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We have a very different perspective. I have one in a longer custom barrel Savage. As i recall she kicked like a mule. Have not shot that rifle for years.

I like light weight rifles & seem to only hunt midwest Whitetail deer, where 300 lbs live weight would be a big deer. In the last decade I have gravitated to the 6.5mm Grendel & more recently the 6mm ARC.
The little CZ 527 has been doing well inside of 300 yards for my use. Then I grew up with the 6mm Remington. I am in the camp that the 6mm Rem does great though burns more powder than really needed.

Last years deer was my nicest deer yet. A 160 class tall 4x4 5 ish year old brute. He was taken at a laser ranged 254 yards.
https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/243-is-to-large-wink.288173/

This young girl seems to do well with a 6mm Arc as well.



Don't really need a sledge hammer for finish nail work.

I have a 7mm Weatherby if that's close enough for this conversation. It's a Fibermark, bought new in 1985 when they came with a McMillan stock. Hasn't seen action in many years.

I like that.

4 here - 2 Rem Mags and 2 WSM’s, a Win Model 70 and a Kimber 8400 in each flavor.

Bought my first (Savage 110) in college before I was a looney and only needed ( and could afford) one rifle at the time for deer and possibly elk hunting.

Do I need a “7 mag” today??? Nope but I like ‘em and have used one for deer hunting (among other cartridges from .243 to .45-70) for 30yrs, and suppose I’ll keep using one when I feel the desire.

Also have an schultz and Larsen 54j 7x61 sharp and hart. That was my grandfather.

I have owned a few, but don't own any now. I always felt kind of silly sitting in a blind or treestand shooting 80-100 lb does or 130-150 lb bucks with a 7 mag at 200 yds or less which is what about 95% of my hunting consists of. It is a great cartridge and really shines if you hunt beanfields, power lines or more open country further west than AL or TN where I hunt. Cartridges like the 7mm-08, 7x57, 300 Savage etc cover all my needs without much recoil or meat damage.

currently have a 7-08, 280 rem, 7rem mag and 28N. among others. I tend to grab the 7mag and 280 the most

Nothing against the cartridge. Its the platforms they come in which fail to interest me. Bigger heavier rifle to tote around...for what? Not alot of positive tradeoff there in my mind. Not with today's bullets.

Agree.

I had two. A Weatherby and a Winchester Model 70. It didn't take me long to figure out neither one did anything that my .06 could do and they burned more powder.They both went down the road

I have one in a Winchester Model 70. Bought it to hunt big game out west, figured my 30-30 wouldn't cut there.

I agree. Never owned one. Every time I compare it to the -06 they are so close ballistics wise that I can't justify the purchase. It also is too close to the 270 unless you are really into hair splitting.

I have had one since it hit the market years ago. My current one is on a 700 action with a 26 " Douglas. I must have built it about 1990. My favorite is my.300, but the 7 is second. My late wife took it over shortly after I had it built.. It was her favorite of all our rifles. She made some great shots with it over the years from antelope to moose. I still pack it each fall because she liked it so much. With 140 gr. BTBTs is a hammer with Re22. I am going to load 50 more of that load either this fall or next. Probably be the last batch of ammo I load for it. Never figured this over kill stuff, dead is dead. I load my own stuff so it is about as cheap to shoot as any of the larger centerfires.
It has taken, coyotes, antelope, axis deer, whitetails, mulies, black bear, elk, moose and caribou. Great round in a favorite rifle.

Got one in a Ruger MKII stainless, laminate. Don't necessarily need it for SC deer but I sure do love to shoot it. 150 grain Nosler Partitions work magic!

Don't forget that high BC Bullets drift less in the wind. The 7mm bullets were the highest BC before the current 6.5mm bullets arrived. The 7RM was the original high velocity and high BC cartridge. If it only had a 30 degree shoulder and no belt it would be everybody's darling. 7mm PRC anybody?

I got one in the late '80's when I got out of the woods and into the big open areas and figured I needed a bit more reach than my Ruger .44 carbine was giving me. It's a Ruger tanger. I'm sure I've killed more deer with that rifle than any other single firearm I own. I gave it to one of my sons several years ago. Today my 6.5X55 has replaced it as my favorite, most reliable rifle for killing deer. A bit less noise and confusion when the trigger breaks and the deer seem just as dead.

I have a tikka t3 and a Bergara hmr both in 7mm mag

Have a Tikka T-3 that has to go away.

Had at least one since 1980. Love em.

I have my eye on another, love a 7 mag. Love 264 Win mags too