ORIGINAL: bigpapa
Our local wally world is selling the heck out of rifles in 7 mm rem mag. I'm not too knowledgable about this caliber. How does it compare to say a 30-06 or .270. Is the recoil harsh considering it's a mag? Would you guys reccommend it for an all around cartridge?
Ballistically, the 7mm Rem. Mag is very similar to the .30/'06, firing bullets of similar weight at perhaps slightly higher velocities. But the terminal performance on game is about the same as the '06 - just slightly better than the .270 Win. but not much!
It is a decent all-round cartridge, and I would say the recoil is not enogh worse than the '06 to be a putoff to people who can shoot the '06 well......