Any idea why that is the case? I can see how the 270 and 280 would box out the 7x64/65r in America, but I would think that with the popularity of the 7x57 in Britian, it would be a natural fit when needing longer reach like when chasing stag in the highlands. I would also have expected that with the military cartridge bans, it would have seen some popularity in former colonies like India.
probably the British and French interest in American rifles and calibers. The 280 Rem was a great seller in UK/France so that stymied the 7x64/7x65r a bit. Of course the 280AI sort of put the whoop on all of them too.
my 9 year old shoots a 7x64 (he’ll use it next month for pronghorn, last year for oryx) and I’ve hunted deer with a 7x65r combo gun. Neither of these rifles hold a candle to the masterpiece Redleg owns, however.
For comparison, a 7x57 puts out 14 pounds of recoil and the 7x64/7x65r puts out 17-19lbs of recoil. While brisk, that’s less than a 30-06 and the 7mm provides magical ballistics and great stopping power for such a small caliber. They work well for elk and smaller, kudu and smaller, European moose and smaller.