BTW, one of the guys I hunted with for decades used a 7mm rem mag , he used various bullet weights from 150-175 and was not all that thrilled with the rifles power or his results,
he was rather convinced the rifle lacked knock down power (it certainly did not lack power or accuracy)
as he has consistently shot 1" 100 yard groups with almost all his hand loads off the bench rest, at 100 yards,
but for about 6 years even having several opportunities on hunts to shoot elk,
he would make a shot , while hunting, and the elk or mule deer would run off,
we would spend an hour or so looking for evidence of a hit and come up empty.
he was convinced he was a great shot,but I never once saw him practice shooting anyplace but on the bench.
well, one year after missing a standing elk at only 200 yards ,with several of us watching,
he became convinced his scope must have shifted zero.
I had a few orange sticky dots in the truck, and a sheet of cardboard we leaned up against a steep hillside,
we backed off 200 yards to duplicate the distance, and he tried several shots.....he totally missed the cardboard backer, that was about 18" square,
convincing him the scope zero had changed, but before he started changing the scope adjustment,
I suggested another hunter in our group try a couple shots......both shots impacted about where we had sighted in the rifle,
about 1" high at that range, I then tried 2 shots, and my bullets impacted well inside of 3-4 inchs of the orange dot also.
I suggested he try a couple more shots, (but purposelessly made sure the chamber was empty)
the reason he missed, was obvious to everyone, he had a flinch you would think he developed from using a 458 mag!
he always used a 25 lb bag of lead shot behind the rifle butt on the bench, but subconsciously , he knew that without the bag the rifles recoil was much more noticeable
no it was not abusive, but he still flinched like it was a 458 win with a solid steel butt plate,
it took months for him to admit he needed practice and once he found he could use a PAST recoil pad in a shooting vest
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his field accuracy greatly improved