@@Paul-q3m7k Thats right. Cartridges with booolets under .308 & case capacities exceeding 30-06 cases are inefficient, & hard on throat barrels. Ive been handloading since the late 70's. How long you been at it?
I am an old fart, age 65. I never had a 7mm Mag. I was taught reloading at a young age. I got into studying the load manuals. Yes, I looked at velocity, grains of powder to get there, and absorbed as much as I could. My Dad gave me a used, beat up 30-06 built on an old Mauser action he got from a guy as partial payment for some carpentry work he did for a guy. I still have that old gun. It is just fine. I drilled and tapped it for a scope in my 20s. I have two other 30-06 rifles, a CDL Rem and Winchester. In those days everyone had a 30-06. We did not have all the cartridges that are out today. The cartridge has killed all the deer and hogs I have hunted in my state, Texas. It had enough legs to make the once in a long while long shot. I never went to states for bigger animals like elk, moose, bears, etc., just south Texas whitetails and hogs. I know quite a few people that had 7mm ag guns over the years. They all seemed to retire it for a more moderate cartridge. Many of these guys went for the 243 or 308. They are good deer rounds for our smallish deer, doubles as a coyote tool also. The same can be said for the 30-06 too. I still use old home-made 30-06 because I own it, it is paid for, it works, it is still accurate, AND my Dad gave it to me when we were going through some serious economical difficulties when I was growing up at that time.
Estoy de acuerdo contigo, tuve 3 264 min mag al que derretí el cañón por mi culpa, hoy estoy satisfecho con el 270 y el 30/06 son el mejor estuche del mundo
In about 2000 I loaded a 100 round box with 7 Mag ammo for my best friend. It pushed a 160 Nosler partition to 3100fps with no signs of excessive pressure. This fall he fired the last 4 rounds of that 23 year old ammo. 2 shots on paper to confirm zero, and 2 dead deer. I’ll be loading him another hundred rounds for the next 23 years. Shoots a lot flatter than the 30 caliber loads of similar billet design. It has killed elk, mule deer, and tons of whitetail deer. His Browning a bolt rifle always prints the first 2 shots in the same hole and the 3rd shot about a half inch high and right. It is an easy cartridge to load and hot rod beyond the loading manuals.
@@dimebag6982 federal magnum large rifle primers, IMR 4831, I believe the brass was Winchester but I’m not positive. The load notes are in the box and he has that.
Having multiple 7 mm cartridges starting at 7 x 57 through, 280 Ackley improved and 7 mm rim mag If I want a little light pleasant shooting, I take the 7 x 57 very good for introducing new shooters. My favourite hunting rifle at the moment is the 280 but I still run 165 grain projectile. I think this is a sweet spot for this cartridge With the 7 mm Remington Magnum I don’t like to run anything lighter than 170 grain projectile because this is where it starts to pull away from the other 7 mm that I have and I find it far more pleasant shooting the 300 Winchester which I have had Two of and still have one. Also very happy to run 180 grain to 185 grain in my 7 mm Remington Magnum, where I really do think it starts to shine
YOU may not need anything new to get it done, but the cartridge design is 60 years old and firearms technology has come a long way and we've got better case designs that eliminate that god awful belt. It was great when it came out, but it just can't do it for long heavy BC projectiles. Target shooters particularly demand better that a different 7mm cartridge can provide that 7mmRM just can't.
@@amym828 less than 1 percent of the shooters on the planet can consistently hit a 12 inch target beyond 500 yards. There are many classics rifles experts can used out to 1000 yards. 270, 3006, 300 Winmag, 308, 7mm Rem Mag, 243, 6.5 Jap, just to name a few. That said, I guess the more cartridges we have, the better off the 1 percenters will be.
Depends on what you want to do. I am old enough to remember where 2 MOA was considered good rifle accuracy. Ryan's 300 Win Mag, for example has a custom barrel with a match-style chamber and longer than standard magazine. In other words it is now a custom rifle that only lives up to its potential with handloaded ammo. The advantage of some of the more modern cartridges is that you can buy a rifle and ammo at a retail store that otherwise would require a custom barrel and handloading.
I dragged my Remington 700 chambered in 7mm Rem Mag out of the safe for this years deer hunt. Almost forgot how heavy that rifle is but I still love it. As expected, it harvested a large doe with a high shoulder shot, drop-on-the-spot hit. I've been on an AR deer/elk/bear/hog hunting quest for years now (because the gun control types say the AR is not used for hunting)...308 and 6.5 CM (AR10), 6.5 Grendel, 300 Blackout, 350 Legend, 450 Bushmaster, and last year with a Ruger SFAR 308. It was nostalgic hauling that 700 around this year. She's dropped critters from Canada to Texas and East to West coast. Will aways be a huge fan of the 7MM Rem Mag.
My 1990 Browning A-bolt Stalker BOSS Left Hand in .7mm Rem Mag has taken 168 big game animals in 14 states, 3 countries and 2 continents. Our load of choice for many years now has been the Hornady GMX 139 grain copper bullet. From Black Wildebeest to Rocky Mountain Elk, Black Bear to Blacktails, the caliber and rifle combo has served me very well indeed. And yes Ryan, thank you for admitting it is a fine cartridge for hunting.
My gun shoots .75 to 1 moa groups with these shells. The average velocity is 3183 from my gun with the BOSS attached determined by recording chronograph results from shooting 30 rounds at 1500 feet elevation. I limit my shots on game to inside 400 yards. I have recovered slugs from wildebeest, zebra, elk, black bear and wild boar. The GMX had excellent expansion and weight retention, drove through bone without issue and is suitable at 139 grains for everything but brown bears, moose and eland in my opinion.
I shoot a 140 grn nosler in mine. Bang the heck out of my 8" gong at 600 yds with a 3x9 Leopold in a factory Ruger vintage 1978. I love the "lighter " bullet in a 24" barrel. Sure it's not the parts gun in prc or f class but humbles a lot of store bought snipers
I hunt with the 300 wsm but my second choice is the 7 rem mag! Hunting 60+ years as well as reloading and collecting I can hunt with ANY cartridge and think the 7 rem mag is one of the best and that’s why it has done so good! I have a 1963 in 7 rem mag and the big 7 as it was called end the rule of a lot of great cartridges! I still love the 30-06 though and still one of the very best for how old it is.
I started hunting with a 30-30 then upgraded to a 30-06, I've never felt the need to own a 7mm Rem mag, I've always searched for lever and pump action rifles as I'm left-handed and they just seem to make more sense, however I've always loved the lines and look of a Remington 700 BDL. I've heard they make them in a left hand variant but I've never seen one until about 2 months ago when I walked into a shop and they happen to have one in near mint condition made in 1976. It just happened to be chambered in 7 mm Rem mag, so now I own one.
I have a vintage 1977 BAR, Belgian made chambered in 7mm Rem Mag. It was a gift from a good friend about 10 years ago. Soft shooting and very accurate. I load 160 grain projectiles at 3,000 fps. Excellent results. The rifle is beautiful.
@@EatingWild First off, glad the hunting distance police are here to set things straight. Wasn't sure how far I could shoot. Thanks for simplifying things for me. 2nd, "a bullet is a bullet" is insane... as if bullets don't vary wildly in diameter, length, weight, material, construction, spin rate, and speed. 3rd, how did you come up with an arbitrary 500 yards. Is that based on your skill? The skill of a new 13 year old shooter? The skill of an elite military sniper? Training must not matter, since your definite and magical number is the same for everyone. And 4th, nobody in this comment was talking about hunting distance. You just have some religious mission about your point that you have to make it anywhere. Anyone: "This is some great BBQ." You: "Yeah, but if it were 501 yards away from me, I wouldn't be shooting at it." Which, by the way, is a huge red flag and makes everyone less likely to listen to what you say.
@@JJ-iu5hl awwwe someone's feelers were touched over a simple comment. Of course there are some differences. But all I am trying to say is the difference in said performance especially when it comes to let's say the old 7mms vs the new 7mms. The differences are not big enough to mark it as a huge difference. Literally trying to squeeze water from a stone. I swear people take their calibers way too seriously and what they think they know. Overreacting over someone's opinion and trying to force yours. At the end of the day it's all opinion with numbers at the end.
@@EatingWild When you start your comment like that, you eliminate all credibility. Just so you know. Anyway, it's funny that that's all you were trying to say, because your first comment did not say that at all. Like not at all. Didn't resemble the thing you said in the 2nd comment at all. Like seriously, read after where you say "all I'm trying to say is" and then go read your first comment. And then think about how they are entirely different.
I bet Ryan wouldn’t hesitate to use a 7MM REM Mag shooting 160 Partitions at 3000 fps if someone paid for a muley hunt on the Jicarilla Res for him. Just sayin’.
