Steve
Good or bad, I have come to the point in my life where I want to simplify my rifle situation. After thousands of dollars down the tube, I have come to the conclusion that any improvements over the 308-30/06 family of cases, unless one goes way down to the 223 class, or up to the 375 class are of very dubious significance.
With the 7/08 and its ilk, I can walk into the gun store, throw a cat into the powder selection and have a workable powder. Load developement will be done by choosing a Hornady bullet of an appropriate weight. If they are out of Hornadys, Speer, Sierra, Nosler, Barnes, or cast will work at the velocities I will achieve. Load developement done. If the rifle is in good working order, acuracy will be more than sufficient. If I don't have time to reload, I can go into Capitol Sports, kick the 7/08 ammo onto the floor, pick up the top box and be reasonably sure that I have ammo adequate for antelope, deer and elk, for a cost less than a box of 376 Viagra magnums. And in addition to all that, the bugger is fun to shoot!
I suspect the fact that I can shoot it very well from field positions will outweigh any deficiencies it has when measured by the Taylor knockdown formula or kinetic energy standards.
Thanks again, Steve
Fred
