To start off, realize that the 7mm is almost 17% smaller in surface area then a 30/06 so when the references are made that if a 30/06 is good so is a 7mm. Would you take a nearly 17% pay cut? Like to be 17% shorter? maybe add 17% more fat to your frame? Pay 17% more taxes?
That logic is so flawed I'm surprised you even posted it, given the other, generally sensible, things I've seen you say on here. Death is not quantifiable. While it is nice to save 17% on taxes, I've never walked up to an animal and been able to determine how much deader it would have been if I had used X cartridge instead.
Originally Posted by shrapnel
I probably hit more elk with a pickup than you have with a rifle.
Originally Posted by JohnBurns
I have yet to see anyone claim Leupold has never had to fix an optic. I know I have sent a few back. 2 MK 6s, a VX-6, and 3 VX-111s.
