7mm Backcountry
Experience the world’s most advanced 7mm rifle cartridge.
30 Super Carry
Hits like a 9mm Luger. Carries like a 380 Auto. Designed exclusively for defense.
Buy at least two (2) boxes (50 rounds) of Federal® Speed-Shok®, Speed-Shok Snow Goose, or Speed-Shok Sea Duck shotshell ammunition to get a rebate of $5.00 per box (25 rounds)*.
FireStick
There’s never been a muzzleloading system like this. See all the benefits that set FireStick apart to provide the most convenient, safe and consistent performance ever.
Hydra-Shok® Component Bullets
The bullet that’s defined self-defense for a generation is now available as a component.
Federal X Duluth Pack
Check out the all-new lineup of Federal-branded Duluth Pack apparel and gear.
Model 2020 Waypoint Special Edition
We worked with engineers from Springfield Armory to create Custom Shop loads specifically designed for the utmost performance from the new Model 2020 Waypoint rifle.
THE MOST ADVANCED 7MM CARTRIDGE
20-INCH BARRELS I 3,000 FPS I 170-GRAIN BULLETS
Federal’s 7mm Backcountry is an entirely new high-performance, all-range cartridge that reinvents ammunition as we know it. It not only provides superior ballistics and terminal performance, it does so through compact, shorter-barreled suppressed rifles.
The 7mm Backcountry cartridge achieves all of this through its patented Peak Alloy case. The next-generation, one-piece design allows higher velocities over modern brass case ammunition. And because the cartridge is dimensionally smaller than its closest brass-case counterparts, 7mm Backcountry achieves these ballistic advantages through smaller rifles and with an extra round in the magazine of most platforms. In developing 7mm Backcountry, Federal’s team of engineers set out to design a cartridge that answers a market need that seemed unsolvable—magnum velocity out of shorter barrels without increasing recoil. They did, but in the process they produced true innovation, creating a new way to make rifle ammunition faster, flatter shooting and more powerful.
There is a new king of 7mm cartridges—Federal’s 7mm Backcountry. The best technology and the best performance come together in the most compact rifle setups ideal for suppressors.
Federal’s all-new 7mm Backcountry cartridge achieves what no other cartridge has. Learn what the new cartridge can do and how it’s built differently than any other ammunition.
Powered by Peak Alloy case technology, 7mm Backcountry can be loaded to higher chamber pressures than brass case counterparts. As a result, it produces higher muzzle velocities than comparable cartridges, retaining that velocity downrange for less drop and wind drift.
Patented 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 in manufacturing safes, nuclear reactors and other high-strength applications. Peak Alloy allows Federal to safely increase chamber pressures far beyond the limits of brass case ammunition, significantly increasing velocity and energy. The Peak Alloy case is also reloadable when following Federal’s lab-tested processes and data.
Peak Alloy case technology allows Federal to safely increase chamber pressures far beyond the limits of brass case ammunition, significantly increasing velocity and energy of cartridges like Federal’s all-new 7mm Backcountry.
To take full advantage of the velocity, energy, range and trajectory advantages offered by 7mm Backcountry, Federal is launching the cartridge with some of the best all-range and long-range projectiles in the industry.
Federal Premium’s flagship all-range big game bullet extracts the utmost performance from the 7mm Backcountry cartridge. Its bonded construction penetrates deep on close targets, while the patented Slipstream polymer tip initiates expansion at extreme long range. The 155-grain load is the fastest 7mm on the market, while the 170-grain achieves 3,000 fps out of a 20-inch barrel.
Terminal Ascent 170 Grain Ballistic Charts
Terminal Ascent 155 Grain Ballistic Charts
Take long range further. The Berger Elite Hunter’s thin jacket produces extreme hydrostatic shock and a massive wound cavity on impact. Its .755 G1 ballistic coefficient is one of the highest on the market among hunting bullets.
Armed with a high ballistic coefficient, polymer tip and unique nose cavity, the all-copper Barnes LRX takes down tough game at both close range and extended distances.
Molecular bonding paired with a streamlined polymer tip give Fusion Tipped 7mm Backcountry the ability to go the distance and deliver a devastating blow to big game.
With 7mm Backcountry, hunters shooting suppressed, compact rifles get back magnum velocities through 20-inch barrels. Due to its safe higher chamber pressures, a 7mm Backcountry 170-grain Terminal Ascent shot through a 24-inch barrel gives you a muzzle velocity of around 3150 fps, whereas a 7mm PRC with the same bullet generates about 3000 fps. Through a 20-inch barrel, 7mm Backcountry shoots approximately 3000 fps while the 7 PRC is only approximately 2850 fps.
A cartridge that changes the very nature of ammunition demands a rifle to match. That’s why Federal engaged with some of the industry’s top gun companies during the development of 7mm Backcountry. In total, more than 80 individual rifle models are available as of launch, with more coming soon.
GUNWERKS
SEEKINS PRECISION
PURE PRECISION
CHRISTENSEN ARMS
PROOF RESEARCH
WEATHERBY
GEISSELE
HORIZON
SAVAGE ARMS
At launch, the following gun companies will be introducing rifles in 7mm Backcountry:
Firearms list subject to change—check back for updates on the latest gun offerings.