With the .270Win, you can go after anything in N.America save for the largest of bears. Sure, the 270Win can and has killed big bears, but I'd want a heavier bullet, were I to go after a Grizzly. But, for everything else the .270Win has a cartridge that will cleanly take them and at a range greater then what the 7mm-08 can handle. The variety of factory cartridges available for the .270Win is staggering and if you reload, the variety is endless. Add to that the fact that if you happen to be in a sparsely populated county, hunting, and run out of ammo, most every gas station that sells ammo will stock .270Win. Try doing that with 7-08, especially if you are hunting Africa!! Recoil: If the rifle fits you and you mount it properly, you can handle a .270Win.