7mm RM - take a buffalo?

ive seen a remmington 7mm make 50 pound rocks explode with the cheapo winchester 150 grain. that said for buffalo id be using my 45/70, hey man! thats what its made for!:sniper:
 
In British Columbia, the minimum requirement for bison hunting is .284" (7mm) with a bullet weight of at least 175gr and developing at least 2000 joules (2700 ft.lbs) @ 100 meters. If I draw an LEH this year, I'll be packing my .338Mag shooting 250gr Nosler Partition handloads. Bison are just too big to mess around with minimums. Every get up close to a live 3000lb buffalo bull? Now imagine this huge animal milling around in the shadows with six others, partly screened by spruce & willow thickets on a hillside at 175 yards with snow blowing around at -18C late on the last day of your late season hunt in the shadow of Pink Mtn...enjoy :)
 
I load up a 175gr X bullet or nosler and get fairly close and if you stick it in the boiler room you will be enjoying bison steaks.I don't think the 7mm is ideal but it will work if you do your part.
 
I have shot 2 on my sister inlaws farm and 2 on a friends -4 down with 5 rounds of Selliers& Belliott 139 gr soft point 6.5 X 55 Swede. 3 with 3 shots and the 4th one required a finisher as it moved it's head at the 1st shot. all head shots between the eyes at approximately 120 to140 yards. Bullet performed extermely. All but one exited the head taking a large piece of spine on exiting.
 
canadianbear said:
I have shot 2 on my sister inlaws farm and 2 on a friends -4 down with 5 rounds of Selliers& Belliott 139 gr soft point 6.5 X 55 Swede. 3 with 3 shots and the 4th one required a finisher as it moved it's head at the 1st shot. all head shots between the eyes at approximately 120 to140 yards. Bullet performed extermely. All but one exited the head taking a large piece of spine on exiting.
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Domestic buffalo and wild buffalo do not behave the same. A wild buffalo may not just stand there and pose while you shoot it in the head. Furthermore, if you blow the jaw off a domestic buffalo, it not really going anywhere, is it?
 
Have a video of a Pink Mtn. wild buff being taken with a 7mm at about 300 yards. Double lung broadside, staggered maybe 50 yards before tipping over. If I recall, it was a Nosler Partition, when it was about the only "premium bullet".

Unfortunatey don't know how to turn a 80's video into a computer friendly image.
 
joe -nwt did'nt say I blew the jaw off it -it dropped on the spot but needed a finishing shot when I walked up to it. These animals behaved like wild and could not be handled to round up and load in a trailer they charged horses and riders and anybody that got to close. Both farms had between 300 and 400 acres of pasture and mixed scrub for the animals to move in and 120 to140 was about as close as they would let you get, a both herds had about 25 animals. But this is about cartridge performance not the type or supposed difference of wild or domestic. The 2 moose I've killed with single shots from my 6.5 were wild did a good job on them.
 
Whoa. I didn't say you blew the jaw off anything. I said IF it happened because something went slightly amiss it wouldn't go anywhere. And while 300-400 acres sounds like a big area, it's only around 1/2 a square mile.

Also, a well placed head shot, between the eyes", with almost any cartridge will drop almost any animal and has nothing to do with cartridge performance.
 
I know three guys who have hunted them up here in the Yukon and they've all found them to be very hard to put down; these are wild by the way, all large bulls. None of these guys did a solid CNS hit either though. One fellow, 300 WM with home-rolled 250's - four rounds in the boiler, next guy, .375 H&H with 300 gr partitions - four rounds in the boiler, next guy - 45-70 with 500 gr round nose - three rounds in the boiler. All with max pressure handloads. I was pretty surprised to hear what these fellows told me about how hard the bulls were to put down. The .375 H&H guy was my father-in-law and he just kept shaking his head and saying, "It just wouldn't go down..." His bull was a monster however - the front quarters (front's are bigger) were well over 300 lbs each. I had just hung a large moose the week before I saw his quarters hanging in his meat house and there was absolutely no comparison between my large moose and his bison. Anyways, having gone on and on as I have - you're probably good with a 7mm mag with high quality 175's (if legal in your area; it isn't up here) if you are a skilled hunter. Personally I'd go for a boiler shot (or two!) and then try for a CNS shot or a high shoulder shot just to get the thing down if it's still up.
 
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