lethalconnection

Umm i believe he is using Federal but im not sure

stubblejumper

I ask because I have never heard of a 180gr 7mm bullet.

skeeter 7MM

FWIW, I have seenonly one offeringfor180gr in 7mm bullet - Norma Ammo line- 180gr Vulcan.

PS, forgot for a 7mm rem mag.

BareBack Jack

If you are shooting factory ammo,look at the box and tell us what you are shooting.I don't know of any factory 7mm express being offered.Thats where the 280 Rem comes in,they are the same cartrige.

Now if you have A 7mm Remington Magnum,thats a diffrent story.

Both are good elk rounds and have killed tons of elk.I would go with 150 Noslers in the 280 Rem. and 140 gr Barnes TSX in the 7mm Magnum.
Leave you gun dead on at 300 and practice,practice all ranges 25-yds to 400.
Aim for behind the shoulder and leave the 400 yd trick shots to someone else.
BBJ

Dirt2

What, are you kidding me? No responsible human being would dream of going after an elk without a rifle that can take your shoulder off with the recoil. You've got to have at least a 338, okay maybe a 300 magnum if you're kind of a wuss.

(This entry is satirical, for those of you who read everything literally. My satirical gun is aimed at the crew on here who have '300' or '338' incorporated into their screen handles.)

ShatoDavis

You need to be certain which cartridge you speak of. Though, either the 7mag or 280 rem (7mm express) are more than adequate to hunt any of North America's big game short of the big bears.

Check out this article: http://www.chuckhawks.com/7mm_musings.htm

The 280 is one of my all time favorite cartridges. A little history via chuck hawks:

Designed in the 1950's, and also known at various times in its history as the 7mm-06 (a wildcat) and the 7mm Express, the .280 is Remington's answer to the .270 Winchester. Like the .270, the .280 is based on a necked down .30-06 case.


In 1979, in an attempt to revive their dying cartridge, Remington changed its name to 7mm Remington Express. The name change accomplished little except to confuse shooters. A few years later the cartridge became known as the .280 Remington.

rather_be_huntin

This post is confusing.....to my knowledge nobody offers a 150 gr Nosler Partition in afactory load for a 7mm rem mag. I do however handload 150 gr partitions and they work great on elk. Sutbble I've never heard of the 180 gr bullet you speak of, I'm sure it exists but other than that I've never seen a 180 gr bulletfor a 7mmrem mag either.

7mm rem mag is a great elk cartridgeIMO. Flat shooting and lots of energydown range.

stubblejumper

Skeeter mentioned the 180gr load for the 7mmremmag.I have never heard of one myself.

skeeter 7MM

I saw this ammo at a newer shop in sask, I never knew such a thing existed myself. I tried to check normas website but for whatever reason it does notopen the sub-sections for me. Any regards I will try pastingthe infofrom theshops website.

Not sure it is of any use but more of an FYI.

7mm Rem Mag 180 Gr Vulcan
$49.99

Vulcan 17024



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Since Norma introduced the Vulkan in 1980, it has been there most popular hunting bullet. The unique aspect of the Vulkan round is its inverted jacket tip that protects it and prevents tip deformation. The very rapid expansion of the Vulkan round leads in the majority of cases to a rapid kill when shot in the heart/lung area.

• Thick rear jacket section
• Pure lead core
• Thin forward jacket section
• Crimping increases dependability

rather_be_huntin

It was Skeeter that mentioned it, sorry about that Stubble. I don't know if I'd ever try em, especially at $50 a box but it is good to know what's out there.