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<blockquote data-quote="SMDunn" data-source="post: 1907318" data-attributes="member: 86942"><p>Hi there,</p><p>I firmly believe that wherever possible you should try out a big (er) rifle before you buy. I know that most shops will not or cannot arrange for this to happen (at least not here in the land of OZ anyway). If you have access to friends or fellow club members that will allow you to have a shot of candidate calibers that they own, then do it. Offer to pay for the ammo you burn or buy some ammo for the test.</p><p>Ignore the light weight guns in any calibre unless you need a light gun, medium weight should be fine if you are only hunting, if more for the bench, go heavier. I had a 7mmRem Mag until my son borrowed it, He uses it for sambar, now I just get to reload for 7M! I also use a 6.5x55, a 308, a 35 Whelen and a 9.3x62, but it is a really light gun and it kills at both ends!! Horrendous on the bench but you hardly notice it when used in the field.</p><p>I do like the 7MM, there are so many projectiles available for it. Plenty of choice available in factory rounds for this one too. Many of the other posts have provided really good advice depending on which way you jump on this. Enjoy the looking as that is half the fun.</p><p>Steven</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SMDunn, post: 1907318, member: 86942"] Hi there, I firmly believe that wherever possible you should try out a big (er) rifle before you buy. I know that most shops will not or cannot arrange for this to happen (at least not here in the land of OZ anyway). If you have access to friends or fellow club members that will allow you to have a shot of candidate calibers that they own, then do it. Offer to pay for the ammo you burn or buy some ammo for the test. Ignore the light weight guns in any calibre unless you need a light gun, medium weight should be fine if you are only hunting, if more for the bench, go heavier. I had a 7mmRem Mag until my son borrowed it, He uses it for sambar, now I just get to reload for 7M! I also use a 6.5x55, a 308, a 35 Whelen and a 9.3x62, but it is a really light gun and it kills at both ends!! Horrendous on the bench but you hardly notice it when used in the field. I do like the 7MM, there are so many projectiles available for it. Plenty of choice available in factory rounds for this one too. Many of the other posts have provided really good advice depending on which way you jump on this. Enjoy the looking as that is half the fun. Steven [/QUOTE]
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