7mm mag vs. 7mm WSM
much difference between the 2.....would you personally sway towards one or another....reasons??? you guys are awesome!
"Not many like us, in fact very few, and most of them are dead" LtCol Pratt - USMC
"Not many like us, in fact very few, and most of them are dead" LtCol Pratt - USMC
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This topic has opened up many "a can of worms". I do not own a 7MM WSM, but I do have a 7MM Mag and 300 WSM. I like them both, and they both have their good and bad points. If I were to make a choice between the 7MM Mag and the 7MM WSM, at my age I would pick the 7MM WSM. Mainly because it is a short action rifle which can be somewhat lighter and a little easier to carry. As for ballistics they are very very close. With the 300 WSM it is best to stay with a lighter bullet 180gr or less, the heavier longer bullets don't fit well in the short fat case. I suspect this might be the case with the 7MM WSM. If you want to learn more about the short mags check out www.shortmags.org 0 -
If I had decided that a "magnum" was what would work best for what I wanted the rifle to do, and that 7mm was the size. I would then also have to consider the 7mmSTW as well as the 7mmWSM and 7mmRemMag. The STW has a real edge on both when it come to the heavier bullets. 0 -
the advantage is a lighter rifle and the short action with the short mags . the 7mm rem mag has more options of bullets factory loaded so your going to have more options unless you handload . the ballistics for the 7mm rem mag and the 7mm wsm are close :
both shooting federal 160gr nosler partition
velocity
7mm wsm
muzzle :3160fps
100 yds :2950fps
200 yds :2760fps
300 yds :2570fps
400 yds :2380fps
500 yds :2210fps
7mm rem mag
muzzle :2950fps
100yds :2770fps
200yds :2590fps
300yds :2420fps
400yds :2250fps
500yds :2090fps
energy
7mm wsm
muzzle :3545ft-lbs
100yds :3095ft-lbs
200yds :2695ft-lbs
300yds :2335ft-lbs
400yds :2020ft-lbs
500yds :1735ft-lbs
7mm rem mag
muzzle :3090ft-lbs
100yds :2715ft-lbs
200yds :2375ft-lbs
300yds :2075ft-lbs
400yds :1800ft-lbs
500yds :1555ft-lbs
bullet drop (sighted in @200 yds)
7mm wsm
300yds :-5.8inches
400yds :-17.0inches
500yds :-34.2inches
7mm rem mag
300yds :-6.7inches
400yds :-19.4inches
500yds :-39.0inches
recomendations : you could say the short mag because by looking at the ballistics it beats the rem mag . but i THINK that you can fit one more cartridge in the magazine with the rem mag . the rem mag will also be easier to find in stores to with more selection . they are both great cartridges and will take the same game as one another your choice .
hope this helped , good luck [;)]
o yea the ballistics are from federals 2004 catalog0 -
as mentioned before (i forgot this) the 7mm stw AND the 7mm ultra mag will kick the $h!% out of the other two . but they are all good [:D] 0 -
thanks alot for the input!
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where in minnesota do you hunt ? or do you live in minnesota ?
i live in st.francis (about 45 minutes north of the twin cities)0 -
I have a 7mm wsm and it kicks like a mule. In my opinion, it kicks MUCH harder than the 7mm rem mag, but I do like the short action much better. 0 -
Playing devil advocate to myself, in the 7mm range I perfer the
280 Rem. If the 140 &150g slug are the issue then the 280 rules.0 -
big game - i rifle hunt up by duluth, walker and like 15 minutes north of alexandria. i slug hunt down by chaska...
and yes i do live in mn as well.....waconia....its like 30 min west mpls/st plaul
"Not many like us, in fact very few, and most of them are dead" LtCol Pratt - USMC0 -
Well, I've got a 7mm Remington Magnum and it has dropped everything I've shot with it (up to elk @250 yards) with 1 shot. I'll put it up against the short any day and I've carried it for miles, never got TOO heavy and did everything I asked it to do.
Lance
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