I'm not a mulie man, but I can tell you that .308 150 Gr. Corelokts are mean medicine for whitetail.

Even if he's talking about a 7mm-08 and not a remmag, still should be fine on a shoulder shot. He also didnt say if they recovered his deer.

HOWEVER... no two shots are every exactly the same.... regardless of caliber/bullet, no rifle can scientifically garantee 100% bang-flops... I've seen 80 does shot with .300WinMags shot through the lungs run 150 yds, you just never can tell... Sometimes you're just gonna have to track... it happens.

99% of people will shoot larger groups from field positions( even when braced with bipods or boxblind windows) than from a bench. Sorry but that's just common sense.... as you move away from the bench, you rely more and more on the human element, and we all should know that we, the shooter, are always the weakest link in that machine(machine in the definitive sense of a system to perform work).

Now for my soap box...

There is no good reason to use a 7mm Rem. Magnum(ESPECIALLY NEW SHOOTERS), for deer of any kind... sorry but there really isnt anything a 7mag will do that the .270 doesnt... accept make more noise and beat the snot out of you.


Best advise to prevent deer from running off... get a milder recoiling rifle and practice with it. Shoot at least 200 rounds from it, and only use the bench to sight it in. Get so as you can hit a golf ball at any range out to 300 yds on the range from field positions(no bench), and on the first shot. General rule of thumb, your effective range on game will shrink by about 20% from nerves alone. Your accuracy(potential POI radius from point of aim) will double under field conditions.