With today's powder and bullets the 7x57 Mauser is still one of the top choices. IMO the 7mm-08 is almost the same wine in a different bottle. It must to tough to be a gunwriter and talk the new stuff up when it is just the same old gal with a new dress. grin
whelennut (9x57) wink

I like to do my hunting BEFORE I pull the trigger!
There is only one kind of dead, but there are many different kinds of wounded.