorn, elk, Dall sheep, coyote. 140 gr. Partition, 160 gr. Partition, 175 gr. Partition. I could happily hunt the rest of my days exclusively with that rifle but I can also say that about half a dozen other rifles/chamberings.
In six trips to Namibia (involving animals in the triple digits) I've never taken the 7mm Mag. preferring a .300 Win. Mag. Again, whitetail hunting (involving triple digit animals) the majority have fallen to a .25-06 or a like-powered chambering. To me, the 7mm Mag. will do pretty much what the great majority of hunters will ever ask a rifle to do if it's the only rifle someone owns. But I don't know anybody who owns only one rifle. To me the chambering is a "tweener": more than I want/need for deer, less than I need/want for elk, plains game, etc. I have no interest in seeing how far I can kill an animal but for long range work on deer the 7mm Mag. in a suitable rifle would be good place to start.
What I have learned in a little over sixty years is that, in this time and place, there are many, many excellent choices and not just in rifle chamberings. Aren't we the lucky ones!
