Maybe I was expecting to much of the7-08,but I was not impressed shooting deer and watching them run 150-200 yds after the shot.I know alot of you guys find that exceptable,but I don't JMO.
If you shot deer with a 7mm-08 that consistently ran 150-200 yards then you are a piss poor shot my friend. No deer hit in the heart lung area with a 140 gr bullet from a 7mm-08 is going 200 yards. You can go spray that bull###t on some 12 year old special ed kid that's never hunted and maybe he will buy it. No one else will however. I haveused a 7mm-08 as one of my two primarydeer rifles for the past5 years and I have yet to have a deer, regardless of size, make it 40 yards after the shot. Most went nowhere at all. If you can shoot a 7mm-08 is all you could ever need for deer. If you can't shoot then even a 416 Rigby won't help you.