I went to look at the tikkas and rems and brownings today. The tikka was a nice gun however I fell in love with the Rem BDL dm. With browning second. They had one chambered in the 7mm-08. Surprisingly the dealer was trying to steer me away from the 7mm. Really pushing the .270 Or even the 7mm short magnum or .270 wsm. Not sure why one would need all that power. His arguement was that after 200 yards the 7mm-08 would drop off like a rock where as the .270 would not. Looking at the balistics on the Federal website not sure where he gets his info according to federal at 500 yards only about 3 inches difference. Decisions. the .270 is a good option cause of the many loading available, but I THOUGHT I had a winner here with the 7mm-08. Please help my decision is getting tougher by the minute. I hoping to put the money down on this new gun in the next couple of weeks but am lost as to what to do. I will again be using this in MN. Can' t ever see shooting over 150 yds. But if you throw someday maybe going to Montana don' t know what to do. If a different situation comes along, I could always by another rifle. Thanks for all the help!