Ryan, get a 7 Rem Mag. You will love it like we all do. I get a 30-06, a 7mm-08, and a 7 Rem Mag ready for hunting season each year and I always grab the 7 Rem Mag on the first day.
First gun I bought as a 16 year old was a Remington 700 action and had Jarret build me a "bean field rifle" off this action in 700 Rem Mag. Still got that rifle today and I still occasionally rock it in the field although its had a couple of barrels since then. I was suffering "magnumitus" at the time, it had the flat shooting velocity with high BC bullets and didnt recoil as much as the 300 Win Mag. Today I am a lot older, not near the masochist I used to be and I appreciate the more efficient cartridges like 308 and 6.5 Grendel for hunting these days.
Ron Spomer has a video where he says that if he was limited to only one cartridge to hunt everything it would be the 7mm Remington Magnum. That is very telling in my opinion. Growing up in Oregon my dad was a big Winchester guy and had guns in .243, .308, 300 Win Mag and .338 Win Mag and when I was younger I hunted with his .243 Sako. When I was older he wanted me to have a rifle of my own that I could use for everything so he bought me a Savage 110 in 7mm Remington Magnum and I used it on Coyotes, Blacktail Deer and Roosevelt Elk shooting mostly 175 grain Nosler Partition hand loads at 2950 ft/sec.
Having grown up in oregon is great but we have terrible gun laws! I was very lucky my fathers good friend was a good friend of John Nosler when they were in Ashland and started reloading his ammo for his pre64 because the handload bullets were coming apart in the 06 which is about the same as the 300 H&H that John was using and the Partition change the whole industry in bullets. The 7 rem mag is a fantastic cartridge and even better reloaded to its full potential.
Great podcast. Ryan glad to hear that you bought a 270. I have 5 of them in my gun case. But I also have two son who also share/use the cabinet. One of them is an x-bolt that shoots 3/4 MOA. My best shooting gun is chambered in 7mm and can shoot 1/2 MOA. That gun has a muzzle break and a 1 in 9 twist. Sweet to shoot. Topped with a Vortex Viper 4-16x50 HSLR. Thanks for sharing.
Use to feel the same way about the 270. Then a friend was selling a nice Rem 760 270 for a price that couldn't be walked away from. Great wood. Excellent blueing. Open sights. Extra mags. Most importantly, I didn't have pump action centerfire. I now own a 270. Couldn't be happier. To be honest, it was that the package overrode my irrational prejudice for the cartridge. Now if I could just get over it for the 6.5 creedmore...
All you guys that think 3006 has all the performance of a 7 mag are nuts! lol. The 7 has roughly a 200 fps advantage across bullet weights and all that with a more efficient bullet. That’s a big difference! The design itself may not be efficient and it is more expensive but it without a doubt outperforms 3006 or similar cartridges
I absolutely love my Remington 700 BDL custom deluxe 7 REM MAG. It’s a sweet classic hunting rifle. Had my gunsmith free float that barrel, aluminum pillar bed and glass bed the receiver and I threw in a timney Calvin elite trigger. Topped it off with an Arken SH4 6-24. It absolutely rocks. With the ammo it likes its absolute laser beam even with that relatively thin hunting profile barrel.
Lol...Ryan hates the 7 mag mag that only gives you 200 ft/s over the 7mm08 for an extra 20 grains of powder but LOVES the 300 WM that gives you 200 ft/s over the ought-6 for the same 20gr.
@@chadillac95fair, except 7RM starts off with only marginally more recoil than the 06 (7.5% according to Spomer). Somehow I doubt you'd even notice that.
@cameronjaeger but I'm not comparing the 7rm to the 30-06. We were comparing the difference in the 30-06 and the 300wm and the difference in the 7RM and the 7mm08. The felt recoil in the 30-06 is 26ish ft-lbs. It's 28-32 for the 300 WM, depending on rifle weight. The 7RM is 25-27 ft-lbs, while the 7mm08 is somewhere around 14-18 ft-lbs. That's a huge difference!
I got a 7 PRC this year. I really liked the specs and I have liked the performance, so far. I have heard it said that if you already have 7 RM, you probably don't need the 7 PRC. Another person said, if you want to build custom everything and really enjoy handloadng, get the 7 RM. If you want a factory rifle that shoots good with factory ammo, get the 7 PRC. Thing is, people are already changing recipes and trying different bullet styles and weights in the 7 PRC. I have seen the 7 RM bring down an elk. But I also know a guy that doesn't need more than just his one .30-06.
I got a 270 a while back. It's a beautiful old Birmingham Small Arms made in England back in the early 60s. The iron sights are knocked out on it so I got it for a song. It has taken me months to find and acquire rings to mount anything to the 19mm dovetail. It's a very cool old gun and I'm happy to take it into the mountains.
I have always given my hunting partner shiit for his choice of 7mag. I was in the store working counter 2 when a "like new" tikka m658 came in. My mind was made up before I even saw that it was chambered in 7 mag. I have begrudgingly learned to love the chambering!
I love the 10 minute talks, but I do realize that y’all like long high bc bullets for looong range shooting I like as Ryan said 140-160 gr partitions seated long with a good charge of propellant makes a well made hunting round. I killed one doe whitetail with my 7mm rem mag at about 60 yards. Where you hunt makes a big difference in what you need. I have changed to a 140 gr Sierra in a 7mm-08 20” barrel that kills just fine at the ranges that I hunt. Good job Guys.
Abolt Stalker 7 rem mag no boss LH. Maybe my favorite deer rifle! but only after I switched to Barnes bullets. Talk about DRT. Shock and awe. LOVE the #10 min talks and the ones that go way over!
I moved to Alaska 40+ years ago. Originally from the East Coast. The first rifle I bought, when I could afford one, was a Weatherby Vanguard with the Sako full length bolt slide in 7mm Rem Mag. I have shot pretty much everything up here with a 7mm Mag...including Grizzly. Those old Vanguards were exceptionally well built and exceptionally accurate. I loaded 175 grain Speer Mag Tips (economy version of their Grand Slam...no longer available). The bullet went through both sides of pretty much everything I shot with that round...with the exception of the grizzly where it broke both shoulders and lodged inside the off side hide in a classic mushroom. If anything, I was shooting too hard a bullet. As far as accuracy, that round sighted in at 1 1/2" high at 100 yards was dead-on at 300. I could cloverleaf 3 rounds at 100 yards consistently. There were times when I shot my first 2 rounds and I thought the second shot either missed the paper entirely or went through the first hole. Recoil-wise, with a muzzle break, it's like shooting a 243. Without, it is a sharp recoil and my rifle came up causing me to lose sight of the animal. As far as accuracy, that gun ruined me. People talk about achieving 1 MOA accuracy like that is some form of acceptable. I won't rest until I can get 1/2" groups at 100 yards. I have other rifles in other calibers, but I still have and use that rifle and it is still just as accurate and will achieve 1" groups easily with factory ammo. I only have a few Mag Tips left and will have to work up a new load.
I've got a christensen arms elr in 7 mag. With solid glass 1800M is very possible, good bc with 7mag. Light loads for white tail, heavy loads for any color bear, good moose or elk round. It's a good do all cartridge.
I have hunted with a 7 rem mag killed several deer and 4 elk with it. One major point missed here is the 175 grain spitzers that were available even in the old days. This in the world before bonded/monolithic bullets put the 7mm Remington magnum significantly above the .270 in getting deep enough penetration. I know that 150 grain bullets are the most common but if you look you can usually find 175 grain bullets and you all acted like they didn't exist.
Because it doesn't. While it is true that with modern powders and bullets, a 280 AI can do what the 7mm Rem Mag did in the 1960's, the 7 RM has improved too. The BIG question, really, is if the the 280 AI is good enough. If it does what you want it to do, the 280AI can be the better choice.
Nope. And not even close. 280AI is a great cartridge. My wife likes it for whitetail. The ballistics aren't close. Speed = case capacity and correct powder. Those items with same size bullet = speed the AI can't match. As far as the Hornady Kool-aid goes careful how much you drink. They can't even label the ammo they produce correctly. Buy results not advertising.
It's nice to hear the extremely close comparison with the good old 7 rem mag and the modern 7 prc. It would also be really interesting if you could look at the comparison to the old .260 rem vs the new 6.5 creedmoor. Same barrel twist and the same bullet heads.
Ryan likes exceptional old guns, I have the 7 rem mag that would make him like the cartridge. I have a 1962 Remington 700 BDL in 7 rem mag. The only reason I shoot the cartridge is because of the rifle. The 700 was designed for the 7 rem mag. It’s a beautiful rifle. It’s a first year production gun. Stainless steel barrel, Florida leaves on the checkering, black nose on the stock for the BDL. I love the rifle, so I use the cartridge.
Love these Holiday Cartridge Talks as usual. Another cartridge suggestion would be 7.35 Carcano. Or maybe a combined episode on both 6.5 and 7.35 Carcano? I have a weird fascination with 7.35.
