7mm mag- need opinions and ammo source

[MAURICE]

Hi all,
I had a co-worker make me an offer I am having a hard time refusing. He is looking to sell his Remington 700 (by the description it sounds like a CDL) in 7mm Win Mag along with ammo, scope and rings for what seems to be a heck of a price ($400).
Now I have no experience with this round other than what I have read using the search function, but from what I have seen it's an impressive round and more than suited for hunting here in Arkansas.

What I am looking for are opinions on the rifle and a source for ammo. It definitely is not a plinking round, but I can't stand to not put a few rounds through them every once in a while. I've looked around online and have found some good hunting ammo but I just can't see spending two bucks a round for non hunting purposes. Any ideas on where to come up with ammo?

Thanks,
Maurice

 

[JonB]

I believe that you will be able to buy 7mm mag at most places. It's a fairly common caliber. That said, most of what you'll find is hunting ammo since that would be the primary purpose of that round.

Might want to get a reloading setup and roll your own for some cheaper target ammo.

 

[groundhog34]

The rifle is a deal unless the scope is garbage. Ammo is not cheap and you will find the rifle to be partial to a certain brand and weight of ammo.

 

[MMCSRET]

You said 7MM Win Mag, If thats the case it is 7MM Winchester Short Mag and ammo is not readily available everywhere, probably only in full service gun stores with fully stocked hunting departments. If you meant to say 7MM Remington Mag, then ammo is readily available in most stores that sell ammo; K-Mart, Walmart and farm and ranch stores all over the mid and far west. I don't know about east.

 

[BENELLIMONTE]

I have a Remington CDL in 300WSM. If the rifle is in good shape and comes with all the stuff thats a great deal!

 

[MachIVshooter]

You said 7MM Win Mag, If thats the case it is 7MM Winchester Short Mag and ammo is not readily available everywhere, probably only in full service gun stores with fully stocked hunting departments. If you meant to say 7MM Remington Mag, then ammo is readily available in most stores that sell ammo; K-Mart, Walmart and farm and ranch stores all over the mid and far west. I don't know about east.

He also said Remington 700, which means it's not chambered in 7mm WSM.

However, Remington does have three different 7mm magnums: The tried and true 7mm Rem. Mag., the super-fast (overbore) 7mm Ultra Mag., and the now-defunct 7mm SAUM. It is also possible to encounter an older 700 marked "7mm Express", which is a .280.

 

[mpmarty]

110 grain for varmints and 160 grain Nosler partitions for game.
Use about any powder you like for the varmint loads but H870 if you can find it is great for the 160 Noslers My Howa 7mm Rem Mag is a tack driver for a sporting weight rifle. Rem 700 is a fine action and you should be happy with it.

 

[DRYHUMOR]

Good round. Sounds like a good price on the setup.

Find the ammo the rifle likes and stick with that for hunting. For practice- go cheap or reload.

 

[MAURICE]

You said 7MM Win Mag, If thats the case it is 7MM Winchester Short Mag and ammo is not readily available everywhere, probably only in full service gun stores with fully stocked hunting departments. If you meant to say 7MM Remington Mag, then ammo is readily available in most stores that sell ammo; K-Mart, Walmart and farm and ranch stores all over the mid and far west. I don't know about east.

I did. Mistake on my part. It is the 7mm Rem Mag. Sorry for the confusion guys, and thanks for the help.

 

[bpl]

I'd buy that for sure for $400 whether the scope sucks or not. A new one would be probably $750 or more without scope, rings and bases. I have a 700 CDL in 7mm-08 and I think its a great rifle. Very smooth and accurate. Shoots MOA with Rem Corelokt 140gr.

Only thing is, the 7mm mag is a pretty stout round for deer unless you're shooting them across a big field or powerline or something. My buddy has a 7mm mag and has shot several deer with it under 100 yards and its made a big mess from what he tells me. Ruined a lot of meat. He went back to using a .243 most of the time. I'd think if you use it for longer distance hunting (what its meant for), it would work fine though.

 

[JonB]

Only thing is, the 7mm mag is a pretty stout round for deer unless you're shooting them across a big field or powerline or something. My buddy has a 7mm mag and has shot several deer with it under 100 yards and its made a big mess from what he tells me. Ruined a lot of meat. He went back to using a .243 most of the time. I'd think if you use it for longer distance hunting (what its meant for), it would work fine though.

+1 You really don't need anything magnum for deer. .243 is a great deer caliber as is .270, 30-30, etc.

But on the other hand, my dad uses a 30-06 for everything and my brother uses a 7mm mag for everything. Nice to have one gun that will handle it all. Shot placement, Shot placement, shot placement.

Maybe use lighter bullets for deer, heavier for elk, moose, elephants, wooly mammoths, etc. ;-)

 

[cal74]

Don't even think about it, unless it's an ADL it's a very good price. ADL's are good enough rifles, but that's about all it'd be worth.

BDL, CDL, Mtn. Rifle all will cost 200-300.00 more than that new

 

[Mike2]

Shot placement is most important but every once in a great while those darn deer like to move right when you squeeze the trigger, nice to have a little more umphhhhh if the round strays a little bit.

 

[ojibweindian]

Reload. It costs me roughly $0.45 per round to shoot my 7mm Rem. Mag, or $8.97 per box of 20.

 

[627PCFan]

+1 on reloading. You can load down to eliminate meat damage, or select the bullet of your liking, or cost.

 

[oregonhunter]

Even if you dont reload you should be able to find remington cor-lokt for around $20 a box

 

[3pairs12]

My walmart sells 7mm rem mag. Don't know the price but says something about the availability of ammo.

 

[a-sheepdog]

You can find a large selection of ammo on www.midwayysa.com , I am not trying to advertise for them, but I was buying Federal 150 grain 7mm Rem Mag for $22.99/box. Great on deer and hogs and my Tikka and my Remington 700 both love it. It is definitely not a plinking round though.

 

[MCgunner]

150 Sierra BT Game King and 69.0 grains RL22 will fix you up. Work up from lower levels, of course, i your rifle. This is a max safe load in mine.

160 Nosler partitions from Federal Premium shoot nearly same POA as my reload and are 1 MOA, great bullet for tough animals. I got a box from a guy at the range who'd sold his 7 mag and gave me the ammo. I've never bought it. If I needed a partition, I'd work up a handload. I detest buying factory stuff, just seems like such a waste of money no more pain and as much fun as it is to just whip out a box. For the price of a box of the stuff, I can get 50 partitions and have money left over for primers.

IMHO, he who shoots belted magnums and odd calibers that cost a lot needs to reload. It's really the only way. Of course, I've reloaded as long as I've been shooting rifles on my own, which is from about 16. I can count the number of boxes of factory ammo for hunting rifles I've bought on one hand in the last 40 years. That doesn't include 7.62x39. I don't even buy .308 or .30-30!