7mm Rem Mag for Moose?

[@cavolpert]

7mm is fine for moose , my friend uses it for everything in Montana

[@MTMILITIAMAN7.62]

I also use the 7mm for everything in MT. The 7mm Rem Mag is hard to beat as an all-around hunting cartridge. I prefer it over the .30-06 and the .300 Win.

[@MH-nc5jd]

7mm rem mag is a great round with a nice flat trajectory and a really high BC.. highly recommend

[@edwardabrahamiii3742]

Ive used a remington model 700 7mm rem mag using 145 grain federal soft point corelokt an still downed a moose 7mm works itll take everything 300 wm will take on

[@MyLonewolf25]

Shot placement is king. Caliber just gives you wiggle room

[@coreymerrill3257]

Yeah, as long as you stick to whatever cartridges effective range and select the right bullet for the game you hunt within said range. I'd probably not go after a bear with a .17 or 22 caliber rimfire though. 😂 I was just picturing a Ruger 77/22 leaning on a cape buffalo 😂.

[@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz]

Being able to find ammo is a vastly understated advantage for some calibers.

[@zzz7zzz9]

What i noticed, is 270 and 308 is always in abundance.

[@williammills7778]

Pre-rona my son and I were planning a hunt in CO. We were planning on using our 7mm Rem Mags. Every outfitter we spoke required .30 cal minimum crazy!

[@wbwills2]

William Wills here. Want some moose meat

[@bobbygetsbanned6049]

They probably have a bunch of guys making bad shots and want as much advantage as possible so they aren't leaving wounded Elk in the woods.

[@mmorris6341]

If an “outfitter” is requiring a 30 cal over a 7 mag you should probably find a different one.

[@PotatoeJoe69]

There's plenty of videos of moose eating 3, 4 and even 5 30-06 rounds before they drop. 7mm rem mag is definitely harder hitting than 30-06, but I digress. The perfect moose cartridge is .338 win mag IMHO. .300 win mag is at the lowest end of 'ideal' for moose, but you could take a moose with a .22lr if you shot it in the head

[@zzz7zzz9]

​@@PotatoeJoe69 5 30-06 rounds to drop a moose is 100% due to poor shooting. Yukon/Alaska moose are a whole other beast, and all ours fell to dad's 30-06 and my 7mm rem mag. Easy.

[@cargotoolshop5319]

Most popular gun in America is still a 30-06 and I recommend using what you are used to shooting, you know what to expect, the 30-06 is anywhere between 55 to 220 grain bullets with the 125 grain light recoil or smaller people

[@sammartinez8084]

Great show my friend Ron 👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏

[@RonSpomerOutdoors-Podcast]

Thanks Sam. Glad you enjoyed.

[@codydempsey5445]

You have an incredible voice. I don't hunt anything other than paper targets but you make this topic so interesting.

[@tedgonzol2457]

Big 7 will always be the premier North American cartridge.

[@TheQCollection]

Mmm? Can't believe I would see the day up here in Canada, were if you did loose your ammo in route no matter what the calibur.. the chances of a town having it on the shelves these days is very very slim.

[@Noah-ed2lh]

The Northern Continental United States and Alaska will always have these calibers stocked.

[@TheQCollection]

@@Noah-ed2lh unfortunately my government has slowly began the process of eliminating all ownership of guns by law-abiding legaly licensed firearm owners, who not only hunt to feed their families or sport shoot, but use their firearms to defend livestock against bears & wolves and any other animals that indanger are lively hood. First it was the AR-15 platform along with many other styles of rifles and now a complete ban on hand gun imports and sales as of last Friday. Basically if things continue down this path, there will be no reason for Store's here to have Ammo on their shelves.

[@wbwills2]

@@TheQCollection that’s awful. where do you live .

[@hendrikkiliaan7639]

Here in Alberta, most towns do carry the06, 308, 270, 243. 7 mag and.300 mag. Most town sporting goods/hard wear stores carry a lot more calibers.

[@kenhaworth6530]

I had a 7mm Remington mag savage. It was way more power than I needed on northern whitetails.

[@Brandenuzis]

I’m in upstate New York and the biggest I’m using on a whitetail is a 30-06. There’s no need to go to the big magnums it’ll ruin the meat. I took my 7 mag on a bear hunt and the bear that I shot didn’t like getting thumped by a 175 grain partition spitzer.

[@zzz7zzz9]

​@@Brandenuzis you don't ruin meat unless you hit them in the meat.

