Well for what its worth. My Daughter has a Tikka 7 mag and a Tika hunter in 308 with a cut down stock and a Limbsaver recoil pad with Edwards recoil reducers. You don't even know it is going off. She uses the 7 mag for Elk and Mulies and the 308 for pigs. To make a long story short, she shot my Left hand Ruger Hawkeye in 7mm-08 and decided she wanted to try a 7-08. She got a Tikka compact in that caliber, put a Leupold variable on it with DNZ mounts. It literally shoots a MOA with everything you put in it. I asked her what was her favorite rifle and she said the 7-08. They cost a bit more than the American but I think the cost is worth it.
