For example, a couple years ago three hunters showed up in camp with 7 mags. Two of the three had issues putting a deer down. The next week, four hunters showed up shooting acceptable cartridges. All four had no problems. I've seen this repeated time and time again. Is the problem the shooter, not the round? Of course. But the round makes the shooter.
I think what happened with a good many magnums is that people who couldn't really shoot to begin with bought them because, for any number of reasons, they thought that was the way to go. Some, and this is probably the worst case scenario, thought "more power" could actually make up for bad shooting. In this respect I think magnums rather end up getting a bad rap.
I've not looked it up but in similar weight rifles and bullet weights isn't the 7mmRM very close to a 30-06 as far as recoil?
Yes, that's been my experience. Keeping in mind the 7's I've shot have been on average a little heavier than the '06s.
