Yea that was kind of what I was thinking I love my 7mm Mag. but im looking for something different I think I will step it up to the .338 Win. seems like overkill though for my neck of the woods. My 7 does a good job and carries out amazingly at long range but the only problem Ive seen is its a smaller caliber lead at a high velocity and if you dont hit something hard or experiment with different loads you can follow a very faint blood trail for a long ways through the woods. If I step up to the .338 I have a feeling I will never run into that sort of issue again.