I find it funny and interesting that I found a deal on a left handed Browning X Bolt Hells Canyon LR McMillan in 7mm REM Mag (which is in a 1:8 twist) yesterday and today you all come out with this video on this popular vintage do all cartridge. 😎🇺🇸
Thats a little on the low end for the 150CX. I’m running that quite easy 3150fps out of a 26”. 162s run around 3000-3050 but then your getting the added BC. its a hammer on moose and i was a die hard 300 winny guy for a very long time until i came to the dark side. when the barrel goes ill go 7prc specifically for that new 160CX bullet. it’s impressive
I recently purchased a used but like new, never fired Remington 700 XCR chambered in 7 mag off the used rack at the local sporting goods store for $600. I haven't checked the numbers, but I assume it is a recent manufacture "undesireable" Remington. It shoots a 1/2" group at 100 yds with factory 150gr Remington Core Lokts. I am very impressed with this rifle. I now have 100 rounds of new brass ready for reloading. I have several friends who use 1 caliber for everything, and they are either 7 rem mag or 300 win mag. I have always wanted a 7 mag, and this one does not disappoint. I can't wait to use it on game, and to see what it will do at the range. Go buy a quality rifle chambered in 7 PRC and see what it costs! And ammo and brass for 7 mag is way more available and less expensive than 7 PRC. Ryan's recent comparison proves the 7 PRC is a marketing scheme aimed at "off the shelf long range shooters", but it does not replace the venerable 7mm Remington Magnum!
7 rem mag is as solid as it gets. Dropped a 7 or 8 year old white tail buck this year in its tracks, no meat ruined. I also love my 30-06 can't go wrong with either honestly
My very first rifle was a 26 inch browning AB3 in 7 rem mag. With modern propellant like reloder 26, I have clocked a 175 gr nosler partition at 2950 with no overpressure signs so it can still play with the big boys if you handload for it.
Hey Ryan, funny you mentioned the BOSS. I just bought a Winchester model 70, ss, 7 Rem Mag BOSS. It shoots wonderfully. I bought a case of 127 grain Norma Evo strike. I will reload with tsx or ttsx.
The 7mag is super in efficient. The pinnacle of 7mm chamberings are the 280AI 1st. And the 7mm08. The 7mag slightly beats them in velocity but does so at the cost of way more powder n recoil .
You have no idea what you’re talking about. I run a 175 in a 22” barrel at 2975 and I run a 195 at 2912 in a 26” barrel. And no I am not over pressure. Buy quickload and learn how much true case capacity it has and did you even know it had .115 of freebore? Bet not.
Dropping these nuggets on us like this! Just in time for my weekly 7mm mag confirmation bias 😂 first time 7 rem mag owner! Browning Xbolt coming in next week
3 very important introductions were made in 1962. The 7mm Remington Magnum. The Remington 700 bolt action. Me🤣. I have a 7 built on a Remington 700 action with a 26” Kreiger 1-8” Sendero contour. My first three shots at the range after a probably not needed barrel break in cleaning routine went into a .164” group. Close to 1/2” with 5 shot groups. Barnes 168LRX Re 26 at 3035fps. With the NF 5.5-22x56. This is a very heavy rifle but it shoots
I own an A-bolt stalker with boss (LH) in 7mm REM. I’ve shot about 25 head of game with it. Everything from 15-600 pounds. Wouldn’t trade it for anything 😊
7 mm Remington Magnum - 155 Federal Terminal Ascent. Bullet has a .586 BC. Easily pushed to 3,100 FPS. 30-06 cannot begin to compare with it at 300 & 400 yards. It will pass a 300 Win Mag beyond 500 yards with less recoil. I favor the 7mm Weatherby Magnum when reloaded with the same bullet and modern propellants you can hit 3,300 FPS. Impact velocity at 375 yards is 2,835. I bought my first 300 Win Mag in 1976. Then changed over to a 300 Wby Mag. I became a big fan of the 7mm when my 12 1/2 year old granddaughter started killing elk and managing the recoil from a 7mm Wby Mag. The 7mm Remington Magnum earned its respect with a 168 grain Matchking at 1,000 yards. The 175 Nosler Partition will handle North American and most African Game. It is an extremely versatile cartridge. Forget the belts it performs.
You just had to bring it up. I have a Browning A Bolt in 280 Remington. You are right. I can load right up to 7mag velocity with less powder if I need it. However, my rifles sweet spot and my all around load is a 160gr at 2600fps. From Red Stag on down, it has been an amazing rifle and caliber combo.
If you are careful about your process with slower powders you can definitely get a decent amount more out of what most manuals want to say is the upper limit of the 7 rem mag is. It really does have a lot of the same problems the 30-06 does when it comes to factory ammunition and what careful reloading can get you to in comparison.
The factory loads are limited to SAAMI max pressures and minimum chamber size (which increases pressures). Remington, for some reason tended to set the max pressures of cartridges lower than some others. The 7 Rem Mag's max pressure is 61,000 psi (transducer) as opposed to the older 270's 65,000. A lot of rifles can handle higher pressures before showing "pressure signs" on the brass. The Hornady guys mentioned that they once tested a common loading of a cartridge in a test barrel and it was 9,000 psi over SAAMI max. No pressure signs and no reports of rifle damage in the field.
What you heard is absolutely true. The reloading manuals from the sixties have the ole 7 mag loaded with 67grs of 4831. Nowadays that same load is 63 grs. For years I loaded 160 gr pills over 67 grs of 4831. No pressure signs and grouped good. Got a chronograph in the early 2000's as a gift. The Ole 7 mag was clocked at 3250 fps. I was shocked. That is in the territory of the then 7mm STW. The cartridge is fast and anyone who tells you otherwise is not telling the true story. Now factory loadings over the years has reduced the speed, maybe for liability reasons or maybe for marketing to promote new cartridges, I really don't know why. If it was anemic as this podcast tries to portray then it would have died years ago, companies don't produce products which do not sell, especially products conceived in 1962. Food for thought. :)
The Sammi specs you list are true, but you have things a little confused when it comes to factory ammo and Sammi specs. Factory ammunition is loaded to not exceed those specs and rarely to meet them because if you have one cartridge tested out of a lot that goes over you usually have to scrap that lot and start over. The Hornady podcast does have some interesting information on it and I do believe their transducer test that you are referring to, but you have to be aware that is almost exclusively a marketing podcast to point you at their products. Hornady is pretty well known for having very consistently downloaded their factory ammo between 5-10% of their marketing numbers and sometimes more depending on the specific load.
Another little bit of food for thought as well is the called it a well known hand load or a generic one that wasn’t worked up for that test barrel which isn’t going to bomb one of those rigs. That being said that is the last sort of thing you want to do for any rifle all action+barrel combos are different and behave different. That is why you always start low and work up slow. Never mix and match hand loads made for one gun with another gun because it will behave differently in every gun. I have 6.5 grendel loads that would likely shear off lugs on one of my AR uppers within 100 rounds or so, but my howa mini is perfectly safe with them and I can shoot them all day long. Bottom line is know your equipment and be careful with firearms a cartridge isn’t much more than a precision pipe bomb inches from your face so treat that fact with respect.
It's the same with the 7PRC and 300PRC. They're nearly interchangeable. My guess is that it's a marketing thing. 300 for the 30cal crowd and the 7 for the metric crowd. Both accomplish the same job equally as well.
I own a 270 win, 7 rem mag and a 30-06, reload and shot factory ammo in all. With a 150 grain bullet the 270 and 30-06 will match the 7mm unless, you use a 26 inch barrel with the 7 mag. The chronograph is an interesting and eye opening tool, it can also deflate some rifle shooters at times.
This discussion brings to mind a Mule deer hunt in early 80s. My hunt partner shooting 7mag, me an '06. He had first shot at the buck about 160 yds, boom, no movement of the buck, boom, again no movement, except he walks away of the top of the ridge. My partner had handloaded 120 gr as fast as he could. I am sure over 3000fps. As we top the ridge, the buck is walking on the othe side of the ravine, I put the cross hairs of my 150gr at the top of his shoulder to allow for any drop. He dropped like a rock. When checking the buck, there were two pock marks on his shoulder from the exploding on his hide 120gr 7mag shots. I never wanted to own a 7 mag after that, only keep shooting my 06.
