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A few general LR questions - 7mm Mauser
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<blockquote data-quote="LoKei13" data-source="post: 1752906" data-attributes="member: 111914"><p>Brand new here guys (made the account to ask these questions) so go easy on me. A little background first:</p><p>I've only been shooting/hunting for nine years. After I killed my first deer with a rifled slug from my shotgun (nine years ago) my father in law gave me a bolt action rifle (he's not a fan of bolts) to commemorate the event. I still use that same rifle today, just a new bolt (previous guy made it a hair trigger himself and it was not good) and a new scope. The rifle is 7x57 or 7mm mauser and I love it to death.</p><p>Now, I've done a fair bit of research on the round and I've found that the round is actually fairly capable but manufacturers don't load hotter powders for fear of older blocks not being able to handle the pressure and exploding. That's reasonable since there are still ones from the Mexican/American war floating around. However, this means that I don't have as much oomph as I could which obviously limits me in many was.</p><p>Now for some questions:</p><p>I've looked into reloading, which you pretty have to do for some really far shots, but it's pretty darn expensive to get into and I don't know if it's worth it. I've read several articles saying this round can take most everything NA can throw at it. If so, then is getting into reloading worth it?</p><p>Or is it better (it's definitely simpler) to just buy a new gun? I know that the 300 WM is a really solid round, for instance. </p><p>How far can this thing realistically reach out and drop a NA big game animal?</p><p>Does anyone have experience with this round and it's realistic limitations for hunting NA big game?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LoKei13, post: 1752906, member: 111914"] Brand new here guys (made the account to ask these questions) so go easy on me. A little background first: I've only been shooting/hunting for nine years. After I killed my first deer with a rifled slug from my shotgun (nine years ago) my father in law gave me a bolt action rifle (he's not a fan of bolts) to commemorate the event. I still use that same rifle today, just a new bolt (previous guy made it a hair trigger himself and it was not good) and a new scope. The rifle is 7x57 or 7mm mauser and I love it to death. Now, I've done a fair bit of research on the round and I've found that the round is actually fairly capable but manufacturers don't load hotter powders for fear of older blocks not being able to handle the pressure and exploding. That's reasonable since there are still ones from the Mexican/American war floating around. However, this means that I don't have as much oomph as I could which obviously limits me in many was. Now for some questions: I've looked into reloading, which you pretty have to do for some really far shots, but it's pretty darn expensive to get into and I don't know if it's worth it. I've read several articles saying this round can take most everything NA can throw at it. If so, then is getting into reloading worth it? Or is it better (it's definitely simpler) to just buy a new gun? I know that the 300 WM is a really solid round, for instance. How far can this thing realistically reach out and drop a NA big game animal? Does anyone have experience with this round and it's realistic limitations for hunting NA big game? [/QUOTE]
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