284 is closer to shorter fatter....

and for game I've always believed that more diameter and more bullet weight can never be a negative...

now the thought of 2-3 inches and exploding still shakes me up some, but i'm somewhat on the same course as you but a larger 7mm and if I ever find the right berger "hunting" 180s I'm sure going to see on a couple of non important shots IE wont' risk trying to shatter a shoulder first and the like... do the lungs, move to the head, then move to teh shoulder on a doe, and move to a raking shot and then decide...

We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....