Factory loads, as is common with OLD cartridges, do NOT represent what the cartridge can do if you don't have to take into account old guns. Steel metalurgy is better, but the brass is also better. My load in my modern rifle is a Nosler 175 Gr. Accubond LR on a upper end load doing 2915 fps. That's only 100 fps behind the 7mm PRC and that's because the 7mm Rem is handicapped by it's 2000 PSI case spec from SAAMI. While I agree that the belt isn't necessary these days, it's also not an issue for me or anyone with some experience reloading. I've been reloading nearly 20 years and my 7mm Mag has never had any issues with it anyway.
guys I live in Canada and when that exact bullet came out I said I have the perfect gun for that bullet and the gun Is a Tikka 7mm Mag western super light special edition and I wont lie shot 2 muhles and 2 whitetail and on moose with that cartridge.Never been happier
i was in 45 ranch enterprises in miami okla when i asked the area rep from remington when was remington going to come out with a left hand mod 700. he looked me in the eyes and said NEVER. i went to gipsons store and bought a left hand savage mod 10 in 7mm rem. six months later remington announced the left hand mod 700. i was so mad i vowed never to buy a rem rifle. i dont know what year that was im sure someone can tell me but to this day i have kept that vow and my son still has that savage. OLDIE but goodie kinda stunned me then i remember im an oldie but goody. and before someone says savage never made a mod 10 well its still stamped on the rifle
The problem is the anemic factory loads. I dont know if its a powder availability thing or a lawyer thing. My 7RM pushes 180s at 2950 and 162s at 3223 with a 24" barrel. 150s at 3000 seems like a pretty light load.
Well said. I can get 3150 FPS and 5/8" groups with a 150 Partition as well as 3/4" groups with 160 Partitions at 3030 FPS. If I use 160 Accubonds I get 3050 and 1/2" groups. All of this with a 24" barrel. Oh, and many dead critters.
My 7mm rem mag has a 1-8 26” barrel and shots 180gr bullets at around 2800fps. Works great for long range targets and you can find brass just about anywhere in the world.
I have one hunting rifle. Remington BDL in 7mag. I live and hunt in Northwest Montana. One caliber for all the hunting I will ever do in life. All mag wells arent the same lenght in 7mag. Throat accordingly. Would 3100 fps? 3200fps? Make you happy? I know people who take elk every year with a 7mm-08. I will be getting a 7-08 with a youth stock for my wife and my son and I might take it whitetail hunting a little. Be a lightweight break compared to what I'm used to. I took my first Montana whitetail about 10 years ago with my Glock 31 in 357 SIG. Over the years some more fell victim to a 270. Sweet shooter! Then I had a chance to buy a BDL from my uncle and I might have shot it as a kid. He had 2, one was sold we don't know which one I shot but I like to think it was this one. It's a bit long and a bit heavy. I'm 47 so I wasnt born into the 7mag craze and have seen many calibers take game in my life. 30-30 more than any. I killed my first two deer with a 220 swift. it's shot placement first not caliber. I liked what weights the 7mag had to offer and the length I could push if I wanted. For now it has done everything I have asked. I go 6-01 270lbs and she kicks the s%#t out of my soldier. But when it's getting dark and foggy with sleet moving in and you didn't see where he ran after you shot. You close your eyes and see where that shot broke and realize you made a great shot and not to worry cause he didn't go far. In grizzly country I trade in the Glock for a SBH In 480 with 410 grain hardcast..she's a sweetie too!! I would like to build a chassis gun in 7mag down the road for poking holes in paper at range. I have a 24 pound rifle to poke big holes in paper.. Cool show. I think you have to look at max handloads and max b.c. bullets to compare fair. In all honesty 308 is a great cartridge but everyone I know shot one since I was 12 so I never grafted to them. My black sheep caliber.
Mark, I looked at 375 and settled on 416 rem. I have my perfect two gun safari quiver, M70 FWT 30-06 and M70 safari 416, because the 416 is still flat enough to reach out but offers considerably more energy over 375. For a one gun safari, 375. For two gun I’d split them up more. And that 416 is great fun to shoot on steel in the meantime
I hadn't had a 7RM in years until this month. A friend was looking to finance his PRC and asked if I could find a buyer for his 24" Ruger Stainless synthetic 7RM with a 4-12 Leupold (stainless by appearance). Asked what he wanted for it. "Six." He brought it to me. Great hard case, 40 rounds of EcoStrike ammo. I handed him what he asked for it. I certainly don't need it in the woods and swamps of Eastern NC, but a whole lot of folks here use it for tiny whitetail inside 200 yards. If I manage to get everything ready and sell the house, I will try to find a place better suited to its purpose. Somewhere neighbors are a long way off and Northern transplants don't call the Sheriff when I walk out the door with a rifle.
Mark good choice in the early 700 I have the second year and they came with a stainless barrel with copper on top of that then blued because the stainless couldn’t be blued! I am giving that gun to one of my sons best friend who has only ever hunted with a 30-06 auto Remington!
I picked up a Salk l 71 in 7 mag in the spring beautiful gun spent about 800 on it then I did own the Ruger 338 boat paddle both great guns years Ago also a great rifle
that 150 at 3000 fps is anemic I get 3100 fps with a 162 gr with no pressure in both of my 7mm rem mags. a Savage high country and a Browning x bolt speed LR. probably could get more but the accuracy is great at 3100 fps
Even today, the advantage of the 7mm RM is it's availabillity. There are endless cartridge/bullet combination, Midway has 24 Available offerings and then 7-08 has 21. Will build my 1st 7MM next year and juggling between 280Ai, 7RM or if hotrod 28 Nosler. It will probably be 7RM in a 3.7-3.8" OAL Action/magazine to seat out longer bullets, bit faster carbon barrel twist, but 180 grns bullets max
Finally the gift I wanted, watching Ryan explain away his hate for the 7 mag.🤣
7mm rem mag , so inefficient. Thats why i have a 270win and a 300wsm.
@@swiftusmaximus5651lol 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ wow
@@Paul-q3m7k Thats right. Cartridges with booolets under .308 & case capacities exceeding 30-06 cases are inefficient, & hard on throat barrels. Ive been handloading since the late 70's. How long you been at it?
@@swiftusmaximus5651 I halfway agree, .270 Win and 30-06
@@utcnc7mm a 3006 with modern bonded boattails will do anything a 7mm mag will do in the real world
I am an old fart, age 65. I never had a 7mm Mag. I was taught reloading at a young age. I got into studying the load manuals. Yes, I looked at velocity, grains of powder to get there, and absorbed as much as I could. My Dad gave me a used, beat up 30-06 built on an old Mauser action he got from a guy as partial payment for some carpentry work he did for a guy. I still have that old gun. It is just fine. I drilled and tapped it for a scope in my 20s. I have two other 30-06 rifles, a CDL Rem and Winchester. In those days everyone had a 30-06. We did not have all the cartridges that are out today. The cartridge has killed all the deer and hogs I have hunted in my state, Texas. It had enough legs to make the once in a long while long shot. I never went to states for bigger animals like elk, moose, bears, etc., just south Texas whitetails and hogs. I know quite a few people that had 7mm ag guns over the years. They all seemed to retire it for a more moderate cartridge. Many of these guys went for the 243 or 308. They are good deer rounds for our smallish deer, doubles as a coyote tool also. The same can be said for the 30-06 too. I still use old home-made 30-06 because I own it, it is paid for, it works, it is still accurate, AND my Dad gave it to me when we were going through some serious economical difficulties when I was growing up at that time.
Estoy de acuerdo contigo, tuve 3 264 min mag al que derretí el cañón por mi culpa, hoy estoy satisfecho con el 270 y el 30/06 son el mejor estuche del mundo
In about 2000 I loaded a 100 round box with 7 Mag ammo for my best friend. It pushed a 160 Nosler partition to 3100fps with no signs of excessive pressure. This fall he fired the last 4 rounds of that 23 year old ammo. 2 shots on paper to confirm zero, and 2 dead deer. I’ll be loading him another hundred rounds for the next 23 years. Shoots a lot flatter than the 30 caliber loads of similar billet design. It has killed elk, mule deer, and tons of whitetail deer. His Browning a bolt rifle always prints the first 2 shots in the same hole and the 3rd shot about a half inch high and right. It is an easy cartridge to load and hot rod beyond the loading manuals.
Which powder and primer did you use?
@@dimebag6982 federal magnum large rifle primers, IMR 4831, I believe the brass was Winchester but I’m not positive. The load notes are in the box and he has that.
You a very correct they will go wayyy faster than the reloading manuals without signs of pressure,
Having multiple 7 mm cartridges starting at 7 x 57 through, 280 Ackley improved and 7 mm rim mag
If I want a little light pleasant shooting, I take the 7 x 57 very good for introducing new shooters. My favourite hunting rifle at the moment is the 280 but I still run 165 grain projectile. I think this is a sweet spot for this cartridge With the 7 mm Remington Magnum I don’t like to run anything lighter than 170 grain projectile because this is where it starts to pull away from the other 7 mm that I have and I find it far more pleasant shooting the 300 Winchester which I have had Two of and still have one. Also very happy to run 180 grain to 185 grain in my 7 mm Remington Magnum, where I really do think it starts to shine
I'm working mine up to 70.6 H1000 160 AB. 70.0 / 3030 /12 fps deviation .99" 4 shots no pressure signs yet.
