The first centerfire rifle I bought for my son was a 7-08 when he turned 9. He is almost 23 now and will often break out the 7-08 because it flat out works. He has killed a truck load of deer and hogs with the 95gr BT over 45 grs of Varget. Never caught a bullet. We are getting 2990 fps out of a 20" barrel.
We shot steel plates with it out to 550 yards. It is an off the shelf Browning micro medallion. No modifications.
I just bought an older Rem Varmint Master with the heavy 24" barrel in 7-08. His rifle sure sold me on that cartridge.
Last edited by Sakoluvr; 01/04/20.
