You couldn't pick to closer performing cartridges if you tried. I think the 7mm-08 is a better package in terms of accuracy, ease of reloading i.e....easy on powder, ease of making brass from the worlds most common .308win etc. Ive had a pile of them and have used them very successfully on deer and paper and have never had a complaint. Its really the best cartridge we have going at this stage of the game imho.
I don't own one though...no good reason...but as rifle loonies all know guns come and go. I use a pair of 270s at this point...for no other reason than they are accurate and kick little but kill big. Same could be said of the 7mm-08...or the 280.
As a handloader i would still probably buy the 280 just because its less common in hunting camps...and the 7-08 has become so popular of a late....but I'm a loon
Buy the 7mm-08 and move on with life. You've got better factory ammo.
