The 7 mm

[LokkNar]

Does anybody else have problems with the 7 mm? Today I botched SEVERAL shots I would have taken exactly the same way with other guns that would not have only hit properly, but also killed properly. I get broadside single lungs on gemsbok with the polymer tip and let's not talk about european bison or cape buffalo. The flight distances are laughable. I shot a lioness right in the lung (single again) and it ran for like 500m.
I really tried to like the gun, especially since it has the flattest trajectory of the big guns (although I don't know about the .300 as I don't own Yukon), but ever since the first time I have used it I couldn't become comfortable with it. Also doesn't help that it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ugly with a horrible open "sight", if you want to call it that.

[Sean]

I used the 7mm until I ground out the rifle score to buy the .300 and I always found it a bit hit or miss, sometimes it would drop an animal in its shadow, other times I was in for a long chase. I found it really needed very careful shot placement as you don't have the luxury of an immediate follow up shot as you do with the .300 that has a 4 round magazine. On bison or buffalo I very rarely put one down with 1 shot with the 7mm. I skipped the .338 to get the .300 but its a very similar rifle to the 7mm other than it has 4 rounds in the mag and isnt as ugly :P

[Kraxin-Kari]

I don't have issues with the 7mm. I bring it to Yukon all the time and use it on Bison and Moose at 200m-300m. They usually never run further then 100m on single lung. It's also one of my primary guns I use when I setting up a new reserve when I dropping tents and tripods.

[Nightwalker]

While the 7mm is okay to use on Moose in this game, it's actually under powered for class 8 animals. The closer an animal is to the upper range of animal classes a firearm is rated for, the less penetration it has (even at the relatively close range of 100 meters). A weapon rated for class 4-8 animals (like the 7mm or 30.06 are) is going to start failing to achieve a double lung hit and the longer the shot the less likely it's going to happen. This penetration performance factor is true of all firearms in the game (in my experience). The .243 starts having trouble with class 4 animals, the .270 with Class 6, the 7.62 mm with class 7 etc... Just because a weapon is rated for an animal, it doesn't mean it performs well at any distance when used on the animal.

[DYEUZ]

7 mm does it for me . If you are careful and know what you are doing , you might just be o.k. with it and the big boys !
Just shot this Buffalo at 345m with the 7mm rifle . Sure he did not stay there , but stood up and ran . But he did not go far . Vitals with any weapons is '' vital '' , if you want success .
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2298471105

[AldoAZApache]

Check out his steam guide on in game ballistics good read: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2079460161

7MM has flattest trajectory agree but..
I still bring the 300 Magnum or a Bow
for lvl 9 animals like buffalo and elk farther than 150-200-300m
mowwr penetration

[AldoAZApache]

Originally posted by AldoAZApache:

Check out his steam guide on in game ballistics good read: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2079460161]

7MM has flattest trajectory agree. Love it on Silver Ridge Peaks as a all species cannon.. :)
I still bring the 300 Magnum or a Bow
for lvl 9 animals like buffalo and elk farther than 150-200-300-400m

[LokkNar]

Originally posted by Kraxin-Kari:

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What projectile are you using? Soft point or polymer tip?

Originally posted by Nightwalker:

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I think you are confusing something - the 7mm is a class 4-9 weapon, so the gemsbok and buffalo/bison/lion are still well within its limits. And I don't have that problem with other class 7-9 weapons.

Originally posted by DYEUZ:

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Damn that's a great shot! I really don't know what I am doing wrong...

Originally posted by AldoAZApache:

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I wrote that guide lol, that is why I came back to the 7mm.

But oh well, it seems like the 7mm and me just don't fit together. I think I'll stick with the .338 and bow.

[Hanuman]

Hmmm weird that you say this. I use to think the 7mm was amazing. I would post on here how, even though it was only single shot, it was superior to the 30-06. I went back to it recently, after shotgun hunting for about 4 weeks, and I just don't like it. It seems less accurate and do way less damage than it did 6-9 months or so ago.

[Kraxin-Kari]

Originally posted by LokkNar:

Originally posted by Kraxin-Kari:

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What projectile are you using? Soft point or polymer tip?

Originally posted by Nightwalker:

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I think you are confusing something - the 7mm is a class 4-9 weapon, so the gemsbok and buffalo/bison/lion are still well within its limits. And I don't have that problem with other class 7-9 weapons.

Originally posted by DYEUZ:

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Damn that's a great shot! I really don't know what I am doing wrong...

Originally posted by AldoAZApache:

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I wrote that guide lol, that is why I came back to the 7mm.

But oh well, it seems like the 7mm and me just don't fit together. I think I'll stick with the .338 and bow.

Polymer

[DYEUZ]

@ LokkNar ...

Like it shows in my pic, i used the Polymer bullets .

I was prone . Helps a lot for stability , even though it wobbles a bit .

Any long shots , like over 250m + , i try to give myself a broadside shot . If it means going the extra miles, the extra minutes to be in better position , i'll do it .

Besides , if you think about it and look carefully at my pic, he was bedded and resting . So no rush for me . He won't go no where and i'll have plenty of time positioning myself .

Was zeroed in at 300m ( max that scope i had gave me ) so barely shot over mid-body .
Got one lung . He ran , but did not go far . At that distance walking to him , took a couple minutes . I do not run especially to give them time to calm down and die .

Maybe we could hunt together and check it out .

[Firpo]

Had a similar problem some time ago with another weapon (there was a topic too). Just no kill shots anymore even with clean hits. Did only solve it by reinstalling the game.

I still don´t know the reason why it was broken suddenly, there was no patch or anything, it just stopped working as intended over night.

p.s.: many people got mad somehow and had a couple of super clever explanations why this is no bug but my fault so if you are sure there is something wrong, there IS something wrong!

[LokkNar]

Before reinstalling you could also try to verify the files, that way you don't necessarily have to download the whole 50something GB again.

[Robbie Taliban]

7mm on a moose or gemsbok can be done...(especially if female)
But hell no im gonna use a 7mm on cape buffalo ect..(the chance it takes off and i hallf to walk a mile nope)

[Vuyek]

7mm for elks and moose.... yeah..... it is a bit of an issue. They run for 1/4 of a map now.
I laugh at the game throwing new players into Layton instead of Hirsch. Sadistic.


It is a general purpose gun, it is NOT powerful.

Grinding 300 canning now myself, hope it is more powerful.

The 4-8 class means its a weak gun. Canning is 7-9 class, which I think translates into more power in game.

[Kraxin-Kari]

Originally posted by Vuyek:

7mm for elks and moose.... yeah..... it is a bit of an issue. They run for 1/4 of a map now.
I laugh at the game throwing new players into Layton instead of Hirsch. Sadistic.


It is a general purpose gun, it is NOT powerful.

Grinding 300 canning now myself, hope it is more powerful.

The 4-8 class means its a weak gun. Canning is 7-9 class, which I think translates into more power in game.

there's nothing wrong with the 7mm, and its a 4-9, i've killed bison with it all the time and moose in yukon even at 300m. they never make it far. if they running a 1/4 of the map on you, then you're not hitting their lung. the 300 isnt going to help you if you missing the vitals.