I'm going to say ditto to this suggestion. My husband reloads for all our guns. (He's a collector.) Not only can you shoot a lot more for less money, but you can develop a load and bullet combo for any gun for maximum accuracy.

Guns are built to be very rugged. If you take reasonable care of one, you should be able to hand it down to your grandchildren.

I'm thinking Tyler_Rookie is needing a smaller caliber Rifle that would be in-between what he has now?Since he already has a 7mm-08 and a 22LR....I would look towards buying a .243,.223 or even a smaller caliber with faster speed like a .22 Hornet,.204 Ruger or even a Remington .17 Fireball?

The great thing about Rifles is there are so many choices and depending on what Your trying to Hunt or accomplish You need to add that in to the factor also.

Go with a 270.

GTO, everything you just talked about doing w/ a smaller caliber can be done way cheaper by handloading, and again sticking w/ the same rifle. the man that has one rifle will be a better shot then the man who changes rifles all the time 99% of the time.

muley, that makes nho sense at all. he already has a 7mm. a 270 is damn near the same thing. .284 down to .277?? why bother of the two ide def give the edge to the 7 mag for the case capacity. def a wider selection of bullets and diff weights

new england firearms has a cheap rifle that is dependable. mine has kinda been beat up some still works like a dream. 243 with bull barrel and a 20 gauge slug barrel... now i wont beat up my ruger 6mm mark 2 i like it to much haha

i have a youth 243 i got when i was 8 and ive been hunting since well before it was legal and i have taken deer with that 243 300 yards away and i still use it sometimes im even thinking bout takeing it elk hunting one of these days just to say ive bagged me an elk with a 243 and the 7mm u have will kill just abt everything in north america except probably a grizzly bear. when i got abt 13 my grandpa bought me a 7mm Remington magnum. i reccomend u get one when u get alittle older because the amunition is expensive but if u get a reloader u can do it for cheaper but well the first time i shot it it almost knocked me down. but to u i reccomend of the 5 guns 243, 223, 30-30, 270, or 308. there all guns i have owned and i didnt mention the 223 but ive dropped yotes 250 yards away and i know i could kill a deer with it. i just have never tried. i hope i helped even though this post was alittle old