I recall early in the days of high power metallic silhouette competition, around the late 70s, the 7-08 was all the rage. Driver was enough power to reliably knock over rams at 500 meters, short action length to save weight and less recoil than the .308. The 7-08 seemed to be more inherently accurate than the 7x57, which had not yet been born again.

Never heard any discussion or comment about factory ammo as nearly all of it sucked back then. Silhouette shooting has less buzz these days, but the 7-08 has remained on its own merits.

Last edited by GF1; 01/08/22.