I have been lookin for a 7mag ,for quite sometime now, and today i bought a ruger hawkeye.
its wood and blue steel , and i mounted my redfield reveloution 3x9 on it and loaded up some 160 grain accubonds over RL-22.
I have a stainless hawkeye in .338 and it is outstanding.
IF this one shoots as well as my .338 I will be very happy.
I have lots of rifles but these 2 would be about all a guy would need in north america.
Maybe a 20 inch .308 for woods hunting and you would be ready to go...tj3006

good luck with the rifle. I have been fortunate with two Hawkeyes'

You'll be impressed with the 160 accubonds, great bullet for the 7mag.

1st impressions are good.
My load was a mild. i will up it a grain.
The trigger is a little heavy.
I improved the trigger on my .338 hawkeye with a wolf spring.
Much to my delight I wrote the part number down in my load book. Will order another for this rifle.
After getting it on paper and getting used to the trigger, i shot 2 groups right at 1 inch. thats at 109 paces off the hood of my truck.
no complaints about the redfield scope either. might go for a vx3 3.5x10 latter but no hurry...tj3006

That load will serve you well.