Is the 7mm Rem Mag
Popularity on a down turn. Lately if I find a good deal on a rifle that is what it is chambered for and I have actually have won auctions for 7mm ammo for less then 25.00 dollars a box recently
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I am in southern, Il. and my two local shops usually don't carry more than two of anything above the 270 unless you literally give it to them. I believe with no scientific proof that a lot of the larger calibers are being passed on right now because people are buying the SHTF 's firearms and not even looking at the great hunting calibers. I was loaded with 30:06s I got from the stores and have sold a few here for not a lot of money. The 7mag to me is a great round but do I need one at my age? YMMV.
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No idea if sales are off or not but I suspect you are right . Our generation is getting wiser and realizing we don’t need that much recoil . The younger folks only want the latest greatest stuff to shoot at deer from a mile away so the 6.5 and such sells like hot cakes . The gun rags promote the new stuff , creating demand . When was the last article you saw praising the 06 or the 7 mag?
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I take advantage of people overlooking the 7MM Mags and other Magnums also.
Some of the lighter weight synthetic stocked Magnums generate a lot of recoil and that seems to drive the price down. (not as much demand as for example compared to a 243. 308, 6.5 Creedmore, or even a 270)
About the 6.5 Creedmore. I've been hunting with a factory stainless barreled 264 Win Mag for years and I can now call it a 6.5mm Creedmore and drive up the price. The 6.5mm has been around for years, just did not have the correct name to sell good in the USA.
I have kids and grandkids that hunt with them big magnums. I'm a reloader and can take the Accurate 5744 powder and load up very accurate low recoil, low velocity loads in vicinity of 30/30 calibers velocities and select all sizes of grain weight bullets, usually 140 gr up to 175 gr and the recoil sensitive people can grow with their gun and practice with their big magnum and use the same gun to hunt everything from varmits to elk by reloading. (we are mainly Whitetail deer hunters)
I've also found that brass hulls can be reloaded several more times when using low velocity loads especially when neck sizing. Sometimes with careful selection of the 5744 powder charge the scope only requires minor adjustment or no re-adjustment when going from LV to HV loads out to 150 yards.
So yes lots of hype now days on other calibers and the 7 mags plus others are falling through the cracks and have been for some time.
If you do not see a 5744 reduced load for your caliber anywhere contact Accurate Arms for info.
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If recoil is an issue install a muzzle brake. Shot quite a few rds thru the 300 Win Mag and it kicks like a 243
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If recoil is an issue install a muzzle brake. Shot quite a few rds thru the 300 Win Mag and it kicks like a 243
Right about a muzzle brake reducing recoil
but:
I was hunting with a guy that had a $300 muzzle brake added onto his 300 mag (to reduce the recoil so as his Win 70 rifle would quit beating him up and blooding his face and while walking along side by side a Deer quickly appeared, he throwed up and shot and my cap flew off, I fell to my knees, I thought he had shot me or his gun had exploded. My ears and head was hurting, I could not hear out of my left ear for several days and ringing in both.
Muzzle brake blast got me. I do not hunt or hang around anyone with a muzzle brake on their gun after that one. My hearing finally returned after about a month. (but not back to normal)
His reduced recoil got me.
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Hearing protection is a must when shooting a HP rifle with or without a brake
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The 7mm Remington Magnum was born in the era of high velocity, long range, ultra powerful rifle cartridges. Since then, a lot of us have learned that it really can't make anything more dead than a 30-06, 270, or even a 30-30 can.
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I may be the only gun writer (now retired) who never owned or hunted with anything larger than a .308 Win. Nor any magnum handgun round except the .357. I also never considered taking a shot over 300 yards, and darn few that far.
I hunted with people who believed in shooting at any deer they could see. Out here, that could be nudging a half-mile. I vociferously argued against that, but to no avail. Off my soap box...
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For deer most of my hunting is done with a lever gun with 35 Remington being one of my favorites or the 444. Last year I used something that shoots little flatter and used the 6.5 grendel. I have killed a lot of cardboard and milk jugs with the 7mm at 400 yards that is as far as the range goes
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Been toting a Remington BDL 7mm mag for over 55 years, reward for forking out many loads of cow sheet out of the barn stables.
Never failed me a many ranges. Deer, Bear and an occasionally woodchuck. I have hand loaded for it most of it's life.
I have a 243 and 220 Swift. Never seen either one ot them mist a hog but the 7mm will do it every time.
I even fire of a 7mm STW just for fun and games. Now there is DRT firearm.
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If you are looking for a used 7Mag, pay close attention to the lead and throat area as many have significant wear.
The 7 and 300 mags are still popular and are not going away anytime soon. Both are flat shooting and will take anything in North America with the right bullet and a well placed shot
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Hearing protection is a must when shooting a HP rifle with or without a brake
I wear hearing protection when shooting but not when Deer hunting.
I stay away from other people when I see a muzzle brake on their gun. I sneak off behind them like a whipped dog.
I almost got eardrums busted from the side blast of a friends muzzle brake from a 300 magnum while deer hunting.
If it ever happens to you, you will not forget such.
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