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If your worried about recoil, have a break installed.I'm a 30 cal guy, but hunt with 7mm guys. We all take game. It's just personal preference.When in doubt, buy both.
I prefer the 7mm for the BC. A 7mm can reach BC's over .600 or a g7 over .300 at about 160 grains. To match that in a 30 cal you need to shoot a bullet 200 grains plus. If you built a rifle with a reciever that can handle the longer 7mm bullets, you could achieve a g1 bc over .700, which is insane.
IF stepping up from 7mm goto 338. Its kick is no more than the .300 and terminal velocity greater. If not 338 I would stay with popular 7mm Everyone I hunt elk with uses a .338.
Quote from: baker5150 on January 25, 2017, 11:52:27 AMIf your worried about recoil, have a break installed.I'm a 30 cal guy, but hunt with 7mm guys. We all take game. It's just personal preference.When in doubt, buy both. I've got a variety of a little bit of everything and like them all for different reasons but for a lot of years the only centerfire rifle I owned was a 300 Weatherby that I used for everything from coyotes to elk and all things in between so I suppose I'm a bit partial to 30 cals as well and if I had to pick between the 7 Rem Mag and 300 Win, I'd have to go with the 300 Win, especially if elk were to be it's primary use.