Originally Posted by
zrexpilot
I sold my last .243 a year or 2 ago. Its was a bull barrell and was just to darn heavy.
I have been using my NEF .22 hornet since then but I came across a 7-08 barrell for it, pretty cheap so I bought it. I want to see what all the fuss is about with the 7-08. I started handloading some time back And I found some loads for the 7-08 that puts the 120 gr pill a bit faster and flatter than even a hot .243 load. So I am a little excited about it. I will eventually get another .243 though, it really is a shaweeeet gun.
I handled a 7-08 yesterday at Academy, here in Houston. I was kinda hoping they'd have a Marlin XS-7 in that chambering. They've got Remington 700 ADL's on sale for $439... They had a couple of 700's and an XS-7 them in .243. I think the XS-7 was only $289, and I've been hearing really good things about them...