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Post by keechikid on Jun 27, 2017 23:17:13 GMT -5
Yes sir it is all fun and games until the brown is down! That sounds dirty....... Hey Dick, that 338-06 is about the same as the 9.3x62...big medicine.... I don't know. A 9.3 (.366) is a pretty large jump up from a .338. I think 338 bullet performance is a bit different from what you see when you step up to 9.3. I have enjoyed my Husky built off an FN Mauser action a lot in 9.3x62. It has been a hammer on pigs and deer. It definitely performs differently on game than my smaller bore rifles. I have been wanting something in 338-06. I have a pre-64 in 30-06 that someone before me mildly customized that I have been kicking around the idea of reboring to 338-06 just to play with.
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Post by 2 Dogs on Jun 27, 2017 23:19:33 GMT -5
I shot my 7 Mag until I didn't have any rifling for about 2" in front of the chamber. I killed all sorts of critters with it. Mine was a Rem 700 and I muzzle braked it and it had zero recoil. I could hold it as delicately and made some wonderful shots with the thing. For Texas Whitetail and smaller critters like coyotes and jackrabbits I favored the 140 grain Nosler BT although I pretty much shot every bullet I could get my hands on. Then one day I took it out and whacked a big Nilgai standing on top of a sand dune. I was in a solid prone position and only about 175 yards out and at that range for that rifle I knew I put the bullet where I wanted. If memory serves, I was running a 150 or 160 Partition. That Nilgai went rolling down that dune like it was poleaxed. But when we rode up to him in the 4 wheeler he got back up and ran off onto another ranch. So, while I think the 7 mag is a wonder and absolutely one of my favorites, and despite the fact my 2 big brothers have killed a whole bunch of Nilgai with the 7 Mag 175 Nosler Partition I prefer the 338 bores for bigger chores.
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Post by keechikid on Jun 27, 2017 23:27:07 GMT -5
To speak a little more directly to the topic of the thread though, I'm a fairly young guy. I will turn 30 this fall. So the 7 mag has been fairly establish my entire life. But people seem to talk about it differently now than I remember when I was younger in my area.
It used to be people would bring it up like it was the bogey man they kept chained in the closet to slay all that came before it. People don't speak of it with near the amount of respect I remember as a kid. I guess all the ultra magnums have dulled some of its shine.
There used to be a gunsmith around here though that I would go to his shop when I was in high school. I would sit around him for hours just to hear him talk about guns and hunting. Guy could do wondrous things with a Remington 700 trigger. I always found myself agreeing with his thoughts on the "7 mag".
He couldn't stand them. He said it wasn't because it wasn't a good caliber. He acknowledged it was pretty good from an honest evaluation of its ballistics. His problem with it was he didn't want to be associated with its fans. He said it just set his skin to crawling and his teeth to grinding trying to keep quiet every time a mouth breath retard came in his shop bragging about their "7 mag" and how awesome it was. As though owning a "7 mag" put them in some elite group of long range shooters when they couldn't even understand the things that made it long range caliber.
That gunsmiths elitist outlook and interest in somewhat oddball calibers for unique performance has definitely led to me having developed my interests down some different roads when it comes to guns.
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Post by sixshot on Jun 28, 2017 0:37:14 GMT -5
Pretty smart fella for only being 30! We will have to keep an eye on you.....
Dick
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jun 28, 2017 6:11:53 GMT -5
well on the same "long action" rack as my 7 Rem Mag, I have a nicely outfitted 30-06, 338 Win Mag, 35 Whelen, & 375 H&H, on the bigger side, & a 25-06 & .270 on the smaller side... so as mentioned, it has a lot of competition for range time on my shoulder... in my quest to buy factory ammo to fill the coffers I've been buying Remington Premier 150 grain Accutip Boat Tails... only because I want Remy brass to reload for my remy Mag I haven't decided on a bullet for reloading yet, but it'll be around or just over 150 grains, as I'm saving the lighter stuff for my 7 X 57 Mauser on the short action rack... thinking something like these 1609 grain Sierra Game Kings... www.midwayusa.com/product/774260/sierra-gameking-bullets-284-caliber-7mm-284-diameter-160-grain-hollow-point-boat-tail-box-of-100The reason I brought up this thread, is because I'm looking at buying a used Ruger #1 for a custom build, & the 7mm Rem Mag rifle looks like it's going to sell for several $100.00 less than any of the other calibers???
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Post by AxeHandle on Jun 28, 2017 7:07:31 GMT -5
Never saw a lot of 7mm mags here in the south where the game is small and the ranges are short. Do have a memory of the Secret Service anti sniper team showing up at the Red Eagle Honor Farm in the mid 80s to verify zeros preparing for the Prez to arrive in Montgomery. Custom stainless heavy barrel Remington 700s in 7mm mag were the primary rifles. There were M21s with some sort of high tech low light scopes too..
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Post by jaydubinwi on Jul 1, 2017 9:15:47 GMT -5
I don't know if it's dying out in my area, but I'm coming back to it after a brief fling with the 264 win mag. I haven't used it much , but I did take 1 deer with it a few years ago. 9 years ago, a friend's father in law took a nice bull elk in Wyoming with one shot. I'll be mule deer hunting in NE Wyoming this Oct, so I figured the 7mm loaded with 160 gr nosler accubonds would be a good combo for this type of hunting. Where I whitetail hunt in Wi and Mi, the long range capabilities of this type of round aren't needed. Ranges have varied from 10 to 150 yards. I do like the accuracy of the 7mm, but I think a lot of my admiration for the round comes from watching my dad take deer with it.
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Post by ProGun on Jul 4, 2017 18:32:57 GMT -5
well on the same "long action" rack as my 7 Rem Mag, I have a nicely outfitted 30-06, 338 Win Mag, 35 Whelen, & 375 H&H, on the bigger side, & a 25-06 & .270 on the smaller side... so as mentioned, it has a lot of competition for range time on my shoulder... in my quest to buy factory ammo to fill the coffers I've been buying Remington Premier 150 grain Accutip Boat Tails... only because I want Remy brass to reload for my remy Mag I haven't decided on a bullet for reloading yet, but it'll be around or just over 150 grains, as I'm saving the lighter stuff for my 7 X 57 Mauser on the short action rack... thinking something like these 1609 grain Sierra Game Kings... www.midwayusa.com/product/774260/sierra-gameking-bullets-284-caliber-7mm-284-diameter-160-grain-hollow-point-boat-tail-box-of-100The reason I brought up this thread, is because I'm looking at buying a used Ruger #1 for a custom build, & the 7mm Rem Mag rifle looks like it's going to sell for several $100.00 less than any of the other calibers??? There goes magnumwheelman again. Making me sick...
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jul 5, 2017 5:45:49 GMT -5
don't know why these pictures still show up, but the bucket is holding my avitar for ransom???
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