If we are talking elk, the 7mm08 has some intrinsic advantage in that the bullets are bigger. If the question was posed between the .243 and .358, both based on the same case most everyone would agree that the .358 is the better elk round. Why, because the bullets are bigger. Why is a .375 legal for dangerous game in countries where the .340 Wby isn't? Because the bullets are bigger. Not because it has less energy and a loopier trajectory.
The 7mm bullets are .020" (about 8%) bigger in diameter and 12% bigger in area. They have that same advantage that the 358 has over the 243 just not nearly as much.
I'll better there are 100 TIMES more elk killed with a 7mm magnum of some type than there are are with a 6.5mm magnum of any type.
