hey man, we do agree on the 7mm being a tough mutha. I have a word of advise for you to show you i have nohard feelings also:
Try some 150gr swift scirocco bullets in that rifle. Talk about a hitter. Mine will knock a fist size hole in a big deer at any distance and always passes thru. Leave a quarter size whole entering. Try them on deer this year dude. They will amaze you.
I was only disagreeing about the 7mm being superior in every way to a 30-06 because my 30-06 does just as good as my 7mm in the woods.
Im a 7mm freak also though, try them swifts and let me know what you think. They will also cut a fencepost in half and passthru it too.Have to be the best deer bullet out there for it, ive tried a few too. They put core lokt and partitions to shame.Ballistic tips suck IMO. They fragment too much.