Ryan is finally evolving into my way of thinking....we don't really need a more new cartridges. The classics have everything we need to get it done.
amen, 75-85% of em wont make it
YOU may not need anything new to get it done, but the cartridge design is 60 years old and firearms technology has come a long way and we've got better case designs that eliminate that god awful belt. It was great when it came out, but it just can't do it for long heavy BC projectiles. Target shooters particularly demand better that a different 7mm cartridge can provide that 7mmRM just can't.
@@amym828 less than 1 percent of the shooters on the planet can consistently hit a 12 inch target beyond 500 yards. There are many classics rifles experts can used out to 1000 yards. 270, 3006, 300 Winmag, 308, 7mm Rem Mag, 243, 6.5 Jap, just to name a few. That said, I guess the more cartridges we have, the better off the 1 percenters will be.
@@RedLeafRFOThe only advancement has been in marketing.
Depends on what you want to do. I am old enough to remember where 2 MOA was considered good rifle accuracy. Ryan's 300 Win Mag, for example has a custom barrel with a match-style chamber and longer than standard magazine. In other words it is now a custom rifle that only lives up to its potential with handloaded ammo. The advantage of some of the more modern cartridges is that you can buy a rifle and ammo at a retail store that otherwise would require a custom barrel and handloading.
I dragged my Remington 700 chambered in 7mm Rem Mag out of the safe for this years deer hunt. Almost forgot how heavy that rifle is but I still love it. As expected, it harvested a large doe with a high shoulder shot, drop-on-the-spot hit. I've been on an AR deer/elk/bear/hog hunting quest for years now (because the gun control types say the AR is not used for hunting)...308 and 6.5 CM (AR10), 6.5 Grendel, 300 Blackout, 350 Legend, 450 Bushmaster, and last year with a Ruger SFAR 308. It was nostalgic hauling that 700 around this year. She's dropped critters from Canada to Texas and East to West coast. Will aways be a huge fan of the 7MM Rem Mag.
My 1990 Browning A-bolt Stalker BOSS Left Hand in .7mm Rem Mag has taken 168 big game animals in 14 states, 3 countries and 2 continents. Our load of choice for many years now has been the Hornady GMX 139 grain copper bullet. From Black Wildebeest to Rocky Mountain Elk, Black Bear to Blacktails, the caliber and rifle combo has served me very well indeed. And yes Ryan, thank you for admitting it is a fine cartridge for hunting.
What kind of groups can you get out of your a bolt? I have a 92 a bolt stainless without the boss. I struggle to get MOA, more like 1.25 or 1.5.
My gun shoots .75 to 1 moa groups with these shells. The average velocity is 3183 from my gun with the BOSS attached determined by recording chronograph results from shooting 30 rounds at 1500 feet elevation. I limit my shots on game to inside 400 yards. I have recovered slugs from wildebeest, zebra, elk, black bear and wild boar. The GMX had excellent expansion and weight retention, drove through bone without issue and is suitable at 139 grains for everything but brown bears, moose and eland in my opinion.
I shoot a 140 grn nosler in mine. Bang the heck out of my 8" gong at 600 yds with a 3x9 Leopold in a factory Ruger vintage 1978. I love the "lighter " bullet in a 24" barrel. Sure it's not the parts gun in prc or f class but humbles a lot of store bought snipers
What powder do you use and grain? I might try that one. I never tried the GMX.
@@elkhuntr2816 I get sub MOA at .75 to 1 from the bench and sandbags. The BOSS helps tremendously with recoil which increases accuracy.
Although he doesn’t post it on instagram, never underestimate the man who has spent a lifetime taking game with a 7mm and a nosler partition.
Warren Page, Bob Hagel and Les Bowman would agree.
I hunt with the 300 wsm but my second choice is the 7 rem mag! Hunting 60+ years as well as reloading and collecting I can hunt with ANY cartridge and think the 7 rem mag is one of the best and that’s why it has done so good! I have a 1963 in 7 rem mag and the big 7 as it was called end the rule of a lot of great cartridges! I still love the 30-06 though and still one of the very best for how old it is.
I started hunting with a 30-30 then upgraded to a 30-06, I've never felt the need to own a 7mm Rem mag, I've always searched for lever and pump action rifles as I'm left-handed and they just seem to make more sense, however I've always loved the lines and look of a Remington 700 BDL. I've heard they make them in a left hand variant but I've never seen one until about 2 months ago when I walked into a shop and they happen to have one in near mint condition made in 1976. It just happened to be chambered in 7 mm Rem mag, so now I own one.
I have a vintage 1977 BAR, Belgian made chambered in 7mm Rem Mag. It was a gift from a good friend about 10 years ago. Soft shooting and very accurate. I load 160 grain projectiles at 3,000 fps. Excellent results. The rifle is beautiful.
some old guy had a custom one of these at the range last weekend and it was outstanding. Loud and outstanding.
No matter the hatred Ryan may have for the cartridge. It’s still THE 7 mag. All these new dancing cartridges took 50+ years to catch up to it
I'm not hunting decades ago. I'm hunting in the future.
@@JJ-iu5hldoesn't matter bullet is a bullet. If you're shooting animals past 500 yards you shouldn't be hunting
@@EatingWild First off, glad the hunting distance police are here to set things straight. Wasn't sure how far I could shoot. Thanks for simplifying things for me.
2nd, "a bullet is a bullet" is insane... as if bullets don't vary wildly in diameter, length, weight, material, construction, spin rate, and speed.
3rd, how did you come up with an arbitrary 500 yards. Is that based on your skill? The skill of a new 13 year old shooter? The skill of an elite military sniper? Training must not matter, since your definite and magical number is the same for everyone.
And 4th, nobody in this comment was talking about hunting distance. You just have some religious mission about your point that you have to make it anywhere.
Anyone: "This is some great BBQ."
You: "Yeah, but if it were 501 yards away from me, I wouldn't be shooting at it."
Which, by the way, is a huge red flag and makes everyone less likely to listen to what you say.
@@JJ-iu5hl awwwe someone's feelers were touched over a simple comment. Of course there are some differences. But all I am trying to say is the difference in said performance especially when it comes to let's say the old 7mms vs the new 7mms. The differences are not big enough to mark it as a huge difference. Literally trying to squeeze water from a stone.
I swear people take their calibers way too seriously and what they think they know. Overreacting over someone's opinion and trying to force yours. At the end of the day it's all opinion with numbers at the end.
@@EatingWild When you start your comment like that, you eliminate all credibility. Just so you know.
Anyway, it's funny that that's all you were trying to say, because your first comment did not say that at all. Like not at all. Didn't resemble the thing you said in the 2nd comment at all.
Like seriously, read after where you say "all I'm trying to say is" and then go read your first comment. And then think about how they are entirely different.
I think you guys need to each go hunt with a cartridge you don’t like and do a podcast on your experience with it.
Now that could be a real show! It would be interesting to see what they come up with...
Like this idea
Penguin hunt with a 6.5 Manbun.
Ryan would have to use a 7 mag. I love it!!
I bet Ryan wouldn’t hesitate to use a 7MM REM Mag shooting 160 Partitions at 3000 fps if someone paid for a muley hunt on the Jicarilla Res for him. Just sayin’.
Ryan, get a 7 Rem Mag. You will love it like we all do. I get a 30-06, a 7mm-08, and a 7 Rem Mag ready for hunting season each year and I always grab the 7 Rem Mag on the first day.
First gun I bought as a 16 year old was a Remington 700 action and had Jarret build me a "bean field rifle" off this action in 700 Rem Mag. Still got that rifle today and I still occasionally rock it in the field although its had a couple of barrels since then. I was suffering "magnumitus" at the time, it had the flat shooting velocity with high BC bullets and didnt recoil as much as the 300 Win Mag. Today I am a lot older, not near the masochist I used to be and I appreciate the more efficient cartridges like 308 and 6.5 Grendel for hunting these days.
My thoughts on the 7 rem mag is,if it isn’t the top dog why is everything compared to it?
Your spelling is off, everything compared to the 30-06.
There's a reason why it's one of the best selling rounds for the last 60 years.
Ron Spomer has a video where he says that if he was limited to only one cartridge to hunt everything it would be the 7mm Remington Magnum. That is very telling in my opinion. Growing up in Oregon my dad was a big Winchester guy and had guns in .243, .308, 300 Win Mag and .338 Win Mag and when I was younger I hunted with his .243 Sako. When I was older he wanted me to have a rifle of my own that I could use for everything so he bought me a Savage 110 in 7mm Remington Magnum and I used it on Coyotes, Blacktail Deer and Roosevelt Elk shooting mostly 175 grain Nosler Partition hand loads at 2950 ft/sec.
