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<blockquote data-quote="DJ Fergus" data-source="post: 1725355" data-attributes="member: 93895"><p>Many people have considered the 7mm a Jack of all trades master of none but very few would say the same thing about a 6.5 as most are now considering it a master of all trades giving up nothing. My belief is that there is no replacement for displacement but if I had to be pinned down to the compromise of having one rifle caliber it would probably be something in the 7mm family or larger. Luckily, I'm not very recoil sensitive and I am able to have rifles chambered in several calibers cause that's all part of the fun of it. This is why I'm not a cartridge hater an I'm not going to bash someone's favorite cartridge cause I probably already own or have owned it. In these types of discussions, some one always jumps in and says that it's all about shot placement then another fellow jumps in and emphases ft/lbs energy and/or bore size & wound channel when in truth it has to be a balance of both of those ideas. Otherwise if it was all about shot placement solely, we would all be hunting with 6mm br, 6mm Dasher, or 6mm brx, etc..... You get the idea. And if it was solely about bore size and/or ft pounds enery we would all be running a 338 lapua. So as I said, it's a balance of both and it's not the same for everyone. I'm a big boned fellow, 7mm rem mag isn't that much for me and it does beat most 6.5 cartridges in ballistics when you figure 180 pills vs 140s in the 6.5. I really enjoy shooting my creedmoor. I'm better with the 7 mag and even better than that with the 300 Norma. I was once on a tight budget and only had one rifle, my sendero 7mm rem mag. It served me well and still does. So I have no argument against it. Shooting large game with a 7mm rem mag is probably the equivalent of shooting medium game with a 243 Winchester.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DJ Fergus, post: 1725355, member: 93895"] Many people have considered the 7mm a Jack of all trades master of none but very few would say the same thing about a 6.5 as most are now considering it a master of all trades giving up nothing. My belief is that there is no replacement for displacement but if I had to be pinned down to the compromise of having one rifle caliber it would probably be something in the 7mm family or larger. Luckily, I'm not very recoil sensitive and I am able to have rifles chambered in several calibers cause that's all part of the fun of it. This is why I'm not a cartridge hater an I'm not going to bash someone's favorite cartridge cause I probably already own or have owned it. In these types of discussions, some one always jumps in and says that it's all about shot placement then another fellow jumps in and emphases ft/lbs energy and/or bore size & wound channel when in truth it has to be a balance of both of those ideas. Otherwise if it was all about shot placement solely, we would all be hunting with 6mm br, 6mm Dasher, or 6mm brx, etc..... You get the idea. And if it was solely about bore size and/or ft pounds enery we would all be running a 338 lapua. So as I said, it's a balance of both and it's not the same for everyone. I'm a big boned fellow, 7mm rem mag isn't that much for me and it does beat most 6.5 cartridges in ballistics when you figure 180 pills vs 140s in the 6.5. I really enjoy shooting my creedmoor. I'm better with the 7 mag and even better than that with the 300 Norma. I was once on a tight budget and only had one rifle, my sendero 7mm rem mag. It served me well and still does. So I have no argument against it. Shooting large game with a 7mm rem mag is probably the equivalent of shooting medium game with a 243 Winchester. [/QUOTE]
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