Originally Posted by Brad
Originally Posted by akmtnrunner
Which one, in your opinion, is already "perfect" in your eyes and couldn't have been designed any better, and why?


The 7mm-08 comes to mind.

Despite all the well-deserved Creedmoor hype, the 7-08 is about the perfect, mild recoiling, all-around BG round, antelope to elk.

It has a gentle 20* shoulder for great feeding. It is based on brass that is available even in purgatory. Doesn't have the overly long neck of its relatives. Makes perfect use of the 2.8" SA magazine, and from SAAMI is throated to that magazine length. A modernized SA 7x57, which is about as good a place I can think of for most hunters to be.


Agreed. Hard to argue with that kind of reasoning.

I've had a Remington Custom Shop Model 7 Mannlicher in 7-08 and a Winchester XTR Model 70 Featherweight in 7X57 for YEARS and it's a tough decision every time I have to choose which one I get out of the safe for my "serious" hunting rifle! But it's a a good kind of decision to make if you have to grin

I gotta vote .223 and 30-06 for honorable mention, though. cool

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