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Is killing stuff still tough to do?

That's an interesting bit of speculation that I've never heard before. Makes sense.

Nope. It never were...

I used RL-22 for both my 7 Rem Mag and the 7 Wby. Got 3000 fps from each employing the 175gr Nos Part. The diff was the Rem was in a #1 Ruger with a 26" and the Wby in a Classic 700 Rem with a 24". Killed a nice bl. bear with the Wby and the 175 Nosler. NO .270 Win can keep up with the 7 mags when using that 175 at 3000 fps.

If I had another 7 mag it would be the Wby.

Bob

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I did not read all the replies so this might have already been mentioned. If so, forgive me for piling on. It seems to me that sportsmen have always loved to engage in splitting hairs and sticking hard to beliefs....until they change their minds and latch onto a new idea (new to them, perhaps).

It's all part of the game. Bass fishermen, for example, will defend their brands of boats, rods, reels, lures etc., etc. and find any and all faults with other brands. Hunters do the same with cartridges and other gear that they use. It's in our nature. It's one of the things that make fishing and hunting so much fun. Without the Petzals of the world, this would be a dull and dying sport. That statement applies to all of us as well. Hell, the Campfire is a huge platform and you have no idea how many people are reading your words, remembering them, and using them as reference material when it comes time to purchase a new firearm for hunting.

Viva la Campfire and all those who write about our favorite sports. Whether or not they are full of B.S. is up to you to decide but don't discount their contributions. The end of any endeavor is when one thinks he's got it all figured out. Then it's off to a new conquest. Luckily, hunters and fishermen can never decide to agree on anything. Therefore, old arguments are constantly refreshed and the circle begins again. Thank God for that.

I learned my .270 can kill farther out than I'll ever attempt so I don't need a 7 mag.

Not everyone who owns a 7 mm RemMag is an idiot, but nearly every idiot the imbues his rifle with super natural abilities seems to choose the 7mm Rem.

I remember when I was 13 my dad and my uncle took me bear hunting. We were all using .30-06's and they were scoping out a distant meadow. My dad said we would need a 7 mag to reach any bear in that meadow and my uncle agreed. They seemed to attach mystical powers to the cartridge.

I've never owned a 7RM but have shot a few and it seems that every one of them kicked the snot out of me, hurt my ears, and the chronographs didn't indicate anything particularly astounding.

The reason y'all see so many of them for sale is because there have literally been millions of them made for the power hungry hunters that don't reload.

I'm not a belted cartridge case fan so I avoid the 7RM but I don't ever disrespect them. For a hunter that wants "magnum performance" and who doesn't reload, they are a good choice and you can find pretty good factory ammo almost anywhere.

My favorite 7's are the 7SAUM and the 7-08 and either one will do almost anything I ask them to do without much muzzle blast and recoil and they're so easy to load for that very little fiddling is needed and my patience ran out a long time ago for finicky chamberings. LOL

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