I still have my left hand Remington 700 7mm mag from the 1970's. I just sighted it in with the 162gr Hornady precision hunter's and I'm getting half moa out of it now. It's been my out west gun slash long range deer gun for some time. Now it's even better.
Man, I've been watching your vids for a long time, and I just wanted to say I appreciate the effort you exert putting out daily vids. Thank you, and godspeed.
I have taken two elk with the 7 mm REM mag, one bull at 100 yards, took two steps, one cow at 360 yards fell over backwards…. Both with the old federal 165 grain game king load.
For the skeptics, you did a video a few days ago on the 7mm core lock tipped with the s20 and that group was insanely small, it even seemed smaller than this one. Great video, awesome gun !
Great video! 7mm Rem Mag in a bean field rifle from Jarrett was the first gun I bought as a 16 year old close to 5 decades ago and its still my favorite rifle and favorite caliber that has dropped almost everything hanging on my wall found in North America including a trophy Grizzly and Moose! The 160-162 gr bullets over all have always been the best performers for me in my rifle.
My granddaughter loves your videos, shes 6 years old now , she started watching 3 years ago with me she calls you ( tee who he who) you're awesome , your video when you shot your truck is a real classic video, I remember when you shot a 7mm mag. For the first time and , you said it didn't kick real bad , while using winchester super X and you had a nikon scope on it . Since then , you got me the itch to get one, NOW, if you want to have real fun with that round? Use Trail Boss powder. No recoil. And a ton of fun for the whole family. And you'll never worry about your neck 😊
Awesome!! I have the Remington 700 American Wilderness Rifle 7mm Mag. These were the first rounds I purchased for it. The Core-Lokt tipped 150 grain 7mm Mag. Can't wait to see if I can match the same groupings with these that you did. Great video. Thanks!
This is exactly how a shooting test should be. I do this any time I get a new rifle. I reload so I also do 3 shot groups with different brands of powders.
Great demo & data. Thank you. Really liking the 7 mag. I have some great handloads with the 162 ELDX. IMR4451 for whitetail @ 2825fps that I harvested with past season. My elk load is 2930fps with Retumbo. Both are sub-moa. But that New Tipped Core Lokt would be great to harvest with.
Great video, I’ve had a love affair with the 7MM Rem Mag for close to 22 years.( Weatherby Vanguard Series 1) you got some real good groups at 100 yards. The original load was a 160 Gr Nosler Partion with IMR-7822 with Remington Brass and LRMP.
Great test. I do the same with all my rifles. My Sako 300Win likes the Barnes 150GR TTSX BT. Where I hunt white tail many of the shots are longer range and this is a very flat shooting round. Since it is a solid copper, I don't get over expansion which would destroy too much meat. Shot placement is of course always important. I also stopped using my Lead Sled. Front and rear bags, or a bipod, allow more recoil which mimics the shooting conditions when hunting much better. The round will also work fine for larger game such as elk.
I have a Tikka in 6.5×55 and I love it. A Tikka is just a Sako, a cheaper Sako. The bolt on these rifles is so smooth. I hand load my own ammo, and that is the reason I got that caliber. They are great rifles!
Beautiful rifle, 7mm rem mag shot my buddies 30 years ago didn't hold correctly, still feel . Very cool put nameof helpful friend on plate. Just a little wind. Groups just got better. Thanks Adam
Thats why I handload. I can tailor the ammo to the rifle. My 7mm Mag hasn't fired a factory shell in over 30 years and it really likes the 160 gr Noslers both partitions and accubonds. Both of those are sub-moa, and close to 1/2 moa, with my handloads.
Heck of a video! It seems the Core Lokt Tipped shoots pretty dang straight. Shot well out of your Savage, Weatherby, Ruger, and now your Sako. Remington stepped it up! Great video WTW!
