7mm Rem Mag or 300 Win Mag ?
 

Ok,i want a MAGNUM rifle for some odd reason,should i get a 7mm rem mag or a 300 win mag? I've narrowed it to either a Browning X-Bolt or a Browning BAR Safari. This rifle is mainly so i can say i have a MAGNUMMMMMM lol but which would be better a semi auto or bolt action in 7mm rem mag or 300 win mag? I figured the semi auto so it'll have slightly less recoil but i like the accuracy of a bolt action. Thanks in advance.

If you just want it so you can say you have a magnum then go for the 7mm. It'll have about 20-25% less recoil than a 300 mag. What are you going to be hunting and at what yardages? I'd pick the X-bolt in a heartbeat over the BAR but the BAR is the best of it's class (centerfire semiauto rifles).

I have both and like both, it would be a hard choice for me to make between the two of them. I have never hunted any animal larger than deer, so I dont need a magnum, I just like rifles. As for the action its a bolt hands down for me.

BAR in 300 winmag. The browning is as accurate as most boltactions plus it takes some recoil away get it with a boss and it's like shooting a 243 no joke. I like the 300 better than the 7mm mag because if your gonna have a magnum go ahead and getta real magnum now I'm not puttin the 7 down it's a great round and I've killed deer with it but it's like a middle child it's either too big or too small and if you gotta 270 or 30-06 you ain't gaining much with it but the 300 will tackel any game in the USA.

How accurate is the BAR in 300 Win Mag out to 300 yards?

I never shot one that far but I got touching holes at 100yards(3shot group all touched)

I'd rather have a bolt action, and I'd rather have a 7. But if it's a simple hunting rifle, I could easily deal with a 300.

Probably get a BAR in .300 Win. Mag.