Namibia is a beautiful and friendly country in southwest Africa with an expansive desert along its Atlantic Ocean coast. It is home to diverse wildlife and includes many species of the world’s antelope ranging in size from the smallest dik-dik and duiker to the magnificent eland. Such variety of plains game lured the author to test and evaluate three different approaches to bullet design for two legendary cartridges. (Photo by Mark Fingar)
About once a year, Jon Sundra would write an article concerning the “Sevens,” with notable praise for the 7mm Remington Magnum. Other writers touched on the subject occasionally, too, including Field Editors Craig Boddington and Bob Milek, and Shooting Editor John Wooters. However, none were as passionate for 7mm bore diameter as Sundra.
Sundra was a contributing editor for Guns & Ammo from October 1980 through September ’85. In May 1981, he penned “Those Surging Sevens,” which suggested that the 7mm was gradually supplanting the .30 caliber as the most popular big-game bore size in terms of new gun sales. I’m not certain that it did, but...