Having grown up in oregon is great but we have terrible gun laws! I was very lucky my fathers good friend was a good friend of John Nosler when they were in Ashland and started reloading his ammo for his pre64 because the handload bullets were coming apart in the 06 which is about the same as the 300 H&H that John was using and the Partition change the whole industry in bullets. The 7 rem mag is a fantastic cartridge and even better reloaded to its full potential.
Great podcast. Ryan glad to hear that you bought a 270. I have 5 of them in my gun case. But I also have two son who also share/use the cabinet. One of them is an x-bolt that shoots 3/4 MOA. My best shooting gun is chambered in 7mm and can shoot 1/2 MOA. That gun has a muzzle break and a 1 in 9 twist. Sweet to shoot. Topped with a Vortex Viper 4-16x50 HSLR.
Thanks for sharing.
Use to feel the same way about the 270. Then a friend was selling a nice Rem 760 270 for a price that couldn't be walked away from. Great wood. Excellent blueing. Open sights. Extra mags. Most importantly, I didn't have pump action centerfire. I now own a 270. Couldn't be happier. To be honest, it was that the package overrode my irrational prejudice for the cartridge. Now if I could just get over it for the 6.5 creedmore...
All you guys that think 3006 has all the performance of a 7 mag are nuts! lol. The 7 has roughly a 200 fps advantage across bullet weights and all that with a more efficient bullet. That’s a big difference! The design itself may not be efficient and it is more expensive but it without a doubt outperforms 3006 or similar cartridges
Yup, the factory loads are very underpowered. Hand loading is the way to really wake it up, much like the 300 win mag.
I absolutely love my Remington 700 BDL custom deluxe 7 REM MAG. It’s a sweet classic hunting rifle. Had my gunsmith free float that barrel, aluminum pillar bed and glass bed the receiver and I threw in a timney Calvin elite trigger. Topped it off with an Arken SH4 6-24. It absolutely rocks. With the ammo it likes its absolute laser beam even with that relatively thin hunting profile barrel.
Lol...Ryan hates the 7 mag mag that only gives you 200 ft/s over the 7mm08 for an extra 20 grains of powder but LOVES the 300 WM that gives you 200 ft/s over the ought-6 for the same 20gr.
Because the felt recoil is almost the same for the 30-06 and the 300 wm, but the felt recoil of the 7mm08 is almost half that of 7mmRM
@@chadillac95lol no it’s not
@@chadillac95fair, except 7RM starts off with only marginally more recoil than the 06 (7.5% according to Spomer). Somehow I doubt you'd even notice that.
@cameronjaeger but I'm not comparing the 7rm to the 30-06. We were comparing the difference in the 30-06 and the 300wm and the difference in the 7RM and the 7mm08. The felt recoil in the 30-06 is 26ish ft-lbs. It's 28-32 for the 300 WM, depending on rifle weight. The 7RM is 25-27 ft-lbs, while the 7mm08 is somewhere around 14-18 ft-lbs. That's a huge difference!
@@K-bob_45 what are your numbers then? I just posted mine!
I got a 7 PRC this year. I really liked the specs and I have liked the performance, so far.
I have heard it said that if you already have 7 RM, you probably don't need the 7 PRC.
Another person said, if you want to build custom everything and really enjoy handloadng, get the 7 RM. If you want a factory rifle that shoots good with factory ammo, get the 7 PRC.
Thing is, people are already changing recipes and trying different bullet styles and weights in the 7 PRC.
I have seen the 7 RM bring down an elk.
But I also know a guy that doesn't need more than just his one .30-06.
I got a 270 a while back. It's a beautiful old Birmingham Small Arms made in England back in the early 60s. The iron sights are knocked out on it so I got it for a song. It has taken me months to find and acquire rings to mount anything to the 19mm dovetail. It's a very cool old gun and I'm happy to take it into the mountains.
I have always given my hunting partner shiit for his choice of 7mag. I was in the store working counter 2 when a "like new" tikka m658 came in. My mind was made up before I even saw that it was chambered in 7 mag. I have begrudgingly learned to love the chambering!
I love the 10 minute talks, but I do realize that y’all like long high bc bullets for looong range shooting I like as Ryan said 140-160 gr partitions seated long with a good charge of propellant makes a well made hunting round. I killed one doe whitetail with my 7mm rem mag at about 60 yards. Where you hunt makes a big difference in what you need. I have changed to a 140 gr Sierra in a 7mm-08 20” barrel that kills just fine at the ranges that I hunt. Good job Guys.
9.3x62...its the gift I have requested for over a year now...and the gift I wanted
Still waiting for a talk on the 300 savage. That would make my year
Finally Ryan was subjected to the 7mm rem mag 🤣🤣🤣
I'm surprised Ryan didn't call in sick...
Abolt Stalker 7 rem mag no boss LH. Maybe my favorite deer rifle! but only after I switched to Barnes bullets. Talk about DRT. Shock and awe. LOVE the #10 min talks and the ones that go way over!
Ryan what rifle did you by in 270
I moved to Alaska 40+ years ago. Originally from the East Coast.
The first rifle I bought, when I could afford one, was a Weatherby Vanguard with the Sako full length bolt slide in 7mm Rem Mag.
I have shot pretty much everything up here with a 7mm Mag...including Grizzly.
Those old Vanguards were exceptionally well built and exceptionally accurate.
I loaded 175 grain Speer Mag Tips (economy version of their Grand Slam...no longer available). The bullet went through both sides of pretty much everything I shot with that round...with the exception of the grizzly where it broke both shoulders and lodged inside the off side hide in a classic mushroom. If anything, I was shooting too hard a bullet.
As far as accuracy, that round sighted in at 1 1/2" high at 100 yards was dead-on at 300. I could cloverleaf 3 rounds at 100 yards consistently. There were times when I shot my first 2 rounds and I thought the second shot either missed the paper entirely or went through the first hole.
Recoil-wise, with a muzzle break, it's like shooting a 243. Without, it is a sharp recoil and my rifle came up causing me to lose sight of the animal.
As far as accuracy, that gun ruined me. People talk about achieving 1 MOA accuracy like that is some form of acceptable. I won't rest until I can get 1/2" groups at 100 yards.
I have other rifles in other calibers, but I still have and use that rifle and it is still just as accurate and will achieve 1" groups easily with factory ammo. I only have a few Mag Tips left and will have to work up a new load.
this is still my favorite episode to watch because of Ryan's comments.
The 7 Rem Mag needs to be handloaded to achieve its potential. It also needs a 26" barrel to significantly exceed 30-06 performance.
I've got a christensen arms elr in 7 mag. With solid glass 1800M is very possible, good bc with 7mag. Light loads for white tail, heavy loads for any color bear, good moose or elk round. It's a good do all cartridge.
I have hunted with a 7 rem mag killed several deer and 4 elk with it. One major point missed here is the 175 grain spitzers that were available even in the old days. This in the world before bonded/monolithic bullets put the 7mm Remington magnum significantly above the .270 in getting deep enough penetration. I know that 150 grain bullets are the most common but if you look you can usually find 175 grain bullets and you all acted like they didn't exist.
Hope you guys talk about the 28 Nosler with 170 grain copper bullet .
Things I expected to hear from Ryan, "Inefficient, my 280AI does the same thing with less powder, in a lighter rifle."
Because it doesn't. While it is true that with modern powders and bullets, a 280 AI can do what the 7mm Rem Mag did in the 1960's, the 7 RM has improved too. The BIG question, really, is if the the 280 AI is good enough. If it does what you want it to do, the 280AI can be the better choice.
Nope. And not even close. 280AI is a great cartridge. My wife likes it for whitetail. The ballistics aren't close. Speed = case capacity and correct powder. Those items with same size bullet = speed the AI can't match. As far as the Hornady Kool-aid goes careful how much you drink. They can't even label the ammo they produce correctly. Buy results not advertising.
Great conversation and intervention for Ryan
About 30 years ago I went to a gun store going out of business and bought 2 Remington Senderos one on 7 REM Mag and one on .300 Rum, both tack drivers
It's nice to hear the extremely close comparison with the good old 7 rem mag and the modern 7 prc.
It would also be really interesting if you could look at the comparison to the old .260 rem vs the new 6.5 creedmoor.
Same barrel twist and the same bullet heads.
Ryan likes exceptional old guns, I have the 7 rem mag that would make him like the cartridge. I have a 1962 Remington 700 BDL in 7 rem mag. The only reason I shoot the cartridge is because of the rifle. The 700 was designed for the 7 rem mag. It’s a beautiful rifle. It’s a first year production gun. Stainless steel barrel, Florida leaves on the checkering, black nose on the stock for the BDL. I love the rifle, so I use the cartridge.
This is a cartridge that I have to wonder why I don't already have one. Fantastic performance!
