Having shot a bit of game with a 7mm-08 in the first years it was out, and having shot a bit of game with a 6.5 x 55( 260 is pretty much the same) you could spend the next 50 or so years shooting thin skinned herbivores and not be able to tell a wits difference. Far to many play with commuter generated tables and crunch numbers. Like a 0.5mm is going to make or break a deer hunt or an elk hunt. In these days of truly great bullets, the launcher is not that big a deal. I would hunt till the end of time with either one. thou I can get a 7mm-08 barrel for my Blaser R-93 can't get one in 260 but I can in 6.5 x 55 so its a moot point to say the least. Good hand loads in the Swede or the 7mm-08 makes them a pocket 270 and that is not a bad place to be.
