7mm Rem Mag, isn't in any way, overkill. Not even shooting a deer at 100 yards with a .338 is overkill, it's just more power to the cartridge, and why do pople worry about overkill anyway? You've killed a deer, and you can't hurt it anymore now, there is no such thing as overkill.

Recoil? My dad's Browning A-Bolt 7mm Rem Mag, kicks as much as my Remington673 .308.
His has the BOSS system, and strangely, the noise wasn't that horrendous as we thought it was going to be, sure, no doubt it was the loudest of the guns we had, but if you have hearing protection, or are taking one shot at a deer, it's no problem.

Sure, ammo is more expensive, but the 7mm Rem Mag, has no downfall, other than the fact that the ammo is more expensive, but the 7mm Mag, IMO, had pleseant recoil, and I would like to try a .300 Win Mag someday.

There is a satisfaction that comes with versatility, and because of the 7mm Rem Mag's longer case, it's able to have very wide loads available in factory ammo.

And if you're making a 200 yard shot, there will be a difference in ballistics immediately, compared to the .308,and the 30-06.


I, most of all, would say that you can't go wrongwith the 30-06 or the 7mm Rem Mag, and personally, I would pick the 30-06, because it has more mass, and, honestly, I'm a .30 cal fan, but saying the 7mm Rem Mag is overkill is just plain ignorance, IMO.
The bullet caliber of the 7mm Rem Mag is smaller than that of the 30-06, actually, since the 7mm Rem Mag is either a .277 or a .284, I forget which, whereas the 30-06 has a .308 diameter.

It just doesn't make sense to say that the 7mm Rem Magnum is overkill, why they labeled it "magnum", I'm not sure, I guess 'cause of the cartridge stucture in comparison to the other cartridges at the time of the 7mm RemMag's arrival.

BTW, I think the .308, 7mm-08 are great cartridges, and if he still wants the power of the long action, with a smaller bullet, and satisfactory recoil, he could also get a 25-06, I hear Ruger makes a good one.

I don't mean any offense, in case you might find something offensive in my post.