Any room for a 7mm?

[model 70]

I have a .270win but am looking for something in stainless/synthetic to hunt everything from deer to moose to maybe big bears. the moose and big bears part aren't likely. more like deer, pigs and elk in the snotty weather. thinking about a 7mm rem mag. what are your thoughts?

[M.T. Pockets]

7 Mag is awful close to what you've got. How about something like a .338-06 or .35 Whelen ? Same case as your .270 with more lead.

[Cossack]

http://www.cz-usa.com/01.02.php

Their Model 3 is allegedly better than the pre 64 Wine, and very nice looking too.
I'd say a 30 WSM would be about right.

[Varmint Hunter]

I'd get a 300WBy or similar cartridge. With heavy bullets it will meet even your heaviest needs. Other than that it will still serve well for whitetails and such.

The 300WSM is a good cartridge but can not normally handle the heavy bullets due to the short actions that they are built on. The WSM's were never designed for the heavy bullets, one of there few shortcomings.

Just a thought - VH

[model 70]

what about a 300win mag? too light for big bears?

[Evan03]

ohhhhhhhh boy boy ohhhhhh boy.

o'conner is gona stray from the 277 on us.

id sugest either a rifle in 270 or 3006.

the 06 flings more lead out there at about the same recoil as your smaller 270. it can do it all from whistle pigs to moose, but so can the 270.

if bigger game then moose are on the menu id opt for the 300wsm or 300win.

[model 70]

you were right, anything i could do with the '06, i can surely do with the .270win

maybe a .338win mag?

[Evan03]

338 stray outa my territory. i wont shoot any magnums bigger than 300wsm 300win 7mm 7wsm yoda yoday.

but 06 case pushn 35 or 338 slugs could happen someday.

how bout this get 300 ultra or weatherby or something like that.

hey you could call it the 35/270win. or 338/270, maybe 8mm/270

Evan

[IchWarrior]

Personally, I have none of these calibers..


However, since your after a shorter range, heavier caliber, I would stray from the .300 Ultra Uber Shootzen Boomer magnums. Why? Because if a shorter handy brush gun, you will lose more velocity anyways.

I would say a .338-06 or .35 Whelen fits the bill perfectly. If are going into open territory, the .270 gets the nod. But when your in the brush a big slow moving slug will be nice to have.

[Hi Ball]

Model 70.......I'll answer your questions but not in order you printed them OK. I will tell you yes the 300 Win mag is really to small for the biggest of bears. I learned my lesson years ago back in the early 70's. I would suggest a medium bore like a .338 mag or the .358 STA. My own minimum on the big bears, is the .375 H&H with a 270 grain premium bullet like the TBBC or Swift A Frame.

Many 7mm mag's are somewhat handicapped by their 24 inch barrels. This keeps them in the same spectrum as the .270 Winchester often as not. The 7mm mag needs a 26 inch barrel to obtain all the velocity it can to develope its kinetic energy.

The 7mm mag with a 160 (what I use mostly) grain premium bullet is the "cats meow" on elk or mule deer in the high country. The occasional mountain gizzly can be taken with a 175 grain bullet in the chamber.

[Hi Ball]

Evan 03........I just so happen to have a 300 Ultra Mag! However, it kills on both ends or the spectrum and is NOT the choice of rifle for shooting long range and being accurate, for the average shooter how goes hunting once and awhile. The recoil from that rifle using 180 grn bullets loaded close to MAX is around the 48 pounds of felt recoil, compared to the 30-06 with a 180 at 24 pounds of recoil. You won't stay at the bench long shooting a 300 Ultra mag, even with sand bags.

[Evan03]

i figure if i cant shoot it on the bench then i have no business haveing a big boomer like that.