Back in the early 1960s, rural rifle talk among loggers, ranchers, farmers and truck drivers usually included the .270 Winchester, .30-06, .308 Winchester, .300 H&H, .30-30 (.30 WCF), 8mm-06 and the relatively new .243 Winchester. Some folks openly wondered if there was a need for a 7mm magnum given the lackluster performance the .280 Remington/7mm Express (1957) set against standards like the .270 and .30-06, or if you prefer the .308, with 130- and 150-grain bullets, respectively.
When unveiled in Remington’s new Model 700 in 1962, the 7mm Remington Magnum could push those bullet weights faster and flatter over extended ranges, but the heavily timbered deer and elk country along the Oregon coast and interior mountain ranges sort of precluded any need for long-range rifles.
Some speculated the 7mm Remington Magnum was the answer to a nonexistent problem, and the .30-06 was largely considered just about perfect for elk with heavier round nose bullets and deer with 150-grain spitzers. If someone needed more power, the .300 Winchester Magnum preceded Remington’s 7mm by four years.
Other, possibly more experienced, western hunters saw Remington’s big 7mm as just about ideal for hunting high mountain parks and wide-open prairies out West for elk, mule deer, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, whitetail and pronghorn. As an experienced elk and mule deer guide in Idaho, the late Wolfe Publishing shooting editor Bob Hagel suggested all of the above could be covered with one bullet, Nosler’s 160-grain Partition, or maybe bump the weight up to 174 grains for elk. No doubt, a magazine photo of a big bull elk taken within the backdrop of the alpine meadows and stands of tall timber of the Rocky Mountains drew hunters to the Remington 7mm Magnum like no other cartridge before or since.
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