7mm MAG

[Coues Archer]

Go with the 160's.

[donniedent]

I've been using Hornaday 139's and they've done great. I shot an Antelope at 400 and it didn't take a step and a deer at 375 or so and it didn't take step. BUT, I don't think I'll hunt elk with that load. I'm going to keep using my 30-06 for elk with a 150 Nosler. If you go with a 150 or 160, stick with it and use it for everything, if you don't, you'll spend too much time dialing your rifle and un-needed wear on your barrel. Plus the fact that 7mag loads aren't the cheapest.

 

 

Donnie

[fido]

160 Nosler Partitions or accubonds for sure will work if they group well in your rig. You want to be able to penitrate shoulder for a knock-down if you need to. Practice,practice,practice.

[cmc]

I've been shooting 7mm for the last 12 years. I use to shoot 150 soft point (power point) for years but didn't like how they were working on coues so I switched up to 140 grain ballistic tips that shot exactly on with my Leupold B&C 4.5-14 scope, and I mean dead on with the hash marks for yardage. The 140 grain did a number on a bear but I have yet to use them in anything else. Seeing though what other ballistic tips have done to other game as well studying more about a 150 grain bullet should hold better in the wind I'm opting to move to a 150 accubond or the like and see how they work.

 

I've seen a 7mm work numbers on antelope, elk and pigs with various rounds and to be honest I think any you mention would work. Find what groups best and like Joe said... practice a lot with it.

 

Buy quality you'll thank yourself later for it.

 

cmc

[cmc]

Plus the fact that 7mag loads aren't the cheapest.

 

No kidding. I was looking at a .257 wby and thinking maybe I should think 25-06 instead as I could only imagine how much the .257 rounds would cost having paid an arm for my 7mm rounds. Turns out .257 wby is only $2 more a box than my 7mm's...

 

I can't believe the same box of 7mm DOUBLED in cost in just three years. DOUBLED!!!

 

Just not right.

cmc