I'm not asking if 7mm-08 is a good cartridge or an effective one. I'm pretty convinced that it is. I'm thinking about its future in light of the 6.5 Creedmoor. For someone who doesn't reload, I'm not sure what the 7mm-08 offers that the 6.5 Creedmoor doesn't offer with more ammo availability. I'm only guessing, but it seems like the 7mm-08 section at Cabela's and Scheels is getting smaller and smaller by the year.
I think it will go a similar path in which the 300 Savage has gone. There will be lots of used guns in this cartridge and relatively few if any new guns in the next decade or two. Ammo will still be available, but just the plain Jane stuff. The 6.5 Creedmoor has definitely hurt it, IMHO.
