Many, many moons ago I started deer hunting with a used Marlin 336CS 30-30 that had a steel tube El Paso 4x Weaver already mounted on it that I bought from a local pawn shop and I killed several deer with it.
I somehow figured that the 30-30 wasn't killing them dead enough so I purchased a bolt 30-06 and mounted a Leupold 3x9 on it and I also took several deer with it.
After a few years I grew tried of the 30-06 recoil and purchased a bolt 7mm-08 and mounted a Leupold fixed 6x on it and I've never looked back......it kills deer just as dead as the 30-30 and 30-06 does and with my 120 gr. Sierra Pro Hunter load over a near max charge of Varget it's considerably easier on the shoulder.
Factory ammo never has been overly plentiful for the 08' but it's a great cartridge and I don't see it fading away.
