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I want a legit argument against an old trusted cartridge
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<blockquote data-quote="yorke-1" data-source="post: 1725269" data-attributes="member: 11960"><p>I've never found a use for the 7 Rem Mag. </p><p></p><p>I think a better question would be why should anyone looking to buy a new gun spend their money on an effective, but outdated design? There are a variety of other 7mm cartridges which will offer comparable performance in a more compact package (WSM, SAUM, Sherman, Lazzeroni etc). There are plenty of 7mm cartridges which will offer superior performance in the same size package (Dakota, Weatherby, Nosler, RUM etc). The belt on a Rem Mag doesn't hurt anything, but it certainly doesn't help. It just seems like an unnecessary use of space that could be used for extra powder capacity.</p><p></p><p>The 7mm magnums in general just don't make much sense to me. The 30s offer a greater bullet selection, the 6.5s offer less recoil. I don't have much use for the 7mm Mags as a hunting cartridge because they're too big to be small and too small to be big. They're entirely unnecessary for any deer I've seen and a 30 caliber is better in every way when elk are in the picture. If I were looking for a dedicated elk rifle I'd look to the 338s anyways, not because they're necessary but because I'm partial to 250gr+ bullets for bigger critters.</p><p></p><p>There's nothing wrong with the 7 Rem Mag, but there's nothing great about it either. It's the mid-sized SUV of rifle chamberings; versatile enough to work for all round use, but not the best at anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yorke-1, post: 1725269, member: 11960"] I've never found a use for the 7 Rem Mag. I think a better question would be why should anyone looking to buy a new gun spend their money on an effective, but outdated design? There are a variety of other 7mm cartridges which will offer comparable performance in a more compact package (WSM, SAUM, Sherman, Lazzeroni etc). There are plenty of 7mm cartridges which will offer superior performance in the same size package (Dakota, Weatherby, Nosler, RUM etc). The belt on a Rem Mag doesn't hurt anything, but it certainly doesn't help. It just seems like an unnecessary use of space that could be used for extra powder capacity. The 7mm magnums in general just don't make much sense to me. The 30s offer a greater bullet selection, the 6.5s offer less recoil. I don't have much use for the 7mm Mags as a hunting cartridge because they're too big to be small and too small to be big. They're entirely unnecessary for any deer I've seen and a 30 caliber is better in every way when elk are in the picture. If I were looking for a dedicated elk rifle I'd look to the 338s anyways, not because they're necessary but because I'm partial to 250gr+ bullets for bigger critters. There's nothing wrong with the 7 Rem Mag, but there's nothing great about it either. It's the mid-sized SUV of rifle chamberings; versatile enough to work for all round use, but not the best at anything. [/QUOTE]
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