Other than maintenance stuff with 7RM you'll want to pay attention to your bullet weights and construction against the anticipated shot distance when shooting game. 7mag is very destructive at close range so avoid body shots if your super duper close and hit the neck. It's got looong reach but you have to have the skills to back that reach up ethically. Don't waste too much on premium bullets. It's got plenty of power and even core lokt's will do the job. I like 140gr bullets as a general use round. Blast is kinda big as with all magnums. Recoil isn't any worse than a .30-06. Keep your shot strings limited so you don't heat the barrel up too much. 7mag is a warm round, 3 will usually heat a sporter barrel enough to change point of impact pretty substantially.