I have used a lot of the 160 partitions in the 7x57 at 2750 fps or so for many, many years on all sorts of big game up to elk-kudu size with perfect results. This caliber is the low-recoil king of killing. I have one getting a new tube screwed onto a Mauser action as we speak, hope I wear out some more 7mm barrels. If I were buying a new 7-08, I'd have to try a Ruger Hawkeye, I believe. 7x57 would be a No. 1-A.
