I was browsing the net for some cheap ammo to use for deer (some of you might be thinking: "first mistake, cheap ammo..."). Anyway, I found some bulk ammo for my 7mm Rem Mag on Cabela's website. They sell this stuff in 139GR and 162GR SPBT's. They come in a box of 100. There are 5 reviews on the page from customers...all good reviews except the first one that sounds like a bad scope?

What I am trying to decide is if I should buy this stuff for $111 shipped or stay with the "Standard Issue" Winchester 150GR Power Points I have been using for a few years? There isn't much difference in price, but I would like to shoot some lighter 139GR bullets for some longer range.

Here is a link to the product: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...amp;hasJS=true

What would you do?

That's a good question. There are a couple of ways to think about it. First, it seems a little late to be "experimenting" with new ammo this close to deer season. Using that logic, I'd stick to my known ammo. However, it's certainly o.k. to try new stuff. Personally, I refuse to use "cheap" stuff be it ammo, scopes or even rifles (for that matter). My bottom line would be to say don't use the cheap, bulk ammo for anything other than target practice. That's my $.02.

At $99.99 per 100, that is about $20 for a box of 20 plus shipping, so that isn't exactly "cheap" ammo in my opinion. It is Remington and not a off brand, soft point, boattail. Sounds like nice cartridges.

Right now the cheapest ammo is using the rebates out by Federal, Remmington & Winchester.

I bought 2 boxes of Federal Core Lokt, 2 boxes of Winchester Soft Point Boattails and 2 boxes of Remminton soft points for around $20 a box and am now waiting on $30 of rebate checks in the mail.

Price after rebates was right around $15 a box. That's for 7mm Rem Mag.

I might get a box and try these after season to see how they perform. It ends up being $22.20 per box, just about what I pay for my Winchester Power Points at Wal-Mart. Will do my own report then. Thanks for the comments!

Judging by the bullet weights, those are hornady bullets. I don't like these bullets for deer because they are extremely hard and don't like to expand very nice on deer. But a buck ($1)a shot beats the average of $1.5-2. just some thoughts. and Hornady ammo is near hand-load quality.

I can't imagine buying bulk ammo for a 7mm mag because I can't imagine shooting that caliber for more than 5 shots at a sitting. For hunting, the two most important considerations for a clean kill are bullet placement and terminal performance of the bullet. Spend some time with your rifle at the range and find out which premium ammunition that it likes the best, then buy 100 rounds. Spending $1.75 for a round of excellent performing ammo versus a $1 for bulk will seem like a great investment when the buck of a lifetime is in the scope!

What you are looking at is Hunting Shack remanufactured ammo. I there is not a single thing wrong with it. However I would buy one box of each first and see how it shoots. If your gun likes it and it groups well then by all means go for it. Standard Hornady interlok's are just fine for deer, as a matter of fact any standard construction bullet is fine for deer. They certainly won't know the difference. As far as longer ranges and accuracy a lighter bullet won't necessarily give you better accuracy.

A standard target practice for me with my 7mm Rem Mag is between 15 and 18 shots depending on how much time I want to spend. The issue is with the barrel getting hot, not recoil. It takes a while to cool down and it heats up pretty quickly.

I ran a little over 60 rounds through mine shooting at paper and on my trip to Montana I shot twice at 220 yards and 175 yards with no external rest (1 sitting shot and 1 laying on my side with my thigh as a rest) and had 2 clean kills. I had a bi-pod with my both times, but due to the shot situations was unable to use them.

As far as finding out which ammo my gun prefers I haven't found any that it dislikes very much. If anything itprefers the soft points over the more expensive ballistic tips. All of it hits the paper good enough to feel pretty good about hitting an animal where I want with it. I'll shoot some Federal Accubonds through it before I take it Elk hunting, but unless they spray out of control, I think I'll use them for Elk over any of the soft points even if the soft points group a little better.

Well, I ordered one box of the 7mmMag for me and one box of their .30-06 for my father to see how these perform. The recoil doesn't bother me anymore as I have gotten used to my gun by now. Also, the reason to use a lighter bullet was to get a flatter shooting bullet, not necessarily a more accurate bullet (Although I hope it does both). I believe it had enough positive reviews for me to at least give it a try