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Nobody speaks of it much. Especially during "gack season".....
Your Every Liberal vote promotes Socialism and is an attack on the Second Amendment. You will suffer the consequences.
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Not sure what could be said that hasn’t been said. Its versatile, doesn’t kick hard, widely available.
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Mine is the all arounder in my collection. I would unhesitatingly hunt any animal in North America with it. I have used 140’s, 150’s and 160’s in it. Deer, coyote, hogs and black bear have been killed easily. As much as I love my 25’s if limited to 1 rifle The 7 would be it. GreggH
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I like 'em. Not a fatty WSM/SAUM. Readily available components, load data and once upon a time, ammo if desired. Vast track record of success. About as BIG as I can see any need for - for my tastes... Have two. One, a build, is a bit heavy that is going on a diet to be more suppressor friendly. The other, a NIB sporter, just in case if it's needed.
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More fun than slower 7's, more excitement than a creed.
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Mine is the all arounder in my collection. I would unhesitatingly hunt any animal in North America with it. I have used 140’s, 150’s and 160’s in it. Deer, coyote, hogs and black bear have been killed easily. As much as I love my 25’s if limited to 1 rifle The 7 would be it. GreggH BING ! BING ! BING ! The 7 RM is not my only rifle nor is it my only 'fav' rifle. I really like the 6.5X55 using 120 NBT. I really like the 270 Win. I'm attached to the 06, patriotic and sentimental fav. BUT if limited to one ---- 7 RM deserves its place. Jerry
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I've always felt like the 7mag is to the 7mm chamberings is what the 30-06 is to the 30 cal chamberings.Either one is quite versatile in bullet weights and game capabilities.I'm very comfortable with either one.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~ As Bob Hagel would say"You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong."Good words of wisdom...............
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That “one rifle” scenario always makes me cringe. But, the point is well taken. The 7RM does fill in most boxes regarding function. Not much it won’t do and do pretty well.
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The 7mm Rem Mag is by far the best of the best when it comes to fast, flat and wind bucking performance. Even with 9.5 and 9 twist barrels it will shoot 170-180 grain class bullets of high BC and SD. It makes a great choice for pronghorn up to moose with a plethora of bullets and weight choices. It also happen to be about optimum for powder capacity showing less than moderate throat erosion and barrel wear compared to other overbore cartridges. While it’s expansion ratio is less favorable than most moderate 30 mags, it’s much better than the 257 Wby, all 6.5mm Mags and all other 7mm Mags of greater case capacity. It may be the best balance of bore size, powder capacity, barrel length, speed, felt recoil and lethal performance. Released Circa 1962
That said the 270 Win offers many of the same performance characteristics with less recoil and can achieve high velocity with a 22-inch barrel. Still believe a 270 Win built light makes one of the very best combo plains and mountain rifles. Released Circa 1925.
Nothing new here, but both cartridges will still keep up or outperform new ones in the hunting fields and mountains.
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with loading manuals only showing 130 fps or so over my 280 rem. I am not sure why i keep a 7 mag around
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The only reason I don’t like it (and that language is too strong) is that it requires a 24 inch barrel. I don’t have any barrels that long and don’t intend to start. 22” is the max for me these days and I prefer 21” or 20”. Not much use in a 7 mag when you’re dealing with those barrel lengths.
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Mine is the all arounder in my collection. I would unhesitatingly hunt any animal in North America with it. Same. Last rifle I'd sell is my Rifles, Inc. built M-70.
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A 7mm RM made a lot of sense for my first do everything rifle, but that was back in the day when I was still young enough to run up and own those mountains out west looking for an elk and the Midwest deer didn't run off from it either. It is still in the gun safe though it could really use another home because a 7mm-08 does everything that I'll use for bigger game these days.
My other auto is a .45
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You don't need to load it to the maximum to get it to the point you need.....wife been using one for decades she is a petite woman but likes her 7 mm Rem. Mag and she takes every animal with no tracking.....
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Nobody speaks of it much. Especially during "gack season"..... Sure is a bunch of 'em on Gunbroker...
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I love my 7mm mags My Tikka has proven its self many times over, and my new Bergara 7mm mag is showing a lot of promise.
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It's because "long-action" is taboo these days. That pesky additional 1/2" receiver length is detrimental to the flat billed carbon barrel crowd.
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7mm Rem Mag was the long range hunting round of the day back when most of us started hunting.
Kind of like the Creedmoor is today. High BC and tolerable recoil (although some may disagree).
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Nobody speaks of it much. Especially during "gack season"..... Sure is a bunch of 'em on Gunbroker... Speaking of this I have seen a ton of 300 WSM on gunbroker and in local stores. Is it just me or is this one falling out of favor also?
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I agree with Gooch. It’s not new & flashy, not hyper-velocity, nor normally a fast twist over the counter rifle, has a belt, but still works well or would work well for the vast majority of hunters. As does a plethora of other cartridges, some older and some newer. Not sure what could be said that hasn’t been said. Its versatile, doesn’t kick hard, widely available.
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