7mm mag
 

hey guys im thinkin about gettin a weatherby 7mm mag but i havent evershot one does nebody hav any info for or against that gun?

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7mm Wby Mag?

or a weatherby rifle chambered in 7mm Rem Mag. ?

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The 7mm Rem. Mag. is a great cartridge, and it is also my favorite. It is perfect for all north american game out to 500 plus yards. I use a 7mm Rem. Mag. to deer hunt and absolutely love it. It is a very fast and hard hitting bullet. I would not trade it for anything. Good luck & happy hunting.

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oh sorry a weatherby mark v in a 7mm rem mag

RE: 7mm mag
 

It's a solid cartridge.

Why are you looking at it? Is one available to you? What will you use it for? Or are you just looking for a new rifle and came to both the 7mm and the weatherby?

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I have shot a rem 7mag for 20 years. Great cartridge, the only accuracy problems with i have ever had was when i tried to load some speer grandslams. My remington 700 does not like the grandslams at all. I have killed deer,elk and tons of coyotes with mine.

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I have had five of them and hated the heck out of all of them. Strange but true. It's one of two cartridges that I did my best to love and failed. The other was the 243. Give me anything else but no more 7 Mags or 243 which I also had at least five of. Slow learner I guess. I found the 7 Mag to have about the same performance as the 280 with much more recoil and muzzle blast. I found the 243 miserably inadequate for deer size game when compared to the old 250 savage. People can argue but I have made up my mind after about 40 years of trying these two.:D That said, if you like them, by all means use them.

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As far as magnums go, put me in the camp with those that like the 7mm Rem. Mag.,if you have a need for a magnum. BUT, it's more cartridge than necessary for most hunting in the lower 48, so i don't hunt with one any longer. I did take this sheep with a 7 Rem. mag....



Like James i choose a 280 Rem. over the 7 mag's... The best reason to have a 7 mag. over a 280 is "if" your hunting moose or big bears, ordecide to shoot at bigger game into the next county... The mag case will drive a 175NP faster than a 280 can, and the 175NP out of a 7 mag. is plenty of cartridge/bullet even for the biggest bears.

DM

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check another vote for the 7mm rem. I have one in a Weatherby Vangard, and love it. If you handload it's about as versatile as it gets. If you don't, it's still pretty good

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I have the Vanguard as well. It's a great rifle. Shoots incredible groups with high grade ammo. Sub-MOA for sure. Mine is just a regular Syn. Vanguard. I can put 20 rds. down range in 1 hr. and it doesn't kill my shoulder. ;)

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Been shooting and reloading for my 7 mm mag for almost 25 years. Love it. I also have 7 other deer rifle cal. that I load for also but for some reason each season I reach for the ol'faithful. I guess some habits die hard. I will use one of the others for second deer tag but after shouldering my Savage 110 for so many years it just seems as an extension to myself.

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I bought my first7mm in 1977 at the age of eighteen. It wasa Remington 700 BDL that someone bought, shot once and didn't like the kick.I picked it up for $175.00 and shot it until I bought a new Remington 700SSalso in 7mm in 1999. Overkill for deer? yes but I love shooting it. I still have both but switched over to bow hunting in 2000 and haven't shot it to much lately. Great cartridge! Ken

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i just know a guy that says it doesnt fit him very well n hes wanting to get rid of to get a smaller caliber

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I like the 7mmremmag,but after owning two Weathery Mark V rifles,I will never own another.My remington 700s that cost half as much were more accurate than my Mark Vs.

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7mm Rem Mag is my all around favorite big game cartridge. I find the recoil to be minimal at best (and I don't like hard kicking rifles). If I could afford to I'd shoot mine all day shooting P-Dogs. But those days are gone now with the costs of reloading supplies.

My 7mm Rem is a Browning A-Bolt Stalker, and it is also the most accurate out of the box rifle I own. It will put 3 shots under .5MOA at 100 yards, and it will do that at 300 yards for me on a good day as well. It does open up to about 1.5" on a bad day at 300 yards.

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WOW! That's not very inspiring. My Vanguard can key hole groups.

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I prefer the Howa made Vanguards to the Mark Vs.

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Do you have a Vanguard or a Howa?

RE: 7mm mag
 

I owned a Howa,and have fired several vanguards.