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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Slider on March 06, 2008, 06:32:53 PM

Title: Which cartridge is better......7mm Rem mag or 460 Weatherby Magnum!!!
Post by: Slider on March 06, 2008, 06:32:53 PM: Which Cartridge is better and why?........................lol I coudn't resist!!!
Title: Re: Which cartridge is better......7mm Rem mag or 460 Weatherby Magnum!!!
Post by: MasterTracker on March 06, 2008, 08:03:10 PM: .17 HMR all the way!
Title: Re: Which cartridge is better......7mm Rem mag or 460 Weatherby Magnum!!!
Post by: actionshooter on March 06, 2008, 09:56:27 PM: Well I like the .460 for blacktails and there nothing in the state you would ever use the 7mag for. :P
Title: Re: Which cartridge is better......7mm Rem mag or 460 Weatherby Magnum!!!
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on March 07, 2008, 07:23:14 AM: I prefer the .460 Weatherby for prairie dogs. It makes me flinch so much I'm not very accurate, but all I have to hit is the dirt mound it sits on.
Title: Re: Which cartridge is better......7mm Rem mag or 460 Weatherby Magnum!!!
Post by: Head-shot on March 07, 2008, 07:35:06 AM: Quote from: DOUBLELUNG on March 07, 2008, 07:23:14 AM
I prefer the .460 Weatherby for prairie dogs. It makes me flinch so much I'm not very accurate, but all I have to hit is the dirt mound it sits on.

Sounds like artillery :chuckle:
Title: Re: Which cartridge is better......7mm Rem mag or 460 Weatherby Magnum!!!
Post by: MikeWalking on March 07, 2008, 12:04:19 PM: Used to hunt squirrels with my .460 but I got tired of trying to find'em after the shot.

Didja'know they'll put tracers past the Space Station? ya NASA aint to happy wid'me
Title: Re: Which cartridge is better......7mm Rem mag or 460 Weatherby Magnum!!!
Post by: Slider on March 08, 2008, 10:36:33 PM: A 7mm Rem Mag Federal Premium 165 btsp has 1825ft. lb. of energy at 500 yards!!! A 460 Weatherby Magnum 500 grain has 1972ft. lb. at 500 yards and drops 71 inches !!! :o
Title: Re: Which cartridge is better......7mm Rem mag or 460 Weatherby Magnum!!!
Post by: Opportunist on March 10, 2008, 05:45:38 AM: I like the AA-12!

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