The old advice, from the old days when all we had were CC bullets(and the only premiums available were Noslers and a few Bitterroots,if you could get them)was that 160's were best for all-round in the 7 RM.Also, Remington factory 150 CoreLokts killed a lot of game.

That may be true today as well, but if you watch your bullet construction, today you can use almost any weight in a 7RM,from a tough 120 to a 175 and do pretty good.Last year there was a fellow on here who posted pics of elk he killed with the 120TTSX from, I think a 7MM WSM.Same same.

Nice thing about the 7RM is that you get good velocity with about any bullet weight without a lot of recoil.If anything the cartridge is better now than when it came out,thanks to all the great bullets.Other 7mm's with similar capacity do as well.




The 280 Remington is overbore.

The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.