RE: 7MM Remington Magnum
I also have been reloading and using the 7 mm mag for over 20 years. My Savage likes the 150 gr. Sierra Game King. I don't maxload so I chrono out at a muz vel of just over 3000ft/sec. At the range I use a recoil pad so the thumping isn't so bad. I guess it's just what you get used to. With a Nilon 3x9x40 scopethe rig I use is not fancy but truly a tack puncher. Where I hunt it is common to have 200-300 yard shots and I'm very comfortable shooting at this distance. Now I'm not calling down the southern deer some hunt but here up North in Canada 225-250 lb field dressed bucks is not out of the ordinary. The down range hitting power of the 7 mm mag makes it the right gun for my application. I can honestly say that I have never felt the recoil when harvesting a deer. I suppose I'm just too pumped.