Okay, long story short I have been looking into getting my first rifle and know that I want to get a Remington 700 mainly for the accuracy and reliability. I thought long and hard about this but wasn't sure if it would be worth it so am asking for everyone's sage advice. I originally had the .30-06 in mind, but after doing some long range shooting I got bitten by the bug and am now thinking a bit more carefully about calibers, mainly the .30-06 and the 7mm Remington Magnum. One one hand, I like the availability of .30-06 ammunition, but since I don't plan on hunting in areas where I would need to fly on a plane to get there until I am well out of college so a good 10 years this doesn't matter a whole lot, yet. I also like the all around flexibility of the cartridge for hunting all types of game and the price of the ammo. Flip side, I hope to do some fairly long range shooting of about 1400+ yards and this am not a huge fan of the 3000+ inches of drop and the some 200+ MOA needed to reach out that far with the 06. On the other hand, I like the power of the 7mm Rem Mag, the ability to knock down everything in North America and beyond (.30-06 can too), but also the range of the cartridge and the 1100 or so inches of drop and 70 +/- at 1400 yards. After I recover from the cost of the gun and accessories I will be getting, I hope to get into reloading to be able to fine tune the accuracy of the rifle and to "save" some money on ammo. I basically want to know, is it worth the extra $10 a box to get the 7mm?