7mm Remington Magnum ballistics chart
The 7mm Remington Magnum trajectory with a 162-grain bullet: drop, wind drift and retained velocity from a 200-yard zero to 1,000 yards.
What is the 7mm Remington Magnum?
The 7mm Remington Magnum pairs high-BC 7mm bullets with belted-magnum powder capacity to produce a flat-shooting, hard-hitting hunting cartridge with genuine long-range legs. A 160-175 grain bullet leaves the muzzle near 2,900-3,000 fps and carries energy and wind resistance well past 600 yards.
It is a proven all-round choice for open-country and mountain hunting, at the cost of stout recoil and shorter barrel life than a standard cartridge. Modern 7mm PRC and 28 Nosler chase the same goal with less brass drama, but factory ammunition and rifles for the 7mm Rem Mag are available everywhere.
Typical uses: Mountain and plains big-game hunting, and long-range field shooting where flat trajectory matters.
Sample load
The trajectory below is calculated for this representative factory load in a standard ICAO atmosphere. The bullet is an entry from the app’s bullet library, so the calculator opens with it already selected. Your rifle will differ — enter your own chronographed velocity and verified BC in the calculator for numbers you can dial.
- Bullet
- Hornady 162 gr ELD-X Precision Hunter
- Muzzle velocity
- 2,930 fps
- Ballistic coefficient
- 0.318 (G7)
- Zero
- 200 yd
7mm Remington Magnum key figures
- Muzzle energy
- 3,089 ft⋅lb
- Supersonic to
- About 1,500 yd
- Point-blank range, 6 in zone
- 297 yd (253 yd zero)
- Point-blank range, 3 in zone
- 229 yd (197 yd zero)
- Drop at 300 yd, 100 yd zero
- 11.0 in
Point-blank range is how far you can hold dead on and still hit a target zone of that height, using the zero shown. Work it out for your own load with the maximum point-blank range calculator , or see how the 7mm Remington Magnum stacks up in the cartridge comparison chart .
7mm Remington Magnum trajectory table
| Range (yd) | Velocity (fps) | Energy (ft⋅lb) | Drop (in) | Elevation (MIL) | Elevation (MOA) | Wind 10 mph (MIL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 2,780 | 2,781 | 1.5 | -0.4 | -1.4 | 0.1 |
| 200 | 2,634 | 2,497 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| 300 | 2,493 | 2,236 | -6.5 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 0.5 |
| 400 | 2,355 | 1,996 | -18.6 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 0.6 |
| 500 | 2,223 | 1,777 | -37.0 | 2.1 | 7.1 | 0.8 |
| 600 | 2,094 | 1,578 | -62.4 | 2.9 | 9.9 | 1.0 |
| 700 | 1,970 | 1,397 | -95.8 | 3.9 | 13.1 | 1.2 |
| 800 | 1,850 | 1,232 | -138.1 | 4.9 | 16.5 | 1.4 |
| 900 | 1,734 | 1,081 | -190.6 | 6.0 | 20.2 | 1.7 |
| 1,000 | 1,620 | 944 | -254.7 | 7.2 | 24.3 | 1.9 |
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