[@AbelGuerra-xz3pc]

7mm REM Mag is one of my top picks along side the 30-06 for my do it all rifles

[@jasonw9423]

Hard to find ammo for the 7mm Weatherby. Or any Weatherby for that matter

[@williammills7778]

Try Midway USA they have most Weatherby calibers. Just got some .257 & .300 wby for $62/$72 respectively.

[@Drivapete]

I shoot a 257 Wby, I feel your pain in finding ammo. That's why I started reloading for all my rifles. Now, there's no problem. And by the way, I hoarded all needed components before the 2020 election! I don't go out shooting or develop new loads anymore, but I can hunt the rest of my life with the supplies I have.

[@koDaffi]

I'ma have that hat 1 day, best keep your eyes pealed. That's up there with Lemmy's hat from Motorhead.

[@RonSpomerOutdoors-Podcast]

Mystery, you can buy that hat (or a new one just like it) at ronspomeroutdoors.com.

[@koDaffi]

@@RonSpomerOutdoors-Podcast Sorry not the same. The head it is on is most of the value. Just like Lemmy's hat or Slash's. 😉 Just like JFKs hat on Sopranos.

[@davidirwin8601]

7 mm rem mag will drop any large game whit correct shot placement very effective cartridge

[@Brunzy1970]

my experience has told me rifles have a favorite round and weight. so experiment, you know the range for the most part your going to be shooting, mostly. I love my 30/.06 and it is a tack driver at 200yrds. using 220gr core-locks you cut through brush and still drop your deer where it's standing. shot every weight out of it and tha 220gr is its favorite, not mine.

[@zzz7zzz9]

I've killed all my animals, moose, mule deer, and whitetails, with my 7mm rem mag. One-and-done.

[@theorangevestarmy4255]

7mm rem mag all the way, any time!

[@wbwills2]

Not a moose hunter but hear it is good meat. I live in Sandhills of NC.don’t hunt white tail anymore.so many in the roads around me I see a few per year hit by vehicles.salvage as much as possible and feed dogs the rest. 21 degrees this am .big buck chasing another big buck across the rd this AM otw to my daughters school. Barely missed the one in hot pursuit .In rut & don’t look both ways. Running chainsaw last weekend.kept hearing something that sounded like a motorbike at 1st. Listened closer,deer grunting & fighting. Had a handgun and was keeping eyes open. They don’t care about anything when the ladies are on their mind. Years ago one came after me while on a hike in crowded state park. Had a walking stick with a ice spike under a rubber cover. & a pistol. Got him away with the stick.

[@zzz7zzz9]

Moose is the best, imo.

[@roadkillanonymous4807]

Both the 270 and 7mm rem are great…I prefer the .270 just because I already have a .300 win mag so less redundant. That being said, if you don’t handload I recommend the .270 as well. Cheaper ammunition that in reality is loaded to be almost as powerful as the 7mag. Handloading both to potential the gap gets bigger. But the 7mm rem mag in factory ammo always seemed underwhelming and overrated to me.

[@danielgrove7782]

Your position on ammo availability mean everything to me...everything i own are proven industry standard...cars guns guitars amps tools...if i cant support it i dont want it. Something i realized after many years..every loading could be considered to be a different round..mag length throat action strength are all part of the equation..many devices are functionally identical too me

[@leonardcollings7389]

Roy Weatherby took a 257 Weatherby on Safari taking all kinds of dangerous game. Shot placement is the Key.

[@LloydMcNab-jb8gz]

That's so true because iv taken moose with a 243 win all about bullet placement

[@williambarnes4612]

300 Winchester magnum.

[@outdoororiginal9694]

Can your please compare 6.5prc to 300prc and which would be better for elk hunting?

[@RonSpomerOutdoors-Podcast]

Outdoor, I'd have to roll with the 300 on this one. No reason the 6.5 with a good, controlled expansion bullet won't do the job, but the 300 allows you to throw heavier -- much heavier -- slugs in case you need to shoot less than ideal shot angles and plow through a lot of mass. Neither will "knock it down" via energy or power alone, but the heavier bullets should penetrate farther while doing more internal damage due to wider expansion, higher Sectional Density.

[@danelobe2524]

Just get a .30 caliber for Moose, most guides now recommend the .30 calibers for elk moose and bear.

[@zzz7zzz9]

They should recommend experienced shooters over specific calibers.

[@georgemcarthur488]

150 grain Barnes TSX or TTSX at 2900-3100 fps in the 7 mag is all that's needed for anything short of maybe an elephant body shot.