You’ll love that 7mm Rem Mag ! I’ve got a Savage 7mm Rem Mag and it shoots sub moa with several different brands and weights of boolits and its favorite is the Federal Premium with the Nosler 150 ballistic tip boolits. It makes them boolits pile in on top of each other and makes the deer pile up immediately. I took my lifetime trophy ten pointer with 23 inches of spread and nine inch tall brow tines and weighed in at 193 pounds with that boolit and he just all of a sudden did a belly flop tight to the ground at the instant I squeezed that trigger. I didn’t hunt with that rifle this year though as I was on a black powder kick all season long. Great shooting brother!
The most accurate ammo I shoot out of one of my 7mm is winchester Powermax bonded 150gr. My other one loves the tipped core lokts 150 gr. Crazy how certain rifles like certain better than others.
The Core-Lokt Tipped seems to shoot pretty good. Hopefully, they start putting a lot of it out. I use the Hornady Precision Hunter in my 300WM cause it shoots amazing, but I haven't seen it on a store shelf in over a year.
I used to buy it for all my rifles that I didn't hand load for. The last couple of years people buy in bulk every time a store gets in a shipment. Hornady, Federal, Nosler, and others have all said that they're running at full capacity. Stores should stop letting a person buy more than two boxes of the same ammo.
Just ran across this, 10 months out. Just in time for 2022 hunting. Thx for the time, effort & expense. New tipped Core-Lokt lookin' good. As is that Sako.
A fine shooting setup you got there WTW, I hope Remington makes this Tipped ammo for all calibers and enough of it for me to get my hands on a few box’s. Thanks again WTW, god bless ya and your family and fans. 👍🇺🇸🧿
I’ve had several 7mm mags over the years, I’ve always hand loaded and have much better groups doing that. You may try some 139 to 145 grain rounds backed with 65 to 67 grains Imr. 4831, excellent on any big in North America. I am shooting a 26 inch barrel in Browning rifle at 3200 FPS very accurate. Many of my friends all shoot the same rifles and loads and it has proven to be a winner. The 7mm mag has been in my arsenal since 1971, love it, hope this can be of use .
@ Gary wow nice weapon that Sako in cal 7mm Mag. I was not familiar with that caliber. i live in western europe. there is 308 + Nato 7.62. and a small part 223 Remington. the most common and also very cheap. Can you easily shoot a 7mm Magnum at 300 Meters and still get a good group?
@@johncarter6238 Without a doubt. I shoot 150 and 162gr bullets in my 7 mags. They both shoot moa out to 500 yards. My 150gr eld-x has a 3150fps velocity. 162 edlx is at about 3050 fps.
I have a Browning BBR that I bought back in 1979 chambered in 7mm mag it's a little more gun than a guy really needs for deer, but it will put them down where they are standing. It does have a lot of recoil and as I get older it's more of a beast for me to shoot. I have used Serria spitzer 120 grain Nosler BT 150 grain Hornady spitzer 150 grain and Hornady SST 139 grain all hand loaded with DuPont/IMR 4831 CCI primers Winchester brass
Barrel harmonics have so very much to do with precision shooting. I appreciate your videos a lot. You represent the common shooter. Would very much enjoy seeing you get a barrel tuner and put on your rifle and see if you can find tune it out. Agree with the comment about keeping your cheek on the butt stock until you’re done. Also agree with the comments about buying ammo in the same lot. Like always your videos are fun videos. God‘s blessings to you and your family.
@@setdown2 A free floating barrel is always a good idea. But it does not really address the vibration or the harmonics of the barrel. If you take a piece of metal and hit it; vibrations go up and down the metal rod, pipe, or barrel like they do on a tuning fork. So when the gun goes off the pressure coming down the barrel causes the barrel to vibrate. The end of the barrel is vibrating the most. So the question is; is the barrel in the center of the vibration, the top, bottom or on the sdie. If the placement of the vibration is inconsistant then the barrel is not pointed at the same spot each time. Finding an ammo that puts the vibration point at the same spot is import. That is why you hear shooters say my gun loves a certian ammo. I have a marlin .22 that loves remington yellow jackets. Problem is they do not sell the yellow jackets anymore. So I found a few bricks a couple of years ago and purchased all of them. I can shoot a 3 shot group at 50 yards almost in the same hole. So I can shot the eye out of most game. No other ammo I have will do this. It has nothing to do with the ammo persay it is just the harmonics of my rifle match that ammo so the the end of the barrel is always the same postion. If you search for tunners you will find lots of styles. Some slide up and down the barrel others are mounted on the end of a barrel with threads and you adjust them from there. Is this needed for hunting I am not sure. 1 MOA is good for most ranges. But if you want percison on targets it is important. I would love to see who tee who answer the question.
