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7mm Rem Mag best for FClass & Hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="dkhunt14" data-source="post: 1037614" data-attributes="member: 14053"><p>The 7 SAUM and 300 WSM have bigger nodes where they want to shoot accurately. Most all of them shoot really good. The Big cases like the 7-300, 6.5-300. 30-378 and the 308 Baer have all but disappeared in the long range game. They are just too hard to get the accuracy needed. It is just like in short range Benchrest the 6PPC rules. Where I shoot there are 70 Heavyguns and 90 light guns shoot every other week. I get to see a lot of 10 shot targets in a year. These guys have tried everything imaginable and build many guns to try and get an advantage. Even the 7 WSM will not compete. Lots of guys have tried and the accuracy needed to win is not there. The groups needed to win got to be in the 4 inch or so range for 10 shots on a good day. My 6 match aggregates have been in the 5 inch range almost every year since 2005. That means for 6 targets out of ten you average 5 inches for 10 shots. That is including all the windy days you get. The 7 Mag is a great hunting cartridge but not good for longrange targets. The competition is so tight now and sometimes you lose by a couple thousandths of an inch. If you shot these guns at longrange you would see the difference. Ask Bountyhunter or guys that have actually done it. Even the 6.5-284 that was really popular in light guns 5 or 6 years ago have gone away. Yes tuning matters but some cartridges are just so much more accurate and easier to get to shoot. Matt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dkhunt14, post: 1037614, member: 14053"] The 7 SAUM and 300 WSM have bigger nodes where they want to shoot accurately. Most all of them shoot really good. The Big cases like the 7-300, 6.5-300. 30-378 and the 308 Baer have all but disappeared in the long range game. They are just too hard to get the accuracy needed. It is just like in short range Benchrest the 6PPC rules. Where I shoot there are 70 Heavyguns and 90 light guns shoot every other week. I get to see a lot of 10 shot targets in a year. These guys have tried everything imaginable and build many guns to try and get an advantage. Even the 7 WSM will not compete. Lots of guys have tried and the accuracy needed to win is not there. The groups needed to win got to be in the 4 inch or so range for 10 shots on a good day. My 6 match aggregates have been in the 5 inch range almost every year since 2005. That means for 6 targets out of ten you average 5 inches for 10 shots. That is including all the windy days you get. The 7 Mag is a great hunting cartridge but not good for longrange targets. The competition is so tight now and sometimes you lose by a couple thousandths of an inch. If you shot these guns at longrange you would see the difference. Ask Bountyhunter or guys that have actually done it. Even the 6.5-284 that was really popular in light guns 5 or 6 years ago have gone away. Yes tuning matters but some cartridges are just so much more accurate and easier to get to shoot. Matt [/QUOTE]
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