[@cef8156]

I'd be interested in your comments on hunting shots for big game that are over a 100 yd and sometimes out to 300 and the sportsman like behavior of those who truly stalk their prey and then shoot them as opposed to those who use bench rest technology and make a 1/2 a mile shot.

[@maslegnac1920]

Can we have one show just and just about 8mm Mauser please?😊

[@roonbooks3227]

I find anything over 150gr bullet in the 7mm mag slows it down considerably considering how large the case is.might as well shoot a 30 06

[@ChiquitaSpeaks]

…That doesn’t make any sense

[@robertwaid3579]

The Comment's below about .30 Caliber or Heavier in Bear Country I can See & Agree. When I had My Gun's & Firearms My Sweetest One & Favorite. Was a Winchester Model 70 XTR Chambered in the 7mm Remington Magnum. Boy did I Love 😘😘 that Rifle. My other favorite was a Parker Hale, Chambered in the 30-06 Caliber. Also at the Time I reloaded My Own ammo for Both of Them. LOl at that time the Two Biggest Difference's about the Calibers? Was the Variety & Weight of the Bullet's available for Either Caliber. And at further Distances on the Range & in the Field. The 7mm was more Flat Shooting with Significantly Less Drop than the 30-06 or other .30 Caliber Rounds. IT'S been some Year's back that this information was Current, & My Recall & Memory was Better. But as I mentioned the 7mm was My favorite High Powered Caliber then. To be Closing here Ron Spomher I love Your episodes & Your presentation of Your Knowledge. Thank You very much.

[@livingeveryday777]

Even 300 win mag is harder to find now than 7MM

[@bcallahan3806]

Just go to the post office or IRS hear they're buying up ammo like crazy.

[@WCGwkf]

I always love someone having to use some ridiculous unpopular cartridge and get frustrated when they can't find ammo. Ever heard of reloading? You should try it.

[@shadowhenge7118]

My dad took damned near everything eith his 7mm mag

[@joeypitre8269]

Same 7mm mag multiple kills with it very good stopping power usually I don’t need to worry much about my range there usually in the box so well rounded round use the 300 win mag and the 4.44 marlin as well all good rou

[@mikelworthen1352]

I have shot everything from squirrels to Shiraz moose with my 7 mag. Kills ‘em all in just one shot.

[@russellphillips1589]

I prefer 270

[@tbdsere]

Just took my moose last year with a 7 mag , 1 shot

[@RonSpomerOutdoors]

Congrats Chawveld! Moose meat is among the best.

[@01abihsot]

Bullet placement is key to all hunting caliber means absolutely nothing it’s all hype from gun manufacturers the next greatest thing

[@c.jstallin4925]

Couldn't care less about this guy but I'm interested in hunting now

[@edwardabrams4972]

Tell us how you really feel🤔😳😂

[@jared9977]

There's people that hunt and there are people that obsess over murdering animals for trophies.

[@michaelbiniakewitz2329]

And people who don't mind butchering the English language 🙄

[@kennycampbelljr5896]

If you're going to hunt and take an animals life. Then why not take a trophy while you are ding it?

[@goinhot9133]

Animals live a rough life, they don’t typically die from old age.

[@joeydussell9407]

People who need meat will take what they can, people who only hunt trophy’s keep the population healthy because bigger animals like big bucks for example eat way more then a doe

[@RonSpomerOutdoors-Podcast]

Jared, many of us hunt for trophies and meat simultaneously. Contrary to conventional "wisdom," animals with large antlers or horns do not taste bad, are not tough and inedible. Many of my most tender bucks have been 10 to 13 years old. Like old humans, they're done rutting and chasing and as a result tender and untainted by "hormonal imbalance," i.e. testosterone poisoning. Furthermore, by law all game meat must be taken from the field and utilized (no wanton waste.) And further furthermore, probably less than 2 percent of any hunted population is taken at "trophy" size. This idea that selfish, greedy, callous trophy hunters are out killing, grabbing heads, and leaving game to rot is vastly overblown. These are poachers, not hunters, and they are a tiny fraction of the "hunter" population, but their nefarious exploits are magnified to a degree that suggests they are on the verge of wiping out life on Earth. Despite "trophy hunting" being underway since at least 1880s, new record size heads of every species of North American game except jaguar have been established since 1970s, most within the past 30 years. The evil, destructive "trophy hunter" trope is inaccurate and overplayed.