Love these Holiday Cartridge Talks as usual. Another cartridge suggestion would be 7.35 Carcano. Or maybe a combined episode on both 6.5 and 7.35 Carcano? I have a weird fascination with 7.35.
7 rem mag is a great cartridge if you need one gun to do everything. But who wants to own just one gun?
Fear the man who owns one gun and knows how to use it
Unfortunately in my experience it's the guys with only one gun who know the least about how to use it...
Here's to the wives and girlfriends, hope they don't sell your sh.t for what you said you paid for it!!!
4:15 Jim! Outstandingly funny 🤣🤣🤣
I find it funny and interesting that I found a deal on a left handed Browning X Bolt Hells Canyon LR McMillan in 7mm REM Mag (which is in a 1:8 twist) yesterday and today you all come out with this video on this popular vintage do all cartridge. 😎🇺🇸
Thats a little on the low end for the 150CX. I’m running that quite easy 3150fps out of a 26”. 162s run around 3000-3050 but then your getting the added BC. its a hammer on moose and i was a die hard 300 winny guy for a very long time until i came to the dark side. when the barrel goes ill go 7prc specifically for that new 160CX bullet. it’s impressive
I recently purchased a used but like new, never fired Remington 700 XCR chambered in 7 mag off the used rack at the local sporting goods store for $600. I haven't checked the numbers, but I assume it is a recent manufacture "undesireable" Remington. It shoots a 1/2" group at 100 yds with factory 150gr Remington Core Lokts. I am very impressed with this rifle. I now have 100 rounds of new brass ready for reloading. I have several friends who use 1 caliber for everything, and they are either 7 rem mag or 300 win mag. I have always wanted a 7 mag, and this one does not disappoint. I can't wait to use it on game, and to see what it will do at the range. Go buy a quality rifle chambered in 7 PRC and see what it costs! And ammo and brass for 7 mag is way more available and less expensive than 7 PRC. Ryan's recent comparison proves the 7 PRC is a marketing scheme aimed at "off the shelf long range shooters", but it does not replace the venerable 7mm Remington Magnum!
My first rifle savage 110 in 7 rem mag love love love it!
7 rem mag is as solid as it gets. Dropped a 7 or 8 year old white tail buck this year in its tracks, no meat ruined. I also love my 30-06 can't go wrong with either honestly
My very first rifle was a 26 inch browning AB3 in 7 rem mag. With modern propellant like reloder 26, I have clocked a 175 gr nosler partition at 2950 with no overpressure signs so it can still play with the big boys if you handload for it.
The .284 projectile is the king from way back !
Hey Ryan, funny you mentioned the BOSS. I just bought a Winchester model 70, ss, 7 Rem Mag BOSS. It shoots wonderfully. I bought a case of 127 grain Norma Evo strike. I will reload with tsx or ttsx.
The 7mag is super in efficient. The pinnacle of 7mm chamberings are the 280AI 1st. And the 7mm08. The 7mag slightly beats them in velocity but does so at the cost of way more powder n recoil .
You have no idea what you’re talking about. I run a 175 in a 22” barrel at 2975 and I run a 195 at 2912 in a 26” barrel. And no I am not over pressure. Buy quickload and learn how much true case capacity it has and did you even know it had .115 of freebore? Bet not.
This ☝️. Exactly this. I run 175s in a 24 @ 3050. I pushed that load to around 3125 before I saw pressure signs.
„The Pickup Truck of Cartridges“ 😂
That should be the title of the video, such a great remark!
Dropping these nuggets on us like this! Just in time for my weekly 7mm mag confirmation bias 😂 first time 7 rem mag owner! Browning Xbolt coming in next week
3 very important introductions were made in 1962. The 7mm Remington Magnum. The Remington 700 bolt action. Me🤣. I have a 7 built on a Remington 700 action with a 26” Kreiger 1-8” Sendero contour. My first three shots at the range after a probably not needed barrel break in cleaning routine went into a .164” group. Close to 1/2” with 5 shot groups. Barnes 168LRX Re 26 at 3035fps. With the NF 5.5-22x56. This is a very heavy rifle but it shoots
I own an A-bolt stalker with boss (LH) in 7mm REM. I’ve shot about 25 head of game with it. Everything from 15-600 pounds. Wouldn’t trade it for anything 😊
7 mm Remington Magnum - 155 Federal Terminal Ascent. Bullet has a .586 BC. Easily pushed to 3,100 FPS. 30-06 cannot begin to compare with it at 300 & 400 yards. It will pass a 300 Win Mag beyond 500 yards with less recoil.
I favor the 7mm Weatherby Magnum when reloaded with the same bullet and modern propellants you can hit 3,300 FPS. Impact velocity at 375 yards is 2,835.
I bought my first 300 Win Mag in 1976. Then changed over to a 300 Wby Mag. I became a big fan of the 7mm when my 12 1/2 year old granddaughter started killing elk and managing the recoil from a 7mm Wby Mag.
The 7mm Remington Magnum earned its respect with a 168 grain Matchking at 1,000 yards. The 175 Nosler Partition will handle North American and most African Game. It is an extremely versatile cartridge. Forget the belts it performs.
You just had to bring it up. I have a Browning A Bolt in 280 Remington. You are right. I can load right up to 7mag velocity with less powder if I need it. However, my rifles sweet spot and my all around load is a 160gr at 2600fps. From Red Stag on down, it has been an amazing rifle and caliber combo.
Yep and the sweet spot with 99% of 7mags with 160 class bullets is 3050.
So... When are we gonna get the 300 win mag devoted episode??? You touched on it during the WSM episode and said y'all still need to do it 😂
I use a Sako A7 chambered in 7rem for target shooting, stock rifle with nightforce scope, hand loaded 162 eldm out to 1500yds love the 7mag.
I've heard from old timers at the range that older reloading manuals had loads for the 7mm Rem Mag going a few hundred fps faster than modern manuals
If you are careful about your process with slower powders you can definitely get a decent amount more out of what most manuals want to say is the upper limit of the 7 rem mag is. It really does have a lot of the same problems the 30-06 does when it comes to factory ammunition and what careful reloading can get you to in comparison.
The factory loads are limited to SAAMI max pressures and minimum chamber size (which increases pressures). Remington, for some reason tended to set the max pressures of cartridges lower than some others. The 7 Rem Mag's max pressure is 61,000 psi (transducer) as opposed to the older 270's 65,000.
A lot of rifles can handle higher pressures before showing "pressure signs" on the brass. The Hornady guys mentioned that they once tested a common loading of a cartridge in a test barrel and it was 9,000 psi over SAAMI max. No pressure signs and no reports of rifle damage in the field.
What you heard is absolutely true. The reloading manuals from the sixties have the ole 7 mag loaded with 67grs of 4831. Nowadays that same load is 63 grs. For years I loaded 160 gr pills over 67 grs of 4831. No pressure signs and grouped good. Got a chronograph in the early 2000's as a gift. The Ole 7 mag was clocked at 3250 fps. I was shocked. That is in the territory of the then 7mm STW. The cartridge is fast and anyone who tells you otherwise is not telling the true story. Now factory loadings over the years has reduced the speed, maybe for liability reasons or maybe for marketing to promote new cartridges, I really don't know why. If it was anemic as this podcast tries to portray then it would have died years ago, companies don't produce products which do not sell, especially products conceived in 1962. Food for thought. :)
The Sammi specs you list are true, but you have things a little confused when it comes to factory ammo and Sammi specs. Factory ammunition is loaded to not exceed those specs and rarely to meet them because if you have one cartridge tested out of a lot that goes over you usually have to scrap that lot and start over. The Hornady podcast does have some interesting information on it and I do believe their transducer test that you are referring to, but you have to be aware that is almost exclusively a marketing podcast to point you at their products. Hornady is pretty well known for having very consistently downloaded their factory ammo between 5-10% of their marketing numbers and sometimes more depending on the specific load.
Another little bit of food for thought as well is the called it a well known hand load or a generic one that wasn’t worked up for that test barrel which isn’t going to bomb one of those rigs. That being said that is the last sort of thing you want to do for any rifle all action+barrel combos are different and behave different. That is why you always start low and work up slow. Never mix and match hand loads made for one gun with another gun because it will behave differently in every gun. I have 6.5 grendel loads that would likely shear off lugs on one of my AR uppers within 100 rounds or so, but my howa mini is perfectly safe with them and I can shoot them all day long. Bottom line is know your equipment and be careful with firearms a cartridge isn’t much more than a precision pipe bomb inches from your face so treat that fact with respect.
Dear Vortex Nation Podcast, please do an episode on the new 6mm Max cartridge. Merry Christmas!
Thank you Ryan. Now I can take your shots at the 7RM and laugh at them as banter. Great episode and thank you for the fun
I always have been amazed how close the trajectories of the 300 win mag and the 7 mag are.
