7 mag vs 7x64

[Valhalla]

Greetings from Scandinavia, Denmark!
- and thanks for an interesting and educating site.

I´m thinking of buying a 7 mag or 7x64(preferably the last mentionned). Could anybody please enlighten me: what´s the practical difference between the two?(it´s mainly going to be used for deer and wild boar).

Thanks and greetings from Flemming, Denmark

 

[scirroco]

hi valhalla
7x64 great round,good mag capacity,no belted cases
vhitavouri manual has listed load for 160 g nos partition at 2900fps, not far behind the rem mag, ive been shooting mine for 3 years now truly excellent round i run a swift scirroco 150g at 2950 fps kills very efficiantly!
scirroco

 

[Valhalla]

Hi Scirrocco,
and thanks for sharing your knowledge.
When getting my 7x64 next week I´ll try the load you mentioned. Could you spare the time telling me what´s the recoil like in the 7x64(some years ago I used to shoot the "7 mag" having no problems with the recoil)?

Again: thanks for your time and effort.

Flemming

 

[scirroco]

hi valhalla
recoil can be sharpish ,though not quite as bad as a 7 mag.
the load i use is ,,rws cases ,58 grains vit n160,fed 210m primers, i just seat my bullets level with the bottom of the case neck, my rifle is freebored which i think is standard with 7x64 my rifle is a sako very accurate.
what rifle are you buying?
i shoot a lot of fallow deer ,roe deer ,muntjac and use it for boar also would not change it .
if i can help you any more pm me
regards scirroco

 

[Valhalla]

Greetings again, Scirocco!
Once again: thank you.
I´ll be changing only the barrel, since I own a Sauer 200(changing barrel is very easily done). My second caliber(barrel) is 30.06 - also a superb caliber, but a little too big for roe deer, which by the way is the typical deer I hunt.
In a two week´s time I´m going to Sweden for the opening season to shoot roe buck(well at least I hope so!) with my new and before metioned caliber - 7x64.

What, where and when will you be hunting?

Kind regards
Flemming

 

[scirroco]

hi valhalla
i control deer fulltime,fallow,roe muntjac,
saur are very nice rifles,
i wish you waidmannsheil for your upcoming roe buck hunt
send me a private e mail so as not to tie this thread up
scirroco

 

[Valhalla]

Hi again, Scirroco,
have been trying to email you personally, but somehow I can´t get your maillink to work. Don´t know why.
Kind regards Valhalla

 

[scirroco]

hi valhalla
e mail... [email protected]
scirroco

 

[älg]

valhalla, whereabouts in sweden are you going to ?

 

[Valhalla]

Hi Alg,
nice hearing from a fellow neighbour. I´m going to a place in the southern part of Sweden, very next to Bolmsöen(Bolm Lake). I have had this contact for about 3 years, but have yet to shoot my buck. Hopefully this year will bring some luck. Where and what do you hunt?
Kind regards
Valhalla

 

[älg]

well , I am not such a close neighbour.. just a couple thousand km south, but I visit Sverige almost every summer and try to make it during the roebuck opening and try to do some outings.. I am usually in the Stockholm area, hunting north of Stock. near Gävle.

I´ll see if I can make it this month. Good luck with the bucks, just be patient and remember..move really slow when you prepare your rifle , preferably when the target is grazing head down...the bucks are really suspicious up there

 

[Valhalla]

Hej Alg
Thanks for the good advice, and good luck to you too!
Kind regards Valhalla