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I have a Ruger M77 in Rem. 7mm mag. Had it for about 25 years. Very effective for most American game. I use premium ammo for hunting though as the "on sale" cheaper ammo's bullets seemed a bit variable perfomance-wise.

I have a savage110 in 7mm mag and the rifle is the best rifle i ever shot. If you handload keep near max the gun shoots the best

I have a winchester model 70 in 7mm and by far it is the best gun that i have ever hunted with. I live in Idaho were you have to shoot some good distance this gun performs like no other. I have neaver taken a deer or elk under 250 yards with it they are always alot further out. This last year i look a 28" mule deer at a little over 500 yards with hornady bullets that gun droped him right in his tracks the only animal that ever got up after a lung shot was a 6x6 bull elk but the next shot took him right back down. I love the 7mm and i wouldnt trade it for anything else

i just got my 7mm winchester brand new yesterday and i agree it is a good dun with deadly accuracy and range

Might be the perfect combo round if you are hunting deer AND something bigger like elk or bear. Flat shooting with only a bit of recoil......just make sure you choose a "premium" bullet like the Nosler Partition or your personal favorite.

My 7mm shoots pretty well and I do agree that it is a very great gun as well as power. I shot more then two deers 400+ yards this year and last.

7mm has always been one of my favorite calibers. The Remington is a good rifle out of the box and is the one I'm able to shoot fairly well off hand.

Several years ago I inheirted a Savage 110 in 7mm Rem. Mag.from my late father. The gun was in excellent shape but I wasn't satisfied with the trigger pull which was rather stiff. A good gunsmith I know got the pull down to 3-lbs on the nose. I bought a few boxes of Federal 150-grain loads (non-premium) and the accuracy I got was astounding (to me anyhow). But when hunting season rolled around I could no longer obtain the Federal loads so I bought several boxes of the Hornaday 140-grain ammo. The accuracy didn't quite match the Federal load but was still under an inch at 100 yards with 3-shot groups -- more than acceptable. That year I used the rifle with the Hornaday ammo to bag a large dow out around 125 yards or so by putting a bullet through her boiler room. She never took a single step, just folded down where she stood. later, I connected witha nice 8-point buck out at 225 yards. He id take a few steps, bout 3 or 4 before going down. These were some of the most humane kills I ever made and the 7mm Mags. terminal ballistic performance really impressed me. I have hunted deer with various rifle and handgun calibers including the 45/70 with 300-grain Hornaday jacketed hollow point handloads; 30-06 using 165-grain Remington and Winchester ammo; 30-40 Krag with 180-grain ammo; 30-30 with 170 grain; and 303-Savage with 165-grain handloads. Of course, any good deer rifle caliber will put down deer if the hunter places his or her shot well, but in my 50-plus years of hunting I've never seen such spectacular terminal performance as the 7mm Rem. Mag. is capable of. Recoil was rather pleasant too, about the same, perhaps a bit less as my Remington GameMaster 30-06 and a lot less than my Marlin 1895SS with the 300-grain handloads.

I think is a very good gun and a flat shooting cal to boot. 1/2 inch group at 100 yards. I plan to use it this year for deer hunting.

My pappy used this rifle to shoot critters when I was growing up. I ain't none too fond of this weapon for its recoil(call me a pansy if you will). But I do love the deadly accuracy of this small grained bullet at rather great distances! As for a recoil pad...i would have have to say: 'To each his own'. Somes like to use 'em and somes don't.

Fullopoop's review also deserves 5 stars. Hoisting white flags for the French army... good stuff. The 7mm Magnum deserves its legendary status. This is the perfection of the .30/06. Don't use a recoil pad-- it takes too much off the velocity. If you're hunting whitetails, choose the Federal 150 gr. hi-shok. For big game, Remington 175 gr. is good if you think you can get close, otherwise choose Federal Accu-bond 160 gr.

I got me one of them 7 mags to hunt horney toads and I think it ruirns most of the meat. I got a special way of portin my guns that helps. Instead of porting at the end of the barrel port the gun at the front of that barrel. Right where the bullet meets the riflings. THen you got you a horned toad hunter. I done used one in the french army to hoist white flags with it and it done a good job. I think that If you port like I do you will be a lot better off. You can do it yourself with a cordless drill, I like a 1/8 inch bit.

Flat shooting and pinpoint accuracy with nowhere near the recoil of the 300WM