what do people think about a 7mm Rem. Mag.


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Re: what do people think about a 7mm Rem. Mag.

Way too much gun for deer! My brother has one and blew out the front shoulders of his buck one year and has never used it again! I believe he sold it. I think that the 7mm mag is a kill, gut, and cook gun all in one!!! grin.gif

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well say i shoot a 160gr. corelock in my 7mm mag and then use a 150. gr. in the same gun which will penitrate better . the 160 because of the speep if the slug and the 150gr. is a great round for deer sure it will blow up on bone but wont all civilian rounds do that, notice i said civilian rounds not millitary since it is very illeagle to use fmj on any game, so the 162 gr. corelock in the .06 i fout is better than the 150 gr. when my step-dad shot his deer last fall and i did not have a whole lot of blod shot in the meat and when i shot my deer with the 150gr. corelock i had shot it went in the left side of the neck and came out through the right shulder and had alot of blood shot around the shulder so i think ill try the 160gr. or the 165 gr. for deer hunting this year just check it out any ways.

what do u guys think i should do.

modillo

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A 160 grain bullet should penetrate better than a 150 grain if they are the same bullet type. I have not seen a 162 grain .30 cal bullet in a factory 30/06 load. Does it exist? I have been shooting an 06 for seven years and have never seen one. If I had a 7mmm I would probably shoot the Remington Express 175 Core-Lokt factory load if it shot good. Maybe even the Remington Managed Recoil 140gr load. In my opinion when you cross the 3000fps mark you just start punching holes thru deer. You want the deer to be absorbing as much energy as possible. Wait for the deer to be broadside and put the bullet thru its chest and you will not waste hardly any meat. The last two deer I took with a rifle were shot this way and I did not lose any meat. One did not have a heart and one did not have any lungs after. If you shoot a deer in the shoulder with pretty much anything you can kiss that meat goodbye. Be patient and pick your shots.

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The closest to a 162 gr .308 diameter bullet that was ever loaded in a 30-06 was the AP M2 that had bullets verying from 163 grains to 168 grains. It was an armor piercing round. The 162 grain bullet is a standard bullet for the .284" or 7mm cartridges.

When comparing bullet penetration, the one with the highest sectional density, typically wins. Sectional density (SD) is defined as the weight of a bullet (in pounds) divided by the square of its diameter (in inches). Bullet design, velocity, and the medium that the bullet is penetrating will determine the bullets performance.

Most modern big game cartridges, with the proper bullets will have more than adequate penetration for deer. Like I said earlier, once it passes through, who cares?

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see i dont hunt like you easterners i can take a shot with the deer facing me face to face and still bring him down with one shot. and if he is broadside it will not move 9 out of 10 times because where i put the bullet, one inch below the spine and behind the fronshoulder and he will drop dear in his tracks 9 out of 10 times. try it you will find out your selfs. and the 150s doo put a good sixe whole in the deer. it went in about the same size as the slug and came out <on the skin>about the size of a bottle cap. beneeth the skin it was the size of a coffee can. it blew up the right front shulder and to tsave it all u have to do is soak it for about 24 hrs. in salt water.

and yes they doo make a 162.gr factory load reminton does in the .06 because my dad uses them.

modillo

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Re: what do people think about a 7mm Rem. Mag.

Index No.- Cartridge Type- Wt. (grs)- Bullet Style- Primer No.- Ballistic Coefficient

RL30062 Remington® Managed Recoil® 125 Pointed Soft Point Core-Lokt® 9 1/2 0.267

R30061 Remington® Express® 125 Pointed Soft Point 9 1/2 0.268

PRSC3006C Premier® Scirocco™ Bonded 150 Swift™ Scirocco™ Bonded 9 1/2 0.435

PRA3006A Premier® AccuTip™ 150 AccuTip™ Boat Tail 9 1/2 0.415

R30062 Remington® Express® 150 Pointed Soft Point Core-Lokt® 9 1/2 0.314

R30063 Remington® Express® 150 Bronze Point™ 9 1/2 0.365

PRC3006A Premier® Core-Lokt® Ultra 150 Pointed Soft Point Core-Lokt® Ultra 9 1/2 0.331

