I have asked this question before, but in case you missed it i'll ask it again. Do any of you varmint with your 7 Mag? If so, what are your favorite varminting loads? Just for fun.

120 gr Nos Ballisic tip over 65 gr IMR 4350 w/ cci 250 primers

id use the 120 noslers too. i plan on useing them in the witer for coyotes.

The 7mm Mag can be a long range varmint gun. The load I like is 62.5gr H-4831SC, Hornady 162gr A-Max, and a Fed 215 primer. The A-Max bullets are very explosive on varmints. I use a 75gr A-max in my 22/244AI, 105 A-Max in my 243AI, 140gr in my 6.5/06, 162gr in my 7/08, and a 178 in my 300 Win Mag. The A-Max's work great in all these guns. The heavier bullets seem to work better at the longer ranges. If you have the case capicity, why not go with the heavier bullets? Good luck and good shooting. The Big Dog

150 gr.sp. Rem core lokt factory load, use the same as my deer load. You gotta' see the effect on 'yotes and feral dogs to believe it.

Of course I think my m44 "bubba special" is a great varmint gun, with the Wolfe 203gr.sp. load!Deadly on 'yotes out to 300 yds.

120gr Nosler Ballistic Tip, Federal brass, Federal 215 primer and 70gr H4831SC. Very fast (>3300fps) and accurate out of my Ruger #1. If it doesn't hit them it scares them to death. A bit hard on hides if you are shooting coyotes. Use my 22/250 for that, but for just getting rid of varmints and practice for big game season it can't be beat.

I shoot the big 7's a lot ( the 7 Mashburn Supers)

For the first couple of years I sued the small bullets for rodents and the big bullets for big game.

Now all I use is the 160 Noz Pt for most all everything. I have my scope set up with Premier dots for the combo so that is all I use.

I'd personally advise using one bullet for all.

"GET TO THE HILL"

Dog

Many years back a friend loaded me 115GR Sierra`s (i think they were Sieras) power i cant say but they just smeared rabbits foxes up the hills around home,put it on a `roo`s nose and bingo head begone in a flash not even a little bit of skin just a neat stump.Viva la 7mm mag.

Though not a 7 Mag, I varmint hunt with my 7 STW, with Sierra 120 grain varminters. Does a helluva job on jackrabbits.

Jim

A rhetorical question: If you make a very long shot with the 7Mag on a ground squirrel, say 5-600 yds, can you prove it?

I am going to try the 120 gr Hornady's in my 7MM WSM and if they don't pan out I will fall back to the 140 Sierra SBT that I know will shoot well. That load is up to 3185 fps instrumental at 50F.

It's true that the effect is greater with the game cartridges on varmints. Don't discount the 30/06 either at long range!

Re-22/120gr V-Max. 3500fps is very realistic,in a 24" tube. I prefer that projectile to the 120BT,that I used to shoot alot. The V-Max is more accurate in all the 7mm's I have on hand and have played with.

Very good medicine...............

my hunting partner used a 7mag to kill yotes some shots were at 10 paces, amazing what that thing would do to them at that range!! i have found fur and bone fragments 30 feet away.

Yeah, I used to shoot varmints with my 7mm Rem Mag just for fun, but then I did the same thing with my first .338 Win Mag when I first got it.

I guess I have come to my senses because now about the biggest thing I use is a 25-06.

But, back to the subject at hand. If you want to see just how devastating a 7mm Mag can be, load some of the Speer 115 grain hollow points. I have used them in a 7mm Rem Mag and a 7mm WBY Mag and the results are rather amazing.

Just load them up with a stiff dose of H 4831, plenty of load data available. They are quite accurate and make an absolute mess of a varmint of any sort.

Oddly enough, even with that big wide open hollow point, they are pretty accurate even at long range. They drop more than a Ballistic Tip or some such thing, but are accurate.

I have shot some 120 grain Ballistic Tips and the 120 Sierra spitzer and they are good bullets, but those 115 Speer's are just the thing for varmints.

Good Luck, R F

I use the same 160 gr Noslers that I use for everything else. I find it helps me with my shooting and I don't have to try and learn a bunch of new trajectories etc...

It's a little overkill on coyotes and foxes, but I've never lost one I've hit either. It's a lot of fun to go ut on the praries and roll running jackrabbits too.

Mac

Nobody here collects the pelts I gather.

120 nos bt over h4831 to 300 yards after that 150 nos bt over rl 25.
I shoot a savage 26 in heavy barrel w/ sightron scope.
It is the best gun out of the box i have ever had.
Super varmint killer. I love that 7 mm

Dead Eye Jr,

what model is your savage 7mm? my 7 Mag is in the 112BVSS. It is as accurate as I could ever want an out-of-the-box gun to be. I am currently getting 1"-1.5" groups at 200 yards. Its an awesome varminter. those 168 Sierra MKs sure do fly straight. And no, I do not collect pelts Hutt.

Just back from another effort to get the Horn. 7MM 120 gr V Max to shoot in the WSM. This M70 is doing under an inch with every bullet that I have tried except the 120 V Max and today was no exception. It did 7/8" at 100 with 130 Speers in a breeze and 1.5" with the Hornadys.

The diameter of the Hornadys is a few tenths larger than the 140 Sierra.

I am looking for a varmint load. Seems like I am going to try them all! Next will be the Nosler 120 BT. Meanwhile the 140 Sierras continue to perform.

I had asked on the small bore site about dedicating a 6mm-284 for such tasks, however I have a std mag action and a std short action waiting to be chambered.

The 7 Rem Mag was alway a consideration. I figured coyote and antelope and any other thing way the hell out there. Were talking a ton of energy available at 500 plus yards.

The rifle would be a Howa action with Pac-Nor or Shilen match grade stainless barrel (either heavy Palma, #7 or # 8 contour 26 inch barrel). Use a McMillan Sako Varminter stock and weigh in around 11 lbs.

This would be a dedicated long range affair for trophy bucks and antelope along with coyote busting ability.

Now after reserching for weeks, I am becoming more dedicated on chambering a 7mm-08 Ackley Improved on the same type of set up. Essentially I've cut way back on recoil, have a high end 280 Remington for trajectory with the recoil of a quarter bore.

Does this sound like a good long range rig?

[ 01-17-2003, 02:46: Message edited by: rossi ]

On a short standard action I supppose a 284 Win would be the most you can get out of it in a standard cartridge. I would not put that heavy a barrel on such an action however. I might like something a little handier.

Don't know anything about that 7 but I've gotten into spotting and stalking coyotes out here in CO during the warm midday lull, when their generally bedded. 2 very important things a serious varmint/big game hunter needs is a laser rangefinder, and some sort of reference reticle/target turret system that will provide precise aiming points at ranges beyond point blank. My 6mm A.I. is zero'd out to 800 yds. using a 6-24X Burris with Ballistic Mil-Dot reticle. I've only taken 4 or 5 coyotes beyond 400 yds. with it so far (haven't had any more calculated opportunities yet, since this is a damage control rifle only), but every one was a 1st shot hit, with the longest shot at 535 yds. This is an accurate rifle, and shot prone off a bipod, and so far no windy shots. There are a # of bullets that will work well on coyotes out of that magnum of yours, and if it's a hummer (good shooter) then try the aforementioned to find out what those higher B.C. bullets will do at long-range.