Any room for a 7mm?

[Hi Ball]

Model 70.......I'll answer your questions but not in order you printed them OK. I will tell you yes the 300 Win mag is really to small for the biggest of bears. I learned my lesson years ago back in the early 70's. I would suggest a medium bore like a .338 mag or the .358 STA. My own minimum on the big bears, is the .375 H&H with a 270 grain premium bullet like the TBBC or Swift A Frame.

Many 7mm mag's are somewhat handicapped by their 24 inch barrels. This keeps them in the same spectrum as the .270 Winchester often as not. The 7mm mag needs a 26 inch barrel to obtain all the velocity it can to develope its kinetic energy.

The 7mm mag with a 160 (what I use mostly) grain premium bullet is the "cats meow" on elk or mule deer in the high country. The occasional mountain gizzly can be taken with a 175 grain bullet in the chamber.