Thread: 7mm rem mag ammo availability

Greetings @matthewhall2912,
You may wish to think of your first rifle as a trainer rifle for other rifles later on. While it is great to think about a best rifle for whatever use you may want to use it for you may wish to select something that is easy to learn to shoot with plenty of ammo available. Also something that is easy to handload for with plentiful components. To me the 7mm Rem mag ticks few of these boxes. I would tend towards the .308 Win (sorry @Micky Duck) but I am probably biased. I see you are local so PM me if you want to drop by for a chat.
Regards Grandpamac.
PS I won't be trying to sell you any of my .308 rifles.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings @matthewhall2912,
You may wish to think of your first rifle as a trainer rifle for other rifles later on. While it is great to think about a best rifle for whatever use you may want to use it for you may wish to select something that is easy to learn to shoot with plenty of ammo available. Also something that is easy to handload for with plentiful components. To me the 7mm Rem mag ticks few of these boxes. I would tend towards the .308 Win (sorry @Micky Duck) but I am probably biased. I see you are local so PM me if you want to drop by for a chat.
Regards Grandpamac.
PS I won't be trying to sell you any of my .308 rifles.

no need to apologize to me.....I rather fond of the .308......if didnt own a .270 it was going to be 308 or 30/06 of that there was never a doubt .

@Micky Duck
does the .270 kick hard at all as one of my mates are adamant i dont want one due to kick

Originally Posted by matthewhall2912

@Micky Duck
does the .270 kick hard at all as one of my mates are adamant i dont want one due to kick

less than a 7mm mag does,that is for sure n certain....suppressors are the game changer...makes most non magnum cartridges very mild to shoot. couple that with rifle thats not silly lightweight and you good as gold.
if you even slightly worried about recoil...dont muck around buy that ruger .243 james has for https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....7-243-a-80703/ will not regret it one little bit.perfect gun for 90% of hunting you will do in this county...you can buy something bigger down the track if you feel the need..but I doubt you would unless chasing thar at long range.0-300 yards you pretty safe with just about all our game animals...one thing is dead certain...a .243 projectile in the right place is MUCHMUCH MUCH better than bigger projectile in wrong place because you flinched,even a .50BMG isnt guaranteed to drop stag in tracks if you gut shoot it.

yea ive seen the difference of a suppressor on a 7mm-08 and it definitely changed the rifle. one of the people i hunt with uses a 223 but im not to much of a fan of the smaller calibres and the rest of the people i hunt with said that is should go no smaller than something like a creedmoor. and the only reason why i was asking about the .270 is a couple mates decribed it as being crazy huge recoil when you guys say its not the case.