Loved the video, I hunt with my 7mm mag ruger M77 and have had the best results on whitetails, with PPU “rifle line” pointed soft point ammo that’s 174 grains. Both deer I’ve shot using that round have dropped dead on the spot with blown up hearts. I’ve also used handloaded Nosler partition 175 gr. Bullets to take 2 other deer, and in both of those cases, they were not bang-flop shots. Still both didn’t go far
Great video, I Great groups the 5th and 6th I wouldn’t cull out . With the cost of them brass thingies I still got a bunch of regular blue box that I will need to use up first ! Awesome Rifle too!!
Remington really stepped up there game I've never had any of my rifles like the old Remington core-lokts but all my rifles like that tipped ammo half inch groups at 100 yards
I’ve always liked the 140 gr bullets for whitetail deer although have had great results with the 150 gr Nosler ballistic tips. Would have liked to have seen what your rifle would do with the 140s. Great video!
Good information and good shooting. 👍It illustrates how important it is to try various brands and boolat weights in your rifle to find the perfect match.
Thanks for the videos Man I had to go try some of the tipped core lock for my 7 mag and dang it shot like crazy in my rifle shot .46 average in my rifle.. thanks for the video.. good luck with your hunting be safe and God bless
My 7 rem mag loves the Federal Fusion 150 gr! I’m getting moa or sub moa when I shoot the Fusion. Some say it’s not for elk but I beg to differ. It’s all about shot placement and with this kind of accuracy, I use it for everything!
I love 7mm caliber. Many people dont do the testing you did in this video. It should be done on every new gun. Although it can be a costly venture. Only handloads will make it better. I chose 160 gr Accubond on 64gr of RL19 powder in my Weatherby Mark 5. shoots like a dream. I use a Caldwell Rock jr front rest and a good heavy rear bag. I don't like the big front bags. They seem to roll too much for me. Get yourself a boresnake, let barrel cool and run boresnake through once or twice between groups....if you choose. Works well for me. Happy Hunting!!
Well all said you have an accurate Bing bang there👍👍👍👍👍 However many factors go into finding what a rifle likes to digest. Bullet weight, velocity, barrel length , rifling twist , these dictate barrel harmonics . When you do find a factory load that is accurate buy as much of same lot as possible. WTW keep up with the content everyone can understand 👍👍👍👍👍 Well Done Sir!!!!!
Hey WTW! Ok so my best friend is an actual federal agent “sniper instructor” for a lack of better terms. I love your channel and showed it to him and his family tonight. Everyone loved it. He wanted me to pass on tip to you. Again this is a tip to be helpful not to act like I know sometimes cool. He feels like if you don’t pay attention to saving your brass until after you are done. It will keep your cheek in place and keep the buttstock in place on your shoulder. He said you look like a good shooter, but pass that tip to you. It should help. Keep up the great work!
Ask him how can you do this and give the barrel time to cool down some between shots. I always wait at least a minute between shots to keep from heating the barrel up
@@garywoodlief1976 i 100% agree with you, and i think shooting all cold bore shots for groups is the way to go. its a 1 in a million chance that you ever have your barrel heated up during a big game opportunity out in the woods. but when i hunt im mainly taking 1 shot and then its over. in a prairie dog hunt it may be relevant to know how your p.o.i. shifts as it gets hot. in an actual sniping situation this guy is right though, the empty brass should probably be the very last thing on your mind. i dont think wtw is training to be a sniper though...
