Remington 7mm Backcountry; Jumping on the Velocity Train

When Federal introduced 7mm Backcountry in 2025, it drew significant attention from hunters. This new high-performance cartridge rewrote the rules for ammunition through its new Peak Allow case technology. The technology provides superior ballistics and performance in shorter-barreled suppressed rifles.

It wasn’t long before the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI) announced standardization of 7mm Backcountry. SAMMI creates standards to ensure the safety, reliability and interchangeability of firearms, ammunition and components. Because of this, Remington Ammunition will soon be offering three 7mm Backcountry loads. Even better, Remington 7mm Backcountry loads will come with some of the company’s most popular bullets.

Remington 7mm Backcountry

Later this year, Remington 7mm Backcountry will be available with Core-Lokt PSP, Core-Lokt Tipped and Premier Long Range Speer Impact bullets. All three loads will be 175-grain, achieving approximately 2,975 fps from a 20-inch barrel.

Core-Lokt Pointed Soft Point (PSP) has been trusted by sportsmen worldwide for more than 75 years. As a traditional cup and core bullet, Core-Lokt’s jacket is locked to a lead core, delivering consistent weight retention and two-times expansion on game on any budget. The 175-grain bullet achieves 3,100 fps from a 24-inch barrel and has a G1 BC of .472.

“Since 1939, more hunters have relied on Remington Core-Lokt than any other big game ammunition, and rightly so,” said Remington’s Centerfire Product Director, Kris Carson. “It’s our best-selling hunting ammunition of all time due to its consistent results on a huge variety of game.”

Core-Lokt Tipped features a green polymer tip that improves long-range ballistics, in-flight accuracy and initiates rapid expansion. Its time-proven Core-Lokt jacket is tuned for optimal performance on big game, and its center of gravity is adjusted rearward to maximize its match-grade accuracy. The 175-grain bullet achieves 3,125 fps from a 24-inch barrel and has a G1 BC of .540.

The Premier Long Range Speer Impact in Remington 7mm Backcountry features a chemically fused bonded bullet that helps stop separation and retains maximum energy and weight upon impact on its target. Its aerodynamic, boat-tail bullet and rear-adjusted center of gravity assist truer flight and long-range accuracy, while its Slipstream polymer-tipped bullet touts a high ballistic coefficient for flat trajectory and excellent accuracy. The 175-grain bullet achieves 3,125 fps from a 24-inch barrel and has a G1 BC of .549.

Peak Alloy Case Technology

It has always been the physical limitations of traditional brass cases that has stood in the path of performance. Peak Alloy, built from an advanced steel alloy, removed this obstacle, unlocking untapped energy and velocity. The patented Peak Alloy case design delivers higher velocities than brass case ammunition.

Peak Alloy case technology is fundamentally different than brass cases. It utilizes a proprietary steel alloy that includes other unique elements. This same alloy is used to manufacture safes, nuclear reactors and other high-strength applications. Peak Alloy allows for increased chamber pressures beyond the use of brass case ammunition. This significantly increases velocity and energy. Even better, it is reloadable when following Federal’s lab-tested processes and data. The benefits of all this really show when using suppressors.

Suppressors are popular in the hunting market. However, adding an 8-inch suppressor on a 24-inch barrel results in an awkward, extra-long platform. To counter this, many shooters are selecting rifles chambered in cartridges like 7mm PRC with 20-inch barrels. In the process, however, they lose the magnum velocities, energy and trajectories for which the cartridges are known.

With the new 7mm Backcountry cartridge, hunters get back magnum velocities through 20-inch barrels. From a 20-inch barrel, 7mm Backcountry shoots around 2,975 fps while the 7 PRC is only around 2,850 fps.

The introduction of the 7mm Backcountry has answered a market need that seemed unsolvable. How to get magnum velocity out of shorter barrels without a proportionate increase in felt recoil. The answer created a new way to make rifle ammunition faster, flatter-shooting and more powerful. And now 7mm Backcountry is available with Remington’s favorite bullets.