[SHOT 2025] A Closer Look At The 7mm Backcountry

By Daniel Y

We got some answers to some of the biggest questions around this much-discussed cartridge.

Federal’s new 7mm Backcountry shook things up when it was announced a few weeks back. It uses a unique design and higher pressures to generate impressive velocities. However, the early marketing left some questions outstanding, and the team at Federal was kind enough to answer them for me. SHOT 2025 @ TFB NEW 5.11 + Sig Sauer Range Ready Collection | SHOT Show 2025 [SHOT 2025] DSA x H&R Collab On T-48 FAL Clone [SHOT 2025] Kel-Tec PR57: Personal Defense Gone Wild [SHOT 2025] Cimarron Brings Hard-Hitting Power With Yukon Odyssey Introducing the Tikka T3x & T1x Ace Rifles | SHOT Show 2025Rifle ammunition has been fairly constant for the last 100 years. A brass case contains smokeless powder, which is ignited with a primer, generating expanding gasses that push a bullet down the bore. Those brass cartridge cases have a maximum operating pressure of somewhere around 60,000 PSI. That pressure limit is a hard stop the performance, as any additional

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