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Talk me out of a 7mm rem mag
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1894814" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>Even fluted and cut at 24, it will still be a 12lb rifle, likely heavier. I am working on a ruger 7mm rem mag with a 6 flute fluted #5 Brux cut @24" (.900" @ start of taper, .700"@26" vs 1.00" tapering to .900"@30" for your heavy palma!!) is a bit over 11 lbs, with a 2lb 5oz stock, and 24 oz scope. </p><p></p><p>7 mag is a great cartridge, though for your hunting uses of 300 yards max and mostly deer, and wanting a good back up, I would sell that barrel, get something along the lines of a #3 or #3b and have it fluted, cut it at 22" or 24" and run something like a strait 284, a 7mm-08, or .280 remington if you want a 7mm. You have the heavy rifles covered for long range playing, sounds like a light rifle would get some more use, and honestly dialing and holdover isn't necessary with high powered rifles at those ranges.....you can zero around 225 and have it on a deer out to 3 and never have to hold off fur, even with a 7mm-08. No reason for a magnum at those ranges either, especially if you want to go without a brake. </p><p></p><p>If you just want a play gun mostly for the range, then ya, build it heavy. It will be a fun gun. </p><p></p><p>Just my opinion, I have packed a 14 lb rifle up and down the Wyoming mountains, it got old, I now have a 9 lb rifle for that. It is also chambered in 338 NM, but then again the closest elk we have shot in the last 4 years was 500 yards, farthest 910, average around 700. There is no max range, I have had clear opportunities on elk out to 1400 yards and farther, just haven't taken the shot. If my max range around here for elk was 300 yds, honestly I would probably have a nice light custom .308, 30-06 or maybe .338-06. My brush gun if I hunt in dark timber is an 8.5 lb .308 shooting 180's topped with a 3-9x40, perfect elk medicine, have also killed deer pronghorn and a moose with it. A 7mm-08, .280 rem or .280AI would also be a consideration, the AI simply for the fact that trimming brass is limited.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1894814, member: 87243"] Even fluted and cut at 24, it will still be a 12lb rifle, likely heavier. I am working on a ruger 7mm rem mag with a 6 flute fluted #5 Brux cut @24" (.900" @ start of taper, .700"@26" vs 1.00" tapering to .900"@30" for your heavy palma!!) is a bit over 11 lbs, with a 2lb 5oz stock, and 24 oz scope. 7 mag is a great cartridge, though for your hunting uses of 300 yards max and mostly deer, and wanting a good back up, I would sell that barrel, get something along the lines of a #3 or #3b and have it fluted, cut it at 22" or 24" and run something like a strait 284, a 7mm-08, or .280 remington if you want a 7mm. You have the heavy rifles covered for long range playing, sounds like a light rifle would get some more use, and honestly dialing and holdover isn't necessary with high powered rifles at those ranges.....you can zero around 225 and have it on a deer out to 3 and never have to hold off fur, even with a 7mm-08. No reason for a magnum at those ranges either, especially if you want to go without a brake. If you just want a play gun mostly for the range, then ya, build it heavy. It will be a fun gun. Just my opinion, I have packed a 14 lb rifle up and down the Wyoming mountains, it got old, I now have a 9 lb rifle for that. It is also chambered in 338 NM, but then again the closest elk we have shot in the last 4 years was 500 yards, farthest 910, average around 700. There is no max range, I have had clear opportunities on elk out to 1400 yards and farther, just haven't taken the shot. If my max range around here for elk was 300 yds, honestly I would probably have a nice light custom .308, 30-06 or maybe .338-06. My brush gun if I hunt in dark timber is an 8.5 lb .308 shooting 180's topped with a 3-9x40, perfect elk medicine, have also killed deer pronghorn and a moose with it. A 7mm-08, .280 rem or .280AI would also be a consideration, the AI simply for the fact that trimming brass is limited. [/QUOTE]
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