I love my mountain rifle! For me, there' s no better choice out there, for a hunting rifle.

Mykey
mine is a .280, shooting hot handloads. Never had a problem with the barrel heating up. I doubt the 7mm-08 would either. That said, I wouldn' t choose a mountain rifle for something you' ll shoot alot from the bench...then you may have a problem. For a hunting rifle, they are super. My next gun (when I can afford it) will be a .260 mountain rifle with the laminatled stock/stainless barrel. Hopefully soon!