7mm-08 vs 6.5 creedmoor

[headshot5]

For anyone talking about your 7mm-08 please feel free to include make and model of the rifle. I'm looking at options for my sons first big game rifle and looking for options. Thanks.

I've got 2, a Remington 700, and a TCR 87 single shot.  Both shoot 140's really well. 

[pianoman9701]

I like the MV of the Grendel and the 123 grain boat tail bullet in the Hornady A-Max. It's certainly not a firearm you want to lug around the woods, but from a stationary position, it's a deadly accurate firearm.

[CaNINE]

These are both great calibers.  I give the nod to the 7mm-08.  My 13 year old daughter shoots a Savage youth in 7mm-08.  I wanted to develop a low recoil load for her.  Used a 140 Nosler Accubond Long Range and filled the case with US869.  1900 fps at the muzzle.  Almost no recoil.  Wicked accurate.  She shot her first deer this year using this combo.  The ABLR is designed to expand down to 1300 fps.  I can tell you at 20 yards it punches right through the front shoulders of a whitetail doe.  DRT.  One happy little first time deer hunter.  And one proud daddy.

[Jason]

I have the Ruger American in 7mm-08, and it shoots 1/2" groups at 100yds all day long, I'm loading using 140gr Accubonds and Varget.

[Taco280AI]

6.5 SAUM 

[sagerat1]

I love my Savage 11 7mmo8. Accurate minimal recoil.
Wyoming deer hunt for first animal. 245 yds laser range, 120 gr Barnes ttx hand load DRT.
If you don't reload Barnes 120 gr Vor-tx would be my next choice.
Minimal meat damage, but wham in the dirt.

[Duffer]

This is mine. It's a heavy beast but it shoots really well.

You could lighten it up by deleting that optional hammer, although it looks to be a fiberglass handle. So there's that.





Sry, couldn't resist