Nice. Love the 7mm magnum caliber. Baught my 7mm mag at 18. Browning semi automatic bar2 with accurizer. Muzzle break. Put a huskamaw long range scope on it and shoots 5 shot groups at 900 yrds inside a quarter . Best of the west told me it was the most accurate rifle they hv ever shot. I payed them 500.00 to collect data and mount my 1,200.00 Huskama scope on my rifle. 12 years ago. Don't regret it at all. Life time warranty and custome load bullets. 168gr burger vld bullets. I am 53 now and killed lots of big game with it from Antelope to elk with one shot drop kills. 😁👍👍👍
Great demonstration and content. You said bags, I cut off the legs of blue jeans and use bailing wire to wrap the ends and fill them with sand for a shooting rest. A little dusty however they hold up and do the job. Just saying. Thanks for posting.
I've got a new front and rear bag set from Allen (used to think it was Gallen). Haven't used em yet but looking forward to it. I used my lead sled a few times but wasn't really liking it so I moved to bags too
Is the Federal soft point 175gr. available there? I bought bulk years ago thankfully. Stuff shoots really well in my Savage 7mm mag. Only had one deer run because it was a distance shot. 100 yards and in it usually drops them on the spot.
Two questions. How long did you wait for the barrel to cool down before switch ammo? Did you have to sight in your rifle with each ammo you used? Being that there was a difference in grains.
I hope my medallion likes those 150 gr core-lokt as much as your sako, because I bought 5 boxes of it a couple weeks ago. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to test it out yet. I'm hoping to go out tomorrow and sight in the new VX3 HD.
Going to try out the Remington Core-Lokt Tipped, Hornady ELD-X Precision Hunter, Norma Whitetail, and whatever other ammo in my recently new CVA Cascade XT 7mm REM MAG.
I love the Finnish guns! Love my Tikka. How would you compare the 7mm REM Mag recoil to .270 and .308. I might be leaving to .270. How is the 7mm REM Mag comparable to .30-06?
My Older Remington 7MM Mag REALLY likes the Swift Scirocco 150 gr. I have consistently fired .55 to .70 three shot groups. I shoot nothing else out of it. I reload all of my ammo.
Meant to also add that you'll get better lethal range out of a 175 than anything lighter. A 175 gr Partition launched at 2900 fps still has enough juice for an elk out to about 750 or 800 yards.
I would like to see the top two groups up against each other ...could be interesting considering all the little variables that take place while shooting.
Well, they all shot well enough for big game hunting. I spent decades fine-tuning and load development and whatnot. It didn't matter a wit in the field. I got off the bench and bought a set of shooting sticks. I now just sight in a rifle and shoot off of the sticks. I am more interested in getting off that first cold-bore shot and hitting the right on big game. I use bow hunter deer targets. made of cardboard. I would take that rifle and any of those loads hunting once I zeroed. Oh, I shoot a 7mm RM mine is a Blaser R-93. Blue Box Federals 150 gr and Federal Fusions 150 gr shoot very well indeed. I also have a Sako 75 in 338 WM, and a Sako Hunter in 6.5 x 55. I do most of my deer hunting here in CT with the 6.5. 50 yards is about normal on my property. Norma 156 gr RN's is the load I like, my other is with the discontinued 120 gr Speer SP or Remington core-loke in my handloads. That Sako 20 will serve you well for decades to come. I have both of mine for more than 25 years now.
Good video. I shoot the Hornady ELD-X 162 grain and my groups touch at 100 yrds. Match grade Bartlein barrel on my 700 Rem platform. But I would use the Core-Lokt for hunting applications.
I've got a Remington 700 left handed model and at 100yds with 175 Remington core locks you can cover with a quarter around .50 inch high and .50 inch right ! I was told Remington 7mm mag where really finacy on what they shoot because of rimmed cartridge and bullet seating in cartridge makes a difference! If I was you I would measure from bullet to primer of the 150 grain Remington core locks and use that as best length then measure the rest and see what difference is! I've shot Winchester 175 grain in it was lucky to hit paper because none the bullets was seated the same!
