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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote_Hunter" data-source="post: 1719048" data-attributes="member: 110773"><p>KyCarl -</p><p>Like you. I have a 7mm RM and it works great. It was my first centerfire and I've used it for elk since I got it in 1982. For the first 20+ years it was used exclusively and has taken more elk than all my other rifles combined. My last elk (2015) ws taken with my hunting buddy[s 7mm RM and the same load I used for the first 20+ years - a nice 6x5 bull at 411 yards, 4 steps and down.</p><p></p><p>These days I have a .280 Rem as well. I feed it 140g bullets for 7mm-08 velocities (2942fps) and it serves very well - light recoil, deadly and very accurate.</p><p></p><p>Why chase the 7mm RM with an AI when you already have a 7mm RM? Make it a .280 Rem and enjoy a versatile cartridge that will do 95% or more of what you want done (the 7mm RM can do the rest). </p><p></p><p>If you really want an AI cartridge that performs, a 6.5-06AI is the way I went. Fire-form loads using .25-06 brass results in a 5% loss in velocity compared to standard 6.5-06 data but mine are super-accurate. My 24" 6.5-06AI pushes a 130g Scirocco II to 3161fps, recoil is light, it remains supersonic to over 1200 yards and accuracy is superb (hit rates on clay pigeons on the 600-yard berm have been up to 80%).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote_Hunter, post: 1719048, member: 110773"] KyCarl - Like you. I have a 7mm RM and it works great. It was my first centerfire and I've used it for elk since I got it in 1982. For the first 20+ years it was used exclusively and has taken more elk than all my other rifles combined. My last elk (2015) ws taken with my hunting buddy[s 7mm RM and the same load I used for the first 20+ years - a nice 6x5 bull at 411 yards, 4 steps and down. These days I have a .280 Rem as well. I feed it 140g bullets for 7mm-08 velocities (2942fps) and it serves very well - light recoil, deadly and very accurate. Why chase the 7mm RM with an AI when you already have a 7mm RM? Make it a .280 Rem and enjoy a versatile cartridge that will do 95% or more of what you want done (the 7mm RM can do the rest). If you really want an AI cartridge that performs, a 6.5-06AI is the way I went. Fire-form loads using .25-06 brass results in a 5% loss in velocity compared to standard 6.5-06 data but mine are super-accurate. My 24" 6.5-06AI pushes a 130g Scirocco II to 3161fps, recoil is light, it remains supersonic to over 1200 yards and accuracy is superb (hit rates on clay pigeons on the 600-yard berm have been up to 80%). [/QUOTE]
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