.300 Win or 7mm Rem magnum?

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11 April 2012, 08:37

Allan DeGroot

.300 Win or 7mm Rem magnum?

Much as I like my 7mmMag, which incidentially I bought to replace my 25-06*, in this case I'd suggest the 300WinMag.

Don't overlook the lighter recoil of 165's launched fast in the 300WinMag.

* on getting my 7mm to replace a 25-06 I got tired of everyone saying that a 120gr bullet is necissary to kill deer with a 25-06 (not hardly) but the 7mmMag will toss 120gr 7mm bullets at speeds 25-06 owners and even 257Wby owners wish they could launch 100gr bullets and I thought that was just the ticket for "diagonally across the cornfield" whitetails or across the sage-flat for Speed goats

I don't believe in loading 160gr or 175gr bullets in a 7mmMag for Elk, that's what a 338mag is for.

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11 April 2012, 11:36

416Tanzan

quote:
Originally posted by FMC:
.270 Win deer
.300 Win elk
.340 Wby moose/bear
.375 H&H just because

And your 340 will work great on elk, should the need arise.

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12 April 2012, 05:34

midminnesota

I thought about the 7mm rem mag, and decided on the 300 win mag, I felt it was more flexible.

12 April 2012, 06:26

BlackHawk1

I voted for the 7mm Rem Mag, but toss a coin. My 7RM works great on elk with 175gr Partitions. I also have a 6.5 Swede and a .375 H&H (and a couple of 30-06s).