30-06 vs 7mag

[Hunter4life81]

Which is better for elk/moose at the range of 250-400 yards??????
P.S. i feel like i am always asking this ?i think the 7mag is better for taht kinda game but he thinks the 30-06 is better!!!!!!!!!!?????????? but me and a friend of mine got into an argument over this and now i wanna c what other people have to say about this situation.
P.S.S. I would get a 300wm/wby but i can't handle the recoil of that gun jsut yet.

[James B]

For what you are talking about, there would be about NO difference. The 7MM shoots a bit faster and flatter but the 30-06 has plenty of power and heavier bullets available. The 30-06 with 200 Grain Nosler Partitions will take any animal in North America. Pick either one. You can't go wrong.

[zrexpilot]

Ive seen test that showed the 7 mag to have no where near the penetration the -06 did.
but does it really matter, I dunno. these tests arent on actuall animals.
The 7 mag is explosive in my opinion. great long distance medium game round. But thats only my opinion.

[texhookem]

place your bets, then flip a coin

[bigbulls]

The dead elk or moose won't ever know the difference.

A 7mm mag shooting a 160 grain accubond and a 30-06 shooting a 180 grain accubond will only have about a 4 - 6 inch difference in trajectory and would be about dead even in energy levels at 400 yards.

Both of them have bullets designed for light thin skinned game and both have bullets designed for large heavy game. Use the wrong bullet in either one of them on the wrong game animal and either one could easily be seen as being explosive.

[Virginia7]

30-06 or 7mmRem.Mag.? Slight edge to the 7mm magnum in terms of trajectory.
Pretty much a toss up. Either one would make a good elk cartridge.

[FastShootingCarts]

I chose the 7mm rem mag. Fast and flat! Not much more recoil than the .30-06 so why not.

[handloader1]

Their preformance is so close it's almost not worth the argument. [&:][&:] Good luck.

[stubblejumper]

Both will work but the 7mmremmag does have a slightly flatter trajectory.

Ive seen test that showed the 7 mag to have no where near the penetration the -06 did

And I can show you tests that had the opposite results.It is totally dependant on bullet design.

[HuntElk4Fun]

I know several people who owned 06's and went to the 7mm. Glad they did. I agree with everyone above, very comparable, but I give the edge to the 7mm for flatness alone. Combine that with good bullet selection and it will take down any of the bigger game at ethical distances.

7mm IMO.