Re: How many Rifles do you have?
Originally Posted by
Gateholio
The 7 RM is a fantastic all around cartridge. A great blend of high performance without the recoil of a 300 magnum. Although I don't own one anymore I have seen everything from yotes to coastal grizzly drop to the 7RM. I would say it's best when handloaded as some of the factory ammo is anemic. But there are also some premium factory offerings that take advantage of it's potential.
Although I have had a strict "No Wildcat Cartridge" policy for many years I sure would be tempted to build a 7mm-375 Ruger (Basically a necked down 300 PRC) It would have more case capacity than the 7RM, do away with the superfluous belt ad be designed to utilize modern high BC bullets. But I just had a custom 6.5 PRC built and it's performance is pretty similar to a 7RM so it's probably not going to happen.
All 300 magnums have recoil. I would say that most 300 magnum owners don't practice enough with their rifles, too. Maybe because of recoil.
I think the guys that recoil beats up the most are the tall bone rack types. But I've seen some pretty small women soak up some serious recoil without problem. Much of recoil is dependent on stock material and fit. Tolerating recoil is mostly mental.
Appreciate the feedback from an expert Gates. The 7mm RM is the next caliber I will be purchasing and probably will put a Swaro Z5 on it. Was reading through older posts from years back and saw you making a strong case for the 7mm back then; as well as saw Husky7mm posting a pic with a nice Grizz he took with his 7mm.
Will do more research on the 6.5 PRC. I think you're right about folks not practicing enough with their magnums - guessing many aren't suckers for punishment .
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