Remington 7mm for getting into long range?

[XC700116]

I think that makes a lot of sense. I'm more interested in what you said "going and hitting a gong at a 600+ from time to time" is what I'm looking to working towards at the moment. I'm not looking at competition yet, but that could be something that I get interested in after I am a more capable shot.

In that case, buy a decent scope for it, slap a bipod on it, and have some fun. If and when you decide to play the game seriously, then start spending money and build up a proper LR match rifle.

I'll warn you now though, it's addicting and next thing you know, you'll be building up a full tilt LR rig

[Spdu4ia]

Yea , you wallet will hate you for getting into LR

[Zombie Steve]

I don't have a 7 mag, so I didn't know off the top of my head, but I got a second to plug in some info into a ballistics calculator. You can take the rifle as you have it right now, and if you're using a high ballistic coefficient / heavier boat tail bullet and zero at 300 yards, you can easily learn to just hold over out to 500. It might be in the neighborhood of 4 inches high at 100 and 200 yards... roughly 10 inches low at 400... two feet low at 500. You don't ever have to change anything on the scope. With a little practice, it will become an every time thing for you. I can hit an ABC target every time at 425 with my hunting rifle just holding over a few feet, and the 7mm magnum flies a lot flatter than my .338-06.

[MED]

I say it depends on what you mean by "getting into long range". If that means competition, the point has already been made by others. If that means going and hitting a gong at a 600+ from time to time, then no big deal... that is more than enough rifle. I would glass bed it with a $35 acraglas kit and do a trigger job:

http://quarterbore.com/library/artic...00trigger.html


Just give it time between shots to cool off a bit and you can shoot long range all day with that gun.

^^^this

I really like my 7mm Remington Magnum with the Nikon BDC scope and I just plug my data into the Nikon app. It is a great flat shooting hunting rifle that will bang steel at 600 without touching the scope. If that is what you want, then this rifle will fill that purpose no problem; it will give you a pretty good shot on recoil, but it is not as bad as the other belted magnums. After about 10 or so I start flinching and pulling my shots; I need a better recoil pad. The only thing I suggest, is getting the bore checked; see how much life you actually have left in it before spending money on. At the very least, it should be a nice hunting rifle.

My co-worker used a 300 Win Magnum for his long range precision rifle with a muzzle break, which he thought was great until it came time to re-barrel. The money involved in that stuff is insane...

EDIT: I am in the same boat as you; learning. I got the 7mm to do more then my 30 year old 3006, and I just finished my 24" AR (308) build. Wish you luck!

[buckshotbarlow]

Just a heads up, your scope is gonna run 1500$, mount will be around 150$ Nightforce or USoptics ora leu'y if you go past ~800yds. You need to be able to track and have repeatability in your rig. Most of my stuff, the scopes cost more than the action and stock. I run 8-32x, but if you want, you can also run a 6-20x zeiss that's not to bad on the wallet. Buy it right, and buy it once. Don't expect a 150$ tasco to do that kind of work on a repeatable basis...

[Stryker1]

After that try a local match to see if it is something your going to enjoy. That's what I did...... now I'm broke....... ALL THE TIME!!! Lol lol

[Spdu4ia]

^this , come out to a match and check out the other rigs.

[Gunoholic]

You've been given some great advice. I read all of it cause I'm in the same boat. My r700 7mm mag is a left handed action. You'll have an easier time finding a quality rh stock or chassis than me. I want the ability to take elk within 800ish yards. (I know that'll take some research/practice and skill). I wanted to keep my hunting rifle as is and do a more tactical style lr rifle. After a lot of thinking. I'm going to keep my hunting style rifle somewhat traditional looking and keep it light. The true lr rifle will probably be in .260 or 6.5 creed as suggested.

The hunting rifle is getting a timney, nightforce 20moa base Bushnell Elite Tactical ERS with hours reticle, free floating factory sporter barrel, and glass bedding the stock. It's should be plenty capable for my (and your expectations)
Link to a great deal on the scope below.

http://www.natchezss.com/3-5-21x50-e...ark-earth.html