Quote:
Originally Posted by pwd72s
I used to pack the old 30-30 along on hunting trips...a back up gun in case something happened to the 7mm Remington mag caliber rifle. I'll confess to preferring a bigger club. "Magnumitus" if you will. Before I had a magnum rifle, I took an elk with my .257 Roberts caliber Remington...barely legal by the hunting regs of the time. But still....bigger club theory for me.
|
It definitely never hurts to hit 'em harder. Until it reaches the point where it hurts to hit 'em harder. The recoil and blast from today's mega magnums has a way of making poor shooters out of good shooters. The 7mm Remington mag doesn't fall into that class; it's an eminantly useful, friendly caliber. I had an orginal blued stainless barrel M700 in that caliber for years, until I traded it off towards a Ruger #1 in .458. Oh, and I killed my first deer with a sporterized '98 Mauser in .257 Roberts. Great caliber.