7MM Rem Mag For Elk ?

[SJB358]

If I was a smart man, I would’ve had a great rifle built 20 years ago in 7 Rem Mag, 1-8 twist, with a 3.6” mag box that weighs about 8lbs scoped with a 23-24” barrel.

That would’ve saved me a lot of money for tags and hunting. I would have been bored to tears but I would have never been lacking for anything I hunt anywhere.

I did the Mashburn about 10 years ago now and that’s an excellent cartridge but the difference isn’t enough to matter in reality.

 

[salmonchaser]

The results around our camp with the 7 mag have pretty much shut down any nay sayers. Just flat kills stuff dead.

 

[Blkram]

I have watched the people at the LGS gun counters put new shooters and hunters, including women and youth, into the 300s (Win/WSM/Wby/RUM etc) for years, as that is what a lot of people say is required for elk.

I am of the opinion that most of those new shooters/hunters would have been better served with the 7mm Rem Mag. And to teach them how to hunt vs how to snipe.
Still adequate power for elk out to reasonable ranges (400 yards is still a long poke for many)...not everyone has to kill elk at 500+ yards...most are still killed within 300 yards (of my 20+ elk, one was at 475, and 2 over 200, all the rest less than 200 yards, from thick timber to large ag fields and open alpine)...and they aren't subjected to as much recoil with a good 150-160 gr bullet in the 7 as they are to a 180 gr bullet in the 300.

This means they will shoot it better, and enjoy the experience more!

 

[FOTIS]

The only elk I took with the 7 Maggie was in 2007. Howa rifle 150 gr Partition at 3100+ fps via IMR 4831. Worked very well.

 

[SJB358]

The results around our camp with the 7 mag have pretty much shut down any nay sayers. Just flat kills stuff dead.

We could lock this thread after that statement.