Thread: Demise of the 7mm Rem Mag

Stop with the headstamps.

180 ELD-M smashed the gates down a while ago, but few had rifles with enough twist in the tube to take advantage.

If you build out a 24" 7mm08 with a 3" mag box, it'll make 2600 with the 180ELDM and a case full of the right powder (Superformance, Staball 6.5 or RL-16).

The big magnums ( 7RM, 7PRC, 28 Nosler, 7mm Remington Ultra Mag) with 26" tubes will need anywhere between 20-30 grains more of the precious powder (which Hornady themselves admit to having a hard time finding) to break the 3,000 fps mark with the same bullet.

Unless you are shooting past 1.5km at sea level on the regular, you don't need a rifle-bullet combo that aggressive to stay above transonic.

Biggest advantage of the 7PRC is factory ammo with decent bullets. But they could have played smart and done a 7mm Creedmoor or 6.5-7PRCW as a factory offering... the latter is seeing a lot of attention in F-open