7mm or .300?

[MuleySniper]

Love my .300 wby. Kicks pretty good with anything over 180. Its a ruger #1 though so its already a heavy gun. Id like to try a 7mm. Sportsmans had a pretty nice Tikka SS/comp with a fluted barrel in 7mm for like $649 I think. I was definitely tempted. Make a great all around rifle that you wouldn't worry about not trying to scratch or ding.
MS

[MDGrand]

The main difference that I see is with the smaller 7mm caliber, recoil is less. With a 30 caliber, recoil is going to be more, simply because of the heavier bullet. Ballistics are virtually identical if using comparable bullets.

 7mm has a better BC.

Well.. when comparing HEAVY 7mm bullets to HEAVY 30 caliber bullets the BC race is pretty close!

Especially in the case of using Berger Bullets..

If you compare a ballistics chart of a 7mm Rem Mag shooting a 168 Grain Berger shot at 3050 FPS vs a 300 RUM shooting a 210 grain Berger shot at 3050 FPS... the velocity at 1000 yards is almost identical. What is different though is the ENERGY at 1000 yards... the 30 cal from a 300 RUM has over 300 lbs more lbs of energy.

Personally, I have NEVER shot a 300 RUM or 7mm Rem Mag that were not almost identical in recoil.. so I vote for the 300 RUM.

But hell.. at the end of the day both are awesome. So.. pick a favorite I guess