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What bullets you shooting Pharm? 140 Partition 47.5 gr Big Game (work up) Winchester Large Rifle Magnum primer 2.805" One of the bulls I killed at 346 yards Two bucks last year were 541 and 548 yards. P
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The 7x57 is the 7-08 Improved...no fire forming needed...:) But a Long Action is needed.  Works great for the grown-ups.... You little fu cks can keep using your short actions.  Wow. In the bottle again...
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I know OregonMuley on here is sold on the 7mm08 he even talked me into getting one or two!! Wife shot a black bear with it a couple years ago,did the job. Ask him where he got the 7-08 bug. P Yup, you helped it along nicely Pharm!! Hard not to like the 7MM-08!! I currently have 4 of them in the safe so feeling mighty good:)
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The 7x57 is the 7-08 Improved...no fire forming needed...:) But a Long Action is needed. Works great for the grown-ups.... You little fu cks can keep using your short actions. Thanks for the laugh.... Keep following Bob around the board. Suits you better and reduces your stupid statements...
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If for some silly reason I was putting a rifle together to pretty well handle my normal 'lower 48' needs..it would probably be a 7-08 But then I'd have to turn in my loony card.....One gun....sheesh.... 
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If for some silly reason I was putting a rifle together to pretty well handle my normal 'lower 48' needs..it would probably be a 7-08 Oh no, you didn't just say that.
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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If for some silly reason I was putting a rifle together to pretty well handle my normal 'lower 48' needs..it would probably be a 7-08 Oh no, you didn't just say that. I have been shooting modern stuff like the .223AI and the 6.8spc... It has affected my mind......
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Obviously, you haven't read the 300 vs 30-06 thread...
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Obviously, you haven't read the 300 vs 30-06 thread... I have read it, and made my recommendation for the old 30-06 So I tend to waffle a bit..like any good loony would 
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If for some silly reason I was putting a rifle together to pretty well handle my normal 'lower 48' needs..it would probably be a 7-08 Oh no, you didn't just say that. I have been shooting modern stuff like the .223AI and the 6.8spc... It has affected my mind...... Maybe it's just bad booze.
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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not waffling, its dealing with a constant stream of new data...:)
things may change but the 280 seems about right for the heavy classification...would pick the 7x57 as an all-arounder for the 48, but I hate to overkill stuff
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If for some silly reason I was putting a rifle together to pretty well handle my normal 'lower 48' needs..it would probably be a 7-08 Oh no, you didn't just say that. I have been shooting modern stuff like the .223AI and the 6.8spc... It has affected my mind...... Maybe it's just bad booze. Bad booze will never pass these lips....
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Killed my 1st deer w a 7-08 in 1992. M70 FWT. Owned 3 M70s in various configs and (3) 700s, BDL SS sporter, BDL - Varmint, and VLS. Also had. M7 in 7BR built which served up 120's @2878mv and did nice work. Guess over the past 25 years I've been doing more R&D in 6.5's. The Swede, -08, Creed, and now a Lapua. 4 in 55mm, a custom -08 pre-260 Saami, (2) 260's, one Creedmoor and now the 47. All were sold or traded but the 47 which remains. All worked well. I detect recoil and blast and all of the above are mild - modest depending on load and barrel length. All accurate and deadly. Soon if Kimber does a 6mm Creedmoor - that might be the Newest Latest Greatest Good shooting, hunting, and R&D.
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The 7x57 is the 7-08 Improved...no fire forming needed...:) But a Long Action is needed. Works great for the grown-ups.... You little fu cks can keep using your short actions. With the ad nauseum postings of the same tired 4-5 rifles picts, a fella would think at some point a game photo would find its way into your rotation.
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7/08? Yawn  Give me a 270 or 280. Just another target round designed to knock over silhouette rams. The whole short action business is "who cares"? 
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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![[Linked Image]](http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/glenn1221/Rifles/IMG_99631_zps69a4802a.jpg) I kinda like the 7mm-08 ![[Linked Image]](http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/glenn1221/Rifles/KC9A0386.1_zpsu0ybqgd1.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/glenn1221/latestgunstuff/KC9A4934_zpsblmqdutm.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/glenn1221/DSC02297.jpg) prolly killed more stuff with 7mm-08 than anything other than a 22 rimfire. ![[Linked Image]](http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/glenn1221/Bear%20Hunt/IMG_0093.jpg) 140 gr. Nosler Accubonds or even a 140 gr. TSX noodlin' along just seems to work. ya! GWB
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The 7x57 is the 7-08 Improved...no fire forming needed...:) But a Long Action is needed. Not exactly!
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They are all but giving away the Kimber adirondacks in 7mm-08 for $1199 I've seen a few Kimber Montana's on GunBroker sell for ~$750
It just seems the caliber does alot of really good things, fills a great role, but nobody wants one? Too many of them out there? 6.5 Creedmoor the flavor of the week?
No makey no sense to me, can someone help out?
The 7mm-08 is a great cartridge but I've never been able to justify one for myself as the opportunity cost was always too great. Have had my 7mm RM since 1982 and when I had the money for another rifle it always went for something else. When I sold my Ruger #1 in .280 Rem the 7mm-08 was on the list of possible replacements. Got a bolt in .280 Rem instead. Same thing when I bought my .308, the .308 won in large part because it was a Ruger Scout. Last year I had an opportunity to buy a Savage FXP3 in 7mm-08 for $295. Right beside it was a FXP3 in .243 for the same price and the .243 won out. As my collection grew to include a .257 Roberts, 6.5-06AI, .280 Rem, 7mm RM and .308 (among others), justifying a 7mm-08 got harder and harder. As have additional rifles in any size or configuration. These days I'm building an AR in .308 and thinking the next big expenditure will be for a suppressor. Or a Ruger #1 in .45-70 if I can find one at an irresistible price.) Through the years I've thought a 7mm-08 would be great for the girls, but even that 'need' has diminished. One has her own rifle now (I recommended a .308 instead of a 7mm-08 and she agreed), one shoots but doesn't hunt and the other will likely never hunt anything but antelope with me and for that I have to fight her for my .257 Roberts. And these days I'd probably buy a .260 or Creedmoor instead anyway, other factors being equal.
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The 7x57 is the 7-08 Improved...no fire forming needed...:) But a Long Action is needed. Works great for the grown-ups.... You little fu cks can keep using your short actions. Not everyone has to over compensate for shortcomings with magnums and lifted trucks.
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I've been a diehard 7RMag user for almost 40 years, but the more I shoot (and kill stuff) my 7-08's the more impressed I am with them.
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