It's the same with the 7PRC and 300PRC. They're nearly interchangeable. My guess is that it's a marketing thing. 300 for the 30cal crowd and the 7 for the metric crowd. Both accomplish the same job equally as well.
I own a 270 win, 7 rem mag and a 30-06, reload and shot factory ammo in all.
With a 150 grain bullet the 270 and 30-06 will match the 7mm unless, you use a 26 inch barrel with the 7 mag.
The chronograph is an interesting and eye opening tool, it can also deflate some rifle shooters at times.
This discussion brings to mind a Mule deer hunt in early 80s. My hunt partner shooting 7mag, me an '06. He had first shot at the buck about 160 yds, boom, no movement of the buck, boom, again no movement, except he walks away of the top of the ridge. My partner had handloaded 120 gr as fast as he could. I am sure over 3000fps. As we top the ridge, the buck is walking on the othe side of the ravine, I put the cross hairs of my 150gr at the top of his shoulder to allow for any drop. He dropped like a rock. When checking the buck, there were two pock marks on his shoulder from the exploding on his hide 120gr 7mag shots. I never wanted to own a 7 mag after that, only keep shooting my 06.
I love mine. Tikka t3 lite with a brake. Shoots really soft for such a lite gun.
Just got a Howa 1500 wood stock in 7mm rem mag. I feel like it’s the cartridge you get if you wanna hunt all the things
I have the Alaskan 70 only in 7rem mag and just picked up the paddle stock mark 2 control round feed in 223 rem and both are great rifles and choices
Never thought, I'd see the day! So excited!
Have always loved the 7 rem mag for game in BC. Think it will stick around or will the 7 pic displace it to a dying round?
Factory loads, as is common with OLD cartridges, do NOT represent what the cartridge can do if you don't have to take into account old guns. Steel metalurgy is better, but the brass is also better. My load in my modern rifle is a Nosler 175 Gr. Accubond LR on a upper end load doing 2915 fps. That's only 100 fps behind the 7mm PRC and that's because the 7mm Rem is handicapped by it's 2000 PSI case spec from SAAMI. While I agree that the belt isn't necessary these days, it's also not an issue for me or anyone with some experience reloading. I've been reloading nearly 20 years and my 7mm Mag has never had any issues with it anyway.
just bought a new savage 110 trail hunter in 7mm rem mag med heavy barrel. pretty amazeing gun and 3 shot groups
I bought a new in the box, Rem 700 BLD in 7 Rem Mag in 1976. Still have it to this day. I still have 2 boxes of Remington 160gr Nosler Partition left.
guys I live in Canada and when that exact bullet came out I said I have the perfect gun for that bullet and the gun Is a Tikka 7mm Mag western super light special edition and I wont lie shot 2 muhles and 2 whitetail and on moose with that cartridge.Never been happier
Canadians have made great use of the 7RM. Very common where I am.
Which common actions/magazines can take a 7mm Rem Mag loaded long (beyond the standard 3.34" of 30-06 actions)?
i was in 45 ranch enterprises in miami okla when i asked the area rep from remington when was remington going to come out with a left hand mod 700. he looked me in the eyes and said NEVER. i went to gipsons store and bought a left hand savage mod 10 in 7mm rem. six months later remington announced the left hand mod 700. i was so mad i vowed never to buy a rem rifle. i dont know what year that was im sure someone can tell me but to this day i have kept that vow and my son still has that savage. OLDIE but goodie kinda stunned me then i remember im an oldie but goody. and before someone says savage never made a mod 10 well its still stamped on the rifle
7 mm Rem Mag in an old Rem 700 is the one. A very good friend has his Dad's and I love it.
The problem is the anemic factory loads. I dont know if its a powder availability thing or a lawyer thing. My 7RM pushes 180s at 2950 and 162s at 3223 with a 24" barrel. 150s at 3000 seems like a pretty light load.
Well said. I can get 3150 FPS and 5/8" groups with a 150 Partition as well as 3/4" groups with 160 Partitions at 3030 FPS. If I use 160 Accubonds I get 3050 and 1/2" groups. All of this with a 24" barrel. Oh, and many dead critters.
My 7mm rem mag has a 1-8 26” barrel and shots 180gr bullets at around 2800fps. Works great for long range targets and you can find brass just about anywhere in the world.
I have one hunting rifle. Remington BDL in 7mag. I live and hunt in Northwest Montana. One caliber for all the hunting I will ever do in life. All mag wells arent the same lenght in 7mag. Throat accordingly. Would 3100 fps? 3200fps? Make you happy? I know people who take elk every year with a 7mm-08. I will be getting a 7-08 with a youth stock for my wife and my son and I might take it whitetail hunting a little. Be a lightweight break compared to what I'm used to. I took my first Montana whitetail about 10 years ago with my Glock 31 in 357 SIG. Over the years some more fell victim to a 270. Sweet shooter! Then I had a chance to buy a BDL from my uncle and I might have shot it as a kid. He had 2, one was sold we don't know which one I shot but I like to think it was this one. It's a bit long and a bit heavy. I'm 47 so I wasnt born into the 7mag craze and have seen many calibers take game in my life. 30-30 more than any. I killed my first two deer with a 220 swift. it's shot placement first not caliber. I liked what weights the 7mag had to offer and the length I could push if I wanted. For now it has done everything I have asked. I go 6-01 270lbs and she kicks the s%#t out of my soldier.
But when it's getting dark and foggy with sleet moving in and you didn't see where he ran after you shot. You close your eyes and see where that shot broke and realize you made a great shot and not to worry cause he didn't go far.
In grizzly country I trade in the Glock for a SBH In 480 with 410 grain hardcast..she's a sweetie too!!
I would like to build a chassis gun in 7mag down the road for poking holes in paper at range.
I have a 24 pound rifle to poke big holes in paper..
Cool show. I think you have to look at max handloads and max b.c. bullets to compare fair.
In all honesty 308 is a great cartridge but everyone I know shot one since I was 12 so I never grafted to them. My black sheep caliber.
Mark, I looked at 375 and settled on 416 rem. I have my perfect two gun safari quiver, M70 FWT 30-06 and M70 safari 416, because the 416 is still flat enough to reach out but offers considerably more energy over 375. For a one gun safari, 375. For two gun I’d split them up more. And that 416 is great fun to shoot on steel in the meantime
Great show and thanks for the info 👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌😁
I have that gun and love it! Browning A bolt chambered in 7mm mag with a boss
First year 700 BDL in 7 mag. Doesnt get anymore nostalgic than that! I split it up and went M70 in 270 and 300 mag.😊
Please do a pod on the 257 wby ! Lightning in a bottle and Roys favorite
I hadn't had a 7RM in years until this month. A friend was looking to finance his PRC and asked if I could find a buyer for his 24" Ruger Stainless synthetic 7RM with a 4-12 Leupold (stainless by appearance). Asked what he wanted for it. "Six."
He brought it to me. Great hard case, 40 rounds of EcoStrike ammo. I handed him what he asked for it. I certainly don't need it in the woods and swamps of Eastern NC, but a whole lot of folks here use it for tiny whitetail inside 200 yards. If I manage to get everything ready and sell the house, I will try to find a place better suited to its purpose. Somewhere neighbors are a long way off and Northern transplants don't call the Sheriff when I walk out the door with a rifle.
Mark good choice in the early 700 I have the second year and they came with a stainless barrel with copper on top of that then blued because the stainless couldn’t be blued! I am giving that gun to one of my sons best friend who has only ever hunted with a 30-06 auto Remington!
I picked up a Salk l 71 in 7 mag in the spring beautiful gun spent about 800 on it then I did own the Ruger 338 boat paddle both great guns years Ago also a great rifle
that 150 at 3000 fps is anemic
I get 3100 fps with a 162 gr with no pressure in both of my 7mm rem mags.
a Savage high country and a Browning x bolt speed LR. probably could get more but the accuracy is great at 3100 fps
What powder are you using in the 7mag?
1:18 Ryan, I love how much you hate the 7mmRM!
Even today, the advantage of the 7mm RM is it's availabillity. There are endless cartridge/bullet combination, Midway has 24 Available offerings and then 7-08 has 21. Will build my 1st 7MM next year and juggling between 280Ai, 7RM or if hotrod 28 Nosler. It will probably be 7RM in a 3.7-3.8" OAL Action/magazine to seat out longer bullets, bit faster carbon barrel twist, but 180 grns bullets max
Ryan had some great points about the 3,000 FPS threshold.
My Garmin Chronographed 150 gr rem corelokted tipped at 3160 fps out of my 7 mag, definitely gonna be my deer round this fall!
A 160 grain trophy bonded tip out of my 1-8 twisted 7mm rem mag doesn't mess around. Also add in a 175 grain soft point for close whitetails.