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Why the 7mm Rem Mag?
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<blockquote data-quote="LRNut" data-source="post: 2302709" data-attributes="member: 3230"><p>As I have said before, I used to be a huge 7RM fan; owned more rifles and rebarrels in that caliber than any other, but moved away from it when the 300 RUM came out (might as well add I shot most of my game except for whitetail deer with a .338 WM, which I still love). Since then have been shooting RUMs, Edges, Lapuas, and a few years ago tried the 28N, which as you imply, is simply phenomenal - both in terms of heavy bullets at higher velocity and better accuracy. My opinion of the 7RM should be taken in the context that both my 28s (building a third one now) are pure custom while my 7RMs are 700 actions with custom stocks/bbl/triggers but also some stock factory rifles (always bedded, sometimes restocked with after market stocks and then bedded), as well as the fact when I started shooting 7RMs in the mid 70s as a high school kid, H4831/870 were about the slowest available. Have not tried more recent powders, as I no longer own a 7RM (my last one was rechambered in 7STW, but the twist is too slow for heavy bullets). But when I had one, I killed stuff from Alaska (12 caribou, four Dall sheep) to Africa to Mongolia with it. Never lacked what it was called to do. Killed my farthest pre-laser RF antelope with one at an estimated/paced off 455 yards (used a modified coincidence rangefinder in conjunction with a custom stadia reticle from Premier. That was a long shot back in the day...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LRNut, post: 2302709, member: 3230"] As I have said before, I used to be a huge 7RM fan; owned more rifles and rebarrels in that caliber than any other, but moved away from it when the 300 RUM came out (might as well add I shot most of my game except for whitetail deer with a .338 WM, which I still love). Since then have been shooting RUMs, Edges, Lapuas, and a few years ago tried the 28N, which as you imply, is simply phenomenal - both in terms of heavy bullets at higher velocity and better accuracy. My opinion of the 7RM should be taken in the context that both my 28s (building a third one now) are pure custom while my 7RMs are 700 actions with custom stocks/bbl/triggers but also some stock factory rifles (always bedded, sometimes restocked with after market stocks and then bedded), as well as the fact when I started shooting 7RMs in the mid 70s as a high school kid, H4831/870 were about the slowest available. Have not tried more recent powders, as I no longer own a 7RM (my last one was rechambered in 7STW, but the twist is too slow for heavy bullets). But when I had one, I killed stuff from Alaska (12 caribou, four Dall sheep) to Africa to Mongolia with it. Never lacked what it was called to do. Killed my farthest pre-laser RF antelope with one at an estimated/paced off 455 yards (used a modified coincidence rangefinder in conjunction with a custom stadia reticle from Premier. That was a long shot back in the day... [/QUOTE]
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