300 winmag vs 7mm mag

Joe King · #22 10-03-2012, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by snowpro440

Guys , no disrespect intended but you all aree that you can send the .30 cal bullet down range a little better to do the job at hand with the right bullet than the 7 . The 30 cal has more choices of bullets at hand for each needed situation. The 30 bullets are readily available most places and factory loaded ammunition too. This is personal preference also , I would rather have a bigger bullet hit the target for a quicker clean kill, I have 300win 300wsm and a 7 rem meg and I cant tell the difference at short range but when I hit the animals with the .30 cal bullet at long range it makes a bigger hole and quicker kill with more energy . If your dialing up an know the range what does Bc matter? So the 30 takes care of the task at hand, Bigger is better most times an this is one of them.

Not really I never seen an animal say "oh your just shootin a 7mag pfft wut ever" then turn around to your buddy and say "oh well! you sir are shoot a 300 mag well in that case let me just go ahead and lay down for ya" putting the bullet where it needs to go is what gets the job done period, unless you want to step up to a monster like the 510 AM, bigger isn't going to kill better than bullet placement. Like I said both cartridges are so close in performance your best bet is in the gun and how well you shoot it. The trade off between the 2 is 7 has less recoil 300 has likely slightly better barrel life. My experience with each is that I can do 30-40 rounds in one trip to the range with a 7mag and a little less with a 300Win. But that's about all I can do with my 270 also. Which also kills em just as dead as anything else just not as far away.