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Old 12-18-2007, 08:45 PM
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The 7mmremmag is a fine choice.
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Old 12-19-2007, 04:04 AM
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7mm is a nice choice, or I might suggest as well the .300 Win mag, Ultra mag...whatever.
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Old 12-19-2007, 04:27 AM
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I shot a .270 at deer for years and 7mm mag when shooting atPower Lines or Senderos. Since 1995 I have been shooting a Ruger M77 in 6.5mmSwede..
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Old 12-19-2007, 06:00 AM
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A lot of the responses are saying the 7mm mag is a good choice but to look into the 300 mags. I agree with all of them, including the ones that say the 7mm. Personally I would rather a 300 mag. Either the 300 Win Mag or 300WSM if it were my choice. A good 180 .308 cal bullet is hard to beat ballistically and has plenty of oomph for anything on this continent. My friend uses a Browning Titanium in 300WSM almost exclusively and has taken 23 of the 28 big game animals in NA with it including a huge brown bear using Nosler Accubonds in 180 gr.
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Old 12-19-2007, 07:50 AM
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A lot of the responses are saying the 7mm mag is a good choice but to look into the 300 mags. I agree with all of them, including the ones that say the 7mm. Personally I would rather a 300 mag. Either the 300 Win Mag or 300WSM if it were my choice. A good 180 .308 cal bullet is hard to beat ballistically and has plenty of oomph for anything on this continent. My friend uses a Browning Titanium in 300WSM almost exclusively and has taken 23 of the 28 big game animals in NA with it including a huge brown bear using Nosler Accubonds in 180 gr.

Unless you use a 300 ultra mag you are not going to see any difference between a 7 rem mag or 300 win mag certainly on deer and more then likely on Elk provided you use the right bullets. I base this on years of shooting both at big and medium game.A lot of people will differ on this opinion and I am ok with that as well since everyone has a comfort level with certain cartridges. If your going to be shooting deer with the occasional elk then by all means get a 7 mag in some flavor , put a scope on it and go kill something. I wouldn't even dream of using a 300 win mag on the largest Bears ..that would be a 8MM Remington 325 wsm and up exclusive territory.
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Old 12-19-2007, 08:20 AM
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7 Mag is a good caliber even though the 300 Win is more versitile...
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Old 12-19-2007, 08:27 AM
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I have to agree with oldelkhunter. A 300 mag is capable but it wouldn't be my first choice either for big bears. But with a 180 or 200 gr quality bullet, it would be better than a 7mm mag. My choice would be either my 325WSM or I'd have an excuse to get me a new 416 Rem.
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Old 12-19-2007, 01:35 PM
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i think you may have been asking a question you already knew the answer to. 7mm RM is what you're looking for according to your description.
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Old 12-19-2007, 06:10 PM
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300 short mag
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Old 12-20-2007, 01:56 PM
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i want something with knock down power. Where i hunt its pretty crowded the first day. I also want a gun that drops little and is big...Mostly because i want to go out west one day.
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