WHich is best? (Hunting cal)

[Amphibious]

inside 200 yards (maybe 250 with Leverevolution ammo), a hotloaded 45:70 or .450 Marlin will outperform both of them together

oh the marketing!

a .45-70 will kill animals just as dead @ 400yrds as it will at 10yrds. lever revolution or no lever revolution.

Lever ReMarketing is a far more accurate title.

 

[Bulldog]

I had both I picked the 300 Win because you didn't offer 300 Weatherby (my current sweetheart) as a choice.

 

[Gibbs505]

300 win may!!

 

[Red]

The 7mm because that's what I use most often. The 300 is just as fine...depends on the iindividual.

 

[jackpine]

Befor an affordable .300 WinMag became available in a left hand bolt gun,I too had about 3 left hand Rem.M-700's in 7mm Rem.Mag but always yearned for a .300 simply because of the wider .30 cal. bullet selection. The 7 mag. is no slouch but realistically equates to a magnumized .270 Win and is also favored by recoil sensitive shooters over the .300's.Historically the 7mm Rem.Mag was never intended to be loaded with bullets heavier than 140 gr. but Remington changed the rifling twist to accommodate heavier bullets. There's also the problem inherent with many older 7mags that all manner of throating lengths were employed from one maker to another as no industry standard was ever agreed to in those earlier ones.

 

[Levi Garrett]

7 mag , more accurate than the 300 , and a wider band width of game you can hunt with it without the recoil of the 300 , so there !

 

[Eagleye]

Historically the 7mm Rem.Mag was never intended to be loaded with bullets heavier than 140 gr. but Remington changed the rifling twist to accommodate heavier bullets. There's also the problem inherent with many older 7mags that all manner of throating lengths were employed from one maker to another as no industry standard was ever agreed to in those earlier ones.

In fact the Remington 7mm Mag was always intended for heavy bullets since it's beginning. The early Remington rifles were all issued with the 9¼" twist that will stabilize the 160, 165 & 175 grain bullet. In fact, the first ammo issued by Remington for the 7mm Mag came in two weights, the 150 grain and the 175 grain, other weights being added later. The European rifles often came with 10" and even 12" twists, which did not work with the heavier bullets [the Schultz & Larsen comes to mind] There were a lot of chamber variations in the 7mm mag in the early years, and some loads that were safe in early rifles with generous chamber dimensions and long throats are unsafe in modern firearms with tighter dimensions. The 7mm Mag will never be the equal of the 300 Win Mag, but the actual field difference on game is not as great as many imagine. Having shot a fair bit of game with both chamberings and also similar chamberings like the 7x61, 7mm Weatherby, 308 Norma, 30-338, I feel that one has the bases well covered with either of them when pursuing non-dangerous game. Regards, Eagleye.