Remington's awesome 7

[bigbrother]

Alright, I know most of you are all familiar with the 7mm Remington Magnum. I fell in love with it when I was 14. Growing up hunting deer in NW PA you wanted a gun that when you pulled the trigger the deer was laying there. In our area there were so many hunters that if the deer ran 50 yards after being shot there would always be atleast one more hole in it if not more. Then began the arguing over who's deer it really was.
I learned early that if the deer was still moving after I squeezed the trigger than I better shoot again because I missed. I loved that gun that my dad had in the cabinet. Now don't get me wrong, I've shot deer with lots of other calibers from a 222 up to 338 tomahawk, but the big 7 has always held a soft spot for me.
I've taken it to Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, New Zealand, Quebec, and recently Newfoundland hunting everything I could find and it's never left me wanting anything more. My most recent trip, a moose hunt in Newfoundland had me posed with the question was the 7 enough gun for a 1200lb moose. A couple of people literally told me that the 7 wasn't and I needed a 300 win mag to be safe.
Now, I'm not the smartest man in the world and I'm sure a lot of you have more experience than I do, but in my opinion if my 7 won't handle it, I sure as hell want something bigger than a 300!!!!
The short of it is, I took my trusty 7 to Newfoundland loaded with 175g Hornady bullets and hunted a long, hard, wet, windy week and took my moose at 10:00 on the last day of the hunt. I shot him head on in the chest, and after quivering for a second, he literally fell over sideways like a tree, not taking a single step.
Oh yeah, the guy carrying the 300 shot his 6 times....
So I just wanted to raise a glass to Remington's awesome 7.