Below are a few different centerfire rifle ballistics charts for the 7mm Rem Mag cartridge, followed by history, uses, and other info.
We have a more complete rifle ballistics chart which features most of the rifle cartridges available if you’d like to do any comparisons, and you can find it by pushing on that link.
7mm Remington Magnum Ballistics:
The below 7mm Remington Magnum ballistics chart shows 175 grain Federal Power-Shok rounds:
| Muzzle | 100 Yds | 200 Yds | |
| Velocity (FPS) | 2860 | 2646 | 2441 |
| Energy (FT/LB) | 3178 | 2720 | 2316 |
| Drop (Inch) | / | 0 | -3.5 |
Our next 7mm Rem Mag ballistic chart shows 140 grain Remington Core-Lokt rounds:
| Muzzle | 100 Yds | 200 Yds | |
| Velocity (FPS) | 3175 | 2923 | 2684 |
| Energy (FT/LB) | 3133 | 2655 | 2240 |
| Drop (Inch) | / | 0 | -2.6 |
This 7mm Remington Mag ballistic table shows 154 grain Hornady InterLock American Whitetail:
| Muzzle | 100 Yds | 200 Yds | |
| Velocity (FPS) | 3035 | 2815 | 2605 |
| Energy (FT/LB) | 3150 | 2709 | 2321 |
| Drop (Inch) | / | 0 | -2.9 |
7mm Remington Magnum History:
Remington introduced their new 7mm Remington Magnum cartridge to the public in 1962.
It received great reviews from many as the bullets had a very high ballistic profile promising a flat trajectory for long-range hunting use in North America.
Remington chambered the 7mm Remington Magnum cartridge in their Model 700 bolt action rifle in 1962. It featured a 1 in 9″ rifling twist that easily stabilizes very long, heavy-weight bullets.
The 7mm Remington Magnum has been chambered by most major high-power rifle manufacturers for quite some time and they have offered these rifles with rifling twist rates from 1 in 9″ – 1 in 10″.
Because of the velocity range and quirky nature of .284″ diameter bullets in that velocity range, the 7mm Remington Magnum will give varied terminal ballistic performance results with various rifling twist rates.
7mm Remington Mag twist rates:
1 in 9″ Twist Rate: 160 – 175 grain bullets, minimum barrel length 26 inches for maximum performance and accuracy.
1 in 9.5″ Twist Rate: 140 – 160 grain bullets, minimum barrel length 24 inches for maximum performance and accuracy.
1 in 10″ Twist Rate: 115 – 140 grain bullets, minimum barrel length 24 inches for maximum performance and accuracy.
7mm Remington Magnum Uses:
The 7mm Remington Magnum has enough power, due in part to its large case capacity for powder, using 140 grain bullets it will drop deer at 500 yards, using 160 grain bullets it will take elk at 500 yards as well.
This is truly an excellent big game cartridge for hunting all of North America’s big game animals. The 7mm Remington Magnum offers one of the best compromises of power, recoil, and bullet selections of all high-power class rifles.
While much has been written about the 7mm Rem Mag cartridge it truly is a great hunting cartridge and is used as such worldwide. In North America, 140 grain bullets are used quite successfully for harvesting all deer species, for the largest deer, such as moose, premium ammunition loaded with 160 grain bullets is an excellent choice.
