What’s the best magnum caliber for NZ game
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What’s the best magnum caliber for NZ game
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Ok I'll start, 7mm rem mag.
I've only used three with them being:
- .300 Win Mag I had to use with a muzzle brake and was a heavy rifle for long range.
- .338 Win Mag was a mates gun and just kicked too much.
- 7mm Rem Mag was a Tikka T3 which came on numerous trips and "ruled with authority" so if I ever went back to a magnum it would be another 7mm Rem Mag but I'm a sook when it comes to recoil hence why I love my .222, .223, .243, 7mm-08, .284 Win which is enough for everything we have in NZ
22 magnum. :P
Have a tikka t3 300 win mag with a t3 terminator brake on it. Very nice to shoot. Lets just say nothing runs away but not ideal for meat hunting
270WSM VS 7mm Rem Mag
7mm rem mag, is there anything that compares? Have your pick of factory rifles, ammo
Dirty Harry
Any of the 30cal magnums.
300WinMag, it's a 30 06 on steroids , but I like them all.
PI Magnum:cool:
My Rossi 44 mag ...wanna buy it
I have owned a few but never used any on game, except for my .44 Magnum which has accounted for a few animals. Frankly, there is no reasonable reason for any of the medium or big bore magnums in NZ. The animals aren't big enough and the ranges aren't long enough. My only current magnum is my .338 LM which is only for targets anyway. I have hunted with a .30/06 for years and that is probably more power than was ever needed. 7-08 and .308 are about perfect for NZ (and all the Tahr I have shot have been with a .308).
Would surely be the .950 jdj ?Quote:
Originally Posted by BlakeJ04
7mm rem mag would be the most popular.
I only hunt with a 20mm cannon firing depleted uranium rounds.
Kinda getting concerned I'm undergunned for anything bigger than a Fallow. Thankfully Barnes are releasing an exploding 30mm round with razor blades and cyanide capsules inside.
All I gotta do is expand the boltface, rechamber and barrel and Im ready for the fucking roar.
.30-30
Discussion over.
:P
.458 Winchester magnum should do it
17hmr
Ive owned a few, and shot a fair few, currently have .17 HMR, 22 mag, 222 Remington mag, .264 win and 300H&H, 300 win, most in Canada were there is perhaps more need, due to biting, clawing critters.
Only have a 22 mag and .264 win in NZ, I think the most useful, of the magnum center fires, is the 30 cal mid size (300wsm, 300 win, 300H&H) and the 375H&H, but these are unnecessary , heavy for NZ.
I really like my 300 H&H, I've had two now, Ruger #1 and M700, 165gr partion at 3150, and 220gr partion for a stopping round,
I've got a 416rem mag. Everything Ive hit with it has worked lol
I've always liked and wanted a 7mm rem mag and lately like the idea of a 30 cal but realistically its like gundoc said. You don't really need them.
read up a while back on the 264 win mag. They seem to go really well and would be a very interesting choice for one of my projects if the right barrel came up.
Boys school me on the 300wsm vs 7mmrm? Pros and cons
short magnums are barrel burners at the chamber end. but have a shorter action
300 win mag and 7mm rem mag are both good but the 7mm will shoot flatter.
i own a 7mmRM and its a tack driver but there is nothing in nz that a 308 wont drop
Cheers for the quick reply bro, that makes sense. Down the road may have to get magnum setupQuote:
Originally Posted by gonetropo
Iv got a 7mm rm I like it , recoil with the muzzle break even though im told it,s pretty average is pretty good you can shoot it one handed style , even so Loctite the screws !!
You won't burn out a WSM in a lifetime of ordinary hunting, and less so a SAUM.
I've got a 300saum. No problem using un suppressed if need be with its 20" barrel, but I do mostly use a suppressor.
Shooting a deer with 150grn TTSX bullet with it at 300 yards has the same oomph as a 20" 308 probably does at probably 100 yards. That has to be a worthwhile advantage.
Yup, magnums are not necessary, but deer sure don't like them.
More energy flying flatter and less wind drift than same cal non magnum
What's the story with belted vs straight magnums ?
Aren't the 375H&H derivatives so "Out of Africa" ?
I'd just assumed the 28Nosler would replace the 7RM like Creedmore has for 260 ...
It's to do with the case design and brass thickness. The belt means that less brass can be used in the parts that are likely to break I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagheera
The belts on the old African magnums where to allow proper spacing since there isn't much of a neck to work off with the fatter bullets
.....Also .300 winmag for the win!
I thought in the case of the windbag and remmag the belts were outely for marketing/appearences sake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russian 22.
It would be awesome if the yanks would adopt one of of the modern belt less 7 mags (7mm blouser pleasssse) with the vigour they have the 6.5 creed
I think the 7 Rem Mag has had such a head start now (1962) with rifle and ammo supply that it's going to be hard for anything to unseat it given the only incremental advantages ie the 28 Nosler which is say 200 fps faster for the same bullet weight.
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300wm does the job good
7*61 Sharp & Hart and 308 Norma Magnum. Both these developed by Schultz and Larsen diring 1950's and 60's. These were developed as so-called belted magnums but of a COAL length that did not exceed 30-06. The belt was derived from the 300 HH and it's function was to allow headspacing off the belt rather than off the shoulder or rim (as in 303).
Because the coal was no longer than a standard centrefire they actually are the early "short magnums".
Mine are both near to sixty years old and shoot sub moa with 160 and 180 grain SGK's at near 3000fps for accuracy.
The 7mm Rem mag was produced as a slightly modified but less efficient alternative to the 7*61 because S and L could not produce enough for the USA market. Hence most 7*61' swent to NZ cullers, Sth Africa and Europe. They remain highly sought after even today, just as the 308Norma Magnum is; which regarded by msny as still the best 308 magnum design.
264 win mag
Bit like the 375 H+H. yup there are other calibres close to it that do just as well or better (a little). The 375 ruger is a classic example-straight walled shorter case with exazercly the same performance but time is on the hollands side.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZQLewis
Heaps around, factory ammo and rifles everywhere and it still does the job and is trusted. Same for the 7mm remmy and the 300wm. they just work and it will take yonks to knock them off their perch
The ammo is a big thing-try forgetting your hand loaded .28 Nosler laser beams at home and then wanting to buy some at the local hunting store. I know the small mobs probably wont have a massive selection but at least a packet to get you out of trouble.
