I agree with you regarding the barrel length. My comments were never about my $350 savage gun vs someones $1,000+ custom barreled 7mm in performance. I do not however agreed with the BC statement. 30 Caliber BC numbers are just as good as 7mm with todays bullet designs especially in big game bullets.

165 Grain .505 Barnes
180 Grain .552 Barnes
200 Grain .588 Accubond

Those BCs aretough to beat.

Also I dissagre with the recoil being about the same. 20 grains more powder in the 7MM will equate to approx 30 Pounds of recoil energy with a 7.5 pound gun vs approx 25 for the 06. Now I know the 7mm can be heavier and not recoil more but that weight is a negative also. As stubblejumper said bullet construction is as important as the numbers when it comes to terminal performance I like my lineup above for both penetration and wound path vs any 7mm bullet. I continue to repeat on this forum the 06 does not have better performance. It is equal with less powder and less recoil. They do the same thing in very different ways.