In the last twenty years, the 7mm08 is probably one of the top ten calibers sold in deer hunting rifles.
It sure doesn't show in the ammo available on the shelves at the stores. Places like Wal-Mart still get .243, .270, .30-30, .308 and .30-06 by the pallet in several brands and bullet weights every season. In the past few years the 6.5 Creedmoor has joined those old stalwarts in quantity and brand/bullet selection on the shelves. If you can find a few boxes of one brand of 7mm-08 on the shelves you're lucky. Heck the selection of .300 WSM, 7mm Rem mag. and .300 Win. mag. is better than 7mm-08 and it's not like many people around here are hunting elk, moose or grizzlies. In fact, thinking about it, I personally know more people who use one of those magnums or a .223 or 7.62x39 for deer than I do folks who use 7mm-08's.
