Help me to decide 7mm or 300wm...
12-23-2006, 12:29 PM
#11
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 518
RE: Help me to decide 7mm or 300wm...
ORIGINAL: Roskoe
Although the 7 Mag and the 30/06 have about the same recoil level; the .300 Mag is whole plateau above these two. Have you shot .30 Magnums? If not, you might want to test drive one. And after that, you might want to get a 7 Rem Mag. Great long range caliber.
Although the 7 Mag and the 30/06 have about the same recoil level; the .300 Mag is whole plateau above these two. Have you shot .30 Magnums? If not, you might want to test drive one. And after that, you might want to get a 7 Rem Mag. Great long range caliber.
12-23-2006, 12:33 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Bradford, Ontario
Posts: 2,205
RE: Help me to decide 7mm or 300wm...
If I had a .30-06 I would likely jump over the 7mm's and go to a .300 or .325 WSM. I have hunted moose my whole life and taken them with numerous rounds. The .30-06 will kill just as well anything else. Elk on the other hand have a reputation ( never hunted them ) of being tougher to anchor and you might also run the risk of having another hunter anchor and claim your animal if it runs. I hunted for years with a .338 win mag and the last few have been using a 7mm rem mag which I love more everytime I drop an animal in its tracks. The 06 and 7mm are too close IMHO, jump up to a bigger bore. Or, save the money and buy a high end set of Binos or rifle scope for you .30-06 which as you say you like alot.
12-23-2006, 12:34 PM
#13
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
RE: Help me to decide 7mm or 300wm...
ORIGINAL: Roskoe
Have you shot .30 Magnums? If not, you might want to test drive one. And after that, you might want to get a 7 Rem Mag. Great long range caliber.
Have you shot .30 Magnums? If not, you might want to test drive one. And after that, you might want to get a 7 Rem Mag. Great long range caliber.
12-23-2006, 02:22 PM
#14
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Posts: 6,921
RE: Help me to decide 7mm or 300wm...
either one will work just fine. I use a 7mm rem mag for antelope to moose and never needed more. I have shot 6 bull elk with a 7mm rem mag and not one required a second shot. I have also shot elk with 300, 270 win and bowwhich also did the job just fine.I contemplated the 300 wm yet again a few years back but stuck with the 7mm rem mag as my all arounderfor my usage, saw no real life advantages to it for my sitaution and the rem mag has done everything I have asked. If I needed bigger my start point would be the 338wm.
As mentioned not a great jump between the 3006 you currently have a 7mm rem mag, more so with the 300wm but if you plan on keeping/using ole trusty you may consider diversifing a little more. All the game you mentioned will fall to an 06' so it's not a need think as much as it is a want! So pick whichever you truly want.
Good Luck
As mentioned not a great jump between the 3006 you currently have a 7mm rem mag, more so with the 300wm but if you plan on keeping/using ole trusty you may consider diversifing a little more. All the game you mentioned will fall to an 06' so it's not a need think as much as it is a want! So pick whichever you truly want.
Good Luck
12-23-2006, 03:24 PM
#16
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: NW Arkansas
Posts: 1,673
RE: Help me to decide 7mm or 300wm...
ORIGINAL: Roskoe
Although the 7 Mag and the 30/06 have about the same recoil level; the .300 Mag is whole plateau above these two. Have you shot .30 Magnums? If not, you might want to test drive one. And after that, you might want to get a 7 Rem Mag. Great long range caliber.
Although the 7 Mag and the 30/06 have about the same recoil level; the .300 Mag is whole plateau above these two. Have you shot .30 Magnums? If not, you might want to test drive one. And after that, you might want to get a 7 Rem Mag. Great long range caliber.
12-23-2006, 05:11 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Where the ducks don't come no more
Posts: 4,420
RE: Help me to decide 7mm or 300wm...
If you want a bigger rifle caliber then what you have now, then get a 375 and call it a day. There isn't enough on game (not on paper) difference between a 30/06 and a 300WindBag or 338 WindBag to make it worth the money.
If I were you, I'd buy some good, bonded, or copper solid bullets for that '06, and use the change from that rifle/scope you didn't buy to go shoot a whopperelkin New Mexico.
If I were you, I'd buy some good, bonded, or copper solid bullets for that '06, and use the change from that rifle/scope you didn't buy to go shoot a whopperelkin New Mexico.
12-23-2006, 05:18 PM
#18
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: NW Arkansas
Posts: 1,673
RE: Help me to decide 7mm or 300wm...
ORIGINAL: SwampCollie
If you want a bigger rifle caliber then what you have now, then get a 375 and call it a day. There isn't enough on game (not on paper) difference between a 30/06 and a 300WindBag or 338 WindBag to make it worth the money.
If I were you, I'd buy some good, bonded, or copper solid bullets for that '06, and use the change from that rifle/scope you didn't buy to go shoot a whopperelkin New Mexico.
If you want a bigger rifle caliber then what you have now, then get a 375 and call it a day. There isn't enough on game (not on paper) difference between a 30/06 and a 300WindBag or 338 WindBag to make it worth the money.
If I were you, I'd buy some good, bonded, or copper solid bullets for that '06, and use the change from that rifle/scope you didn't buy to go shoot a whopperelkin New Mexico.