L30062 UMC® 150 Metal Case 9 1/2

PRA3006B Premier® AccuTip™ 165 AccuTip™ Boat Tail 9 1/2 0.447

R3006B Remington® Express® 165 Pointed Soft Point Core-Lokt® 9 1/2 0.339

RS3006A Premier® A-Frame 180 Swift™ A-Frame™ Pointed Soft Point 9 1/2 0.377

PRSC3006B Premier® Scirocco™ Bonded 180 Swift™ Scirocco™ Bonded 9 1/2 0.5

PRC3006C Premier® Core-Lokt® Ultra 180 Pointed Soft Point Core-Lokt® Ultra 9 1/2 0.402

R30064 Remington® Express® 180 Soft Point Core-Lokt® 9 1/2 0.248

R30065 Remington® Express® 180 Pointed Soft Point Core-Lokt® 9 1/2 0.383

R30066 Remington® Express® 180 Bronze Point™ 9 1/2 0.412

R30067 Remington® Express® 220 Soft Point Core-Lokt® 9 1/2 0.294

PRC3006B Premier® Core-Lokt® Ultra 168 Pointed Soft Point Core-Lokt® Ultra 9 1/2 0.356

confused.gif Kinda lost. I'm not finding the 162 gr. load in Remington's 30-06 index. confused.gif

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see i dont hunt like you easterners i can take a shot with the deer facing me face to face and still bring him down with one shot.

[/ QUOTE ] I will take that as a compliment that us eastern hunters are just more ethical. smirk.gif

I know of guys with this attitude. They are the ones that,you know, blow a deers bottom jaw off and leave it to starve to death. But in there minds they missed, or just could care less. It is only a deer. Sad! mad.gif

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excuse me i was wrong but i still saw a 162 gr. some where ok yes i know i was wrong but i will still look just for the heck of it im srry but i will mayby i mistaken it for the 7mm. but aj that did not confuse me srry to disapoint u. jk. but thanx for clearing it up strut. and mayby it was for a speacil load? i dont remeber.

modillo smirk.gifgrin.gifcrazy.gif

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I kind of figured that you actually meant 165 grain or 168 grain but with the accuracy of your typing that you have shows us, well it could be anything. wink.gif

smirk.gifI sure hope you shoot better than you type. smirk.gif

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I kind of figured that you actually meant 165 grain or 168 grain but with the accuracy of your typing that you have shows us, well it could be anything. wink.gif

smirk.gifI sure hope you shoot better than you type. smirk.gif

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lmbo! You're so mean AJ! grin.gif

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srry to disapoint u guys again but it was not mean. i've read alot worse. but i shoot alot better than i type. shooting does not require to type now does it?

But o well, no big deal. yea maby i did mistake it for the 7mm. thats a good possibility. thanx again for clearing it up. grin.gifsmirk.gif

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Re: what do people think about a 7mm Rem. Mag.

I love mine! Recoil is pretty heavy but it doesnt start bothering me until ive shot 7 or 8 rounds. when deer huting it normally only takes 1 round anyway. grin.gif

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A 160 grain bullet should penetrate better than a 150 grain if they are the same bullet type. I have not seen a 162 grain .30 cal bullet in a factory 30/06 load. Does it exist? I have been shooting an 06 for seven years and have never seen one. If I had a 7mmm I would probably shoot the Remington Express 175 Core-Lokt factory load if it shot good. Maybe even the Remington Managed Recoil 140gr load. In my opinion when you cross the 3000fps mark you just start punching holes thru deer. You want the deer to be absorbing as much energy as possible. Wait for the deer to be broadside and put the bullet thru its chest and you will not waste hardly any meat. The last two deer I took with a rifle were shot this way and I did not lose any meat. One did not have a heart and one did not have any lungs after. If you shoot a deer in the shoulder with pretty much anything you can kiss that meat goodbye. Be patient and pick your shots.

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Best way to shoot... I hate shoulder shots.

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