A post on another thread got me to think??? I see a lot of people talk about a lot of animals are not found, had to be tracked, etc because they were shot with a 7 Rem Mag. I'm trying to understand this statement. Because ballistically it seems to be a great choice to hunt most north American animals. Is it because there is a ton of people using the caliber? Maybe a lot of people can't handle the recoil? It is my go to caliber and my main hunting rifle. I have had some that took meat off of both ends, but my 9.5lb Weatherby has very mild recoil. What is the reasoning behind these statements?
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Originally posted by careybirdwell View PostA post on another thread got me to think??? I see a lot of people talk about a lot of animals are not found, had to be tracked, etc because they were shot with a 7 Rem Mag. I'm trying to understand this statement. Because ballistically it seems to be a great choice to hunt most north American animals. Is it because there is a ton of people using the caliber? Maybe a lot of people can't handle the recoil? It is my go to caliber and my main hunting rifle. I have had some that took meat off of both ends, but my 9.5lb Weatherby has very mild recoil. What is the reasoning behind these statements?
My cousin uses a 7 Mag and it shot the MATCH bullets really well, but after losing a nice buck, he now uses something different.
Some probably has to do with the recoil as well, because some might flinch and not hit the deer good either.
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Originally posted by sboudreaux View PostScared of it so they flinch and make a bad shot. 7mm's were really trendy years back and a lot of inexperienced hunters were buying them unaware of the recoil. Roy Hindes used to say that was the #1 cartridge used when he had to go track a deer.
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I'm like Trophy 8, I have killed a lot of critters with my 7 mag and have never had one take more than 2 steps. Most went straight down and never got up. That includes my 7 SAUM. My 1885 in 7RM has used 160 grain Grand Slams, 145 gr. Grand Slams, 150 grain BTSP's is a flat out hammer. My 7 SAUM and 140 grain TTSX's is a hammer as well.
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