RE: 7MM Ultramag..Is it going to survive?
 

If it dies, it dies... I am darn glad I have one. I reload, however, the factory load isn't bad, but load it with either 139 or 154gr Hornady IBs and it's a real shooter.

Michigan UP deer hate it...:D

RE: 7MM Ultramag..Is it going to survive?
 

I think another thing that hurts it is that its really way to much gun for deer and other medium size game but when people look for a rifle for bigger game, Elk and moose as well as big bears, then they look to the 30 caliber or bigger calibers. This kind of leaves the 7MM version without a nitch. JMO. I appeals to long range shooters and is not to bad for this purpose, But anything it will do, most of the many 30 calibers out there will do better.

RE: 7MM Ultramag..Is it going to survive?
 

You make a good point, but the 7 STW looks like its going to be around after the 7 RUM is dead and buried . . . .

RE: 7MM Ultramag..Is it going to survive?
 

I think the 7 STW had a pretty good foothold before the 7 UM got started. Niether is burning up any sales records and the 7 MM Rem version is way ahead. The 7MM rem has a but more of a place in deer camps than its big cousins. I am sure that the 7MM Rem was a suprise to Remington as the MM's were never well accepted by the American hunters. It was to much of a Europe thing.;). Anyway thats just my take on the issue. I had five 7MM Rem Mags and although they offer good performance, I was always turned off by the recoil for the power delivered and had just as good of performance from the 7x57 and 280. with less blast and recoil.

RE: 7MM Ultramag..Is it going to survive?
 

I own a 7mm RUM in a 700 Scendero???? Spelling.......I absolutly love it. I bought it for shooting distance.....The gun absolutely laughs at a 500 yard shot. I reload also. I reload the 139 gn. Hornady SST. What a tack driving machine.

I have never owned a 7mm STW but when I bought my rifle, I looked at the ballistics at the time and chose the Ultra Mag over it.

Mine is customized with a trigger job and a custom stainless bull barrel muzzel break. Just these two custom jobs allows my 10 year old girl to shoot it without a kick.