7mm Rem Mag vs 7mm Wby Mag?

7mm Remington Magnum. More availability of brass, Ballistics are, for all practical purposes, identical.

Weatherby has a bit longer neck, which some see as a great thing.

That being said, a Vanguard in either chambering would be a great all-round rifle for the application you list.

Dave.
 
7mm Weatherby mag has only a slight ballistic advantage over the 7mm Rem Mag. The 7mm Rem mag has much less expensive brass and loaded ammunition can be found almost everywhere.
 
If it was with a custom barrel (i.e. chambering not limiting the rifle you could use) I would go with the weatherby. It should give a bit more speed, which is the real reason to run the mag case to start with. In a couple 7mm remingtons I have played with you had to lean pretty hard to break 3000 fps with a 160 grain bullet and much over 3200 with 140s was also not common.
Brass should be easy enough to make (you did say handloader so factory loads being available and pricey are not an issue) and there has been enough talk about pressure variations with the 7mm Remington to make me a bit more conservative in loading it.
 
7 Rem. I'll trade that bit of speed for no free-bore. It ups the odds of shooting what I want, instead of waiting for the gun to announce what it shoots. Next, put it in a long mag box for pretty much the same reason just use "fits" instead of "shoots".
 
SupersonicSupply.ca said:
7mm Weatherby mag has only a slight ballistic advantage over the 7mm Rem Mag. The 7mm Rem mag has much less expensive brass and loaded ammunition can be found almost everywhere.
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Since we are talking the same projectile....and deer, moose, and black bear are the likely animals>>>>>>the above statement sums it up.

Handloaded in a 26" or longer barrel you might get 150-200f/secs more. Not sure what that gets you in terminal performance that a long range projectile and premium optics would not also accomplish in the remington mag.
 
Recently I have been getting similar performance from a 30-06 with 150 gr bullets as I have with a 7 rem mag. Both of these are better cartridges compared to the weatherbys imo. Even though I haven't had a 7 WBY, I have a 257 and 300, both of which don't like boat tail bullets and both of which have OAL uncertainties never mind expensive brass and big powder appetites.
 
nowarningshot said:
Since we are talking the same projectile....and deer, moose, and black bear are the likely animals>>>>>>the above statement sums it up.

Handloaded in a 26" or longer barrel you might get 150-200f/secs more. Not sure what that gets you in terminal performance that a long range projectile and premium optics would not also accomplish in the remington mag.
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If you want 150-200fps more than the 7mmremmag with the same length of barrel and freebore, you need to look at the 7mmstw or the 7mmrum. The weatherby will add 50-75 fps, with all else being equal.
 
Between those 2 the 7mmRem due to very little difference in performance and easier to source brass.
But if I was going for a "one gun" in the wussy mag category, it would be the .264 Win Mag.
 
I've owned and used both on game , I couldn't say I saw any difference in performance . In other words , as everyone has already pointed out , get the 7mmRM . It'll do anything you need .
 
7mm Rem Mag. Easier to source components and good ammo if need be. Wby would only give 20 fps more velocity so what's the point. If more velocity was required I'd take a look at the 28 Noz
 
One 7mm cartridge that's really coming into its own with newer powers is the 280 AI.
Sadly, I swapped mine away recently and now just have the 7mm Mag. and a 28 Nosler.
If you want to go faster than the 7 RM, consider the 28 as it's an excellent cartridge..
 
Rman said:
Really. Mostly because he can't figure out how to run a 7-375 Ruger in a Model 70...
Any yet many others have, with no issues.

R.
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I know what will and will not feed in the rifle I have. End of discussion. Not only that, but I would go Mashburn 10 times out of 10 over the 7-Ruger.
 
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