which would be a better all around choice for deer,elk,and black bear

Either will be great for what you have mentioned. Just pick what you really want.

Brian

300 Mag. Good luck.

Both are perfect in whatever version you choose. I'd go with a 7mm WSM or SAUM just for the reduced recoil.

Good Dogwork and Good Hunting

both are good but I like my 300 mag

i would go with whatever you like. both are simular as far as trajectory etc.just the 7mm mag might be a little flatter.

I like the 300 myself ,but have used both with good results .

Either. I faced the same situation. I opted for the 7 rem Mag, it did all i wanted, I have shoulder problems so heavy recoil was not an option, the actual gun fit me better and if you care ammo is cheaper(for me that was the bonus, not consideration). I am tickled with my 7 mm, I can handle a long range session with it and very nice shooter. It has put down 2 animals and one was a very large bodied buck, that didn't take a step.

Now to be perfectly honest if I had no shoulder problems, I may not have even considered the 7 Mag. Just cause I own a 270 and was thinking I need a 30 Cal. I never went to the new short mags, I didn't like the bullet or gun selection available at this time. I say if your going to go mag. then stick with the standards...just mho.

I was faced with the same decision and went with the 7mm mag just because i liked it better. Just which ever fits you best and which one you like better. they will prolly both do the same things, but a .300 mag might give you a little more variability in bullet wieghts as well as let you hunt as big of game as you want.


"A man with a gun is a citizen, a man without a gun is a subject."

If you look at the ballistics a 7mm STW is the best out of the to (7mm and 300). Shoots flatter and farther!

Lee