I have a model 7 remy 7mm08 youth model that I want to rebarrel to a 7mm wsm. My question is can I buy any 7mm wsm barrel or does it specically have to fit a model 7. Also can the action be remmed out to a 7mm wsm without any problem. Is this very expensive or should i just by a new savage and forget about it.

I just don't know about gunsmithing and don't won't to waste money

Buy the new Savage and forget rebarreling.

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Then leave the 7mm-08 Rem alone and get over your case of magnumitus. That 7mm-08 will do anything you ask it to.

Ditto

id just buy a new gun and sounds like alotta trouble to try to do that urself and produce an accurate rifle

The short magnum needs a different bolt face being a fatter cartridge. By the time you modify the bolt and re barrel or rechamber you will have wasted money and buggered up a good rifle. Buy a second rifle if you need more power. If all you hunt is deer within normal ranges you don't need more than a 7mm08. Spend your money on a premium scope instead, you won't be sorry.

Personally i dont know why anyone would even buy a 7mm mag (probably gonna get shot down) but for the recoil, preformance, and price of ammo you might as well buy a 300 win mag and have the better bullet selection. Just my opinion.....

texhookem,

Personally, i like the 7 Rem. mag better than the 300 Win. mag.. (i've used both plenty)

First off, the 175 NP will out penetrate any other expanding bullet i've ever fired in a 300 Win. mag, and on the biggest game (moose, bear) that's what i want to break them down!!

On the smaller end, the 140/150 NP's will do anything a 300 Win. mag will do with 165/180 NP's, and do it with less recoil..

Both work, but i like the 7 Rem. mag better!!

Drilling Man

DM, I could understand a 7 mag 175 grain bullet equaling the penetration of a 180 grain bullet from a 300 win mag because the bullets most used on heavy game that people expect to have good penetration(ie: trophy bonded, partition, a-frame, etc.) are used in both bullets. But to say that it out penetrates would not be correct. However, if my ballistics charts are correct a 7 mag, federal 175 grain trophy bonded has a muzzle velocity of 2860fps, while the federal 180 grain win mag trophy bonded has a muzzle velocity of 3006fps. That amounts to a 450 fpe difference. I would consider a 7 mag loaded with a heavier grain more comparable to a 30-06 than a 300 win mag. Aside from all that the three of cartridges just mentioned are far capable for any animal in North America minus big bears so i guess its just what u prefer.