7mm-08 or 308

[fishcrazy]

I would look into the .270 wsm. A close second would be the .308. I really like that cal. It's in my top 3 favs.  I don't know anything about the 7-08 so I will just shut up now.


Kris

[clindsayrun]

7mm-08. I wouldn't trade mine.

[Buckblaster]

7mm-08! Thats an easy choice since I own both. I reload so cost is not an issue. The 7mm-08 shoots with at higher velocities with less recoil than the 308. I use IMR4064 under a 140 gr Nosler Accubond that chronos at 2950 fps for deer medicine or IMR4064 with a 160 gr Nosler partition that chronos at 2750 fps for elk. One shot kills for both with a Browning Stainless Stalker.

[bankwalker]

I would look into the .270 wsm. A close second would be the .308. I really like that cal. It's in my top 3 favs.  I don't know anything about the 7-08 so I will just shut up now.


Kris

i would jump all over the 270wsm. that my fav caliber. but the rifle im looking at does not come in wsm calibers

[Buckmark]

One shot kills for both with a Browning Stainless Stalker.
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Listen to buckblaster, he shots a browning so he is pretty smart.
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If it was my choice and $ was not a factor in the decision then the 7mm-08 would be what i would pick, but if $ was part of the decision then .308, cheaper to use in the long run and will do what you need no questions at all.
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I find it interesting that we can waiver so much on rifle choice's and we have that luxury, when in the years past most hunters only owned 1 gun for everything, didnt have the extra money to buy more than one so they bought one gun and used it forever.. My dad has had onle one rifel his whole life of hunting, more than 50 years, a winchester .308, he thinks im crazy for having so many, say's you can only carry one at a time..

[grousetracker]

why would you want a 7mm-08 over the 308 when the 308 is the most accurate caliber in the world since 1968 till 2001 when the 338 from europe showed up. its cheaper to buy. you can get full metal jackets and accelerators for it. my choice is the 308 hands down. good luck!

[byrdman]

why would you want a 7mm-08 over the 308 when the 308 is the most accurate caliber in the world since 1968 till 2001 when the 338 from europe showed up.

Do you have facts to share with us? It seems this would be more common knowledge...

[runningboard]

you say it's gonna eventually be for your GF, I'd go with 7mm-08. my wife has one that I had put together for her and she loves it, my little girl (13yo-85lbs) used it to take her buck last year. never mentioned recoil.

[JoshT]

the 308 is the most accurate caliber in the world since 1968 till 2001 when the 338 from europe showed up.

6PPC dude...

[270Shooter]

.270

[Firing Pin]

Since you stated that you do not reload, then the choice should be 308.   Think about this you can go just about anywhere and find ammo for the 308.  Let's say just for conversation that in the hurry to get to deer camp you GF packs everything EXCEPT the ammo.  You can go to Wal-Mart or Coast to Coast Hardware, or just about anyother hardware store and pick up a box of 308, that cannot be said for the 7-08.  I was in the same boat 4 years ago and had the same 2 calibers narrowed down for my wife.  The ammo availability became the swing vote.

[bobcat]

 

Or, as I already said, get the 270, which you were thinking about anyway. With it you can shoot a 130 grain bullet, versus the 150 in the 308, and recoil (I'm guessing) should be very similar or maybe a little less with the 270. But the 270 will shoot a little flatter. And 270 ammo is just as readily available as 308.

[clindsayrun]

There should have been a poll along with this post.

[PA BEN]

im gonna order a new rifle in a couple days. ive settled with the marlin xs7 in either 7mm-08 or 308. possible a xl7 in 270

im mainly looking at the short action.

so how big of a difference is the kick between a 7mm-08 and 308? with the thought in mind that this gun will be given to my gf after the season is over or i get a deer. which ever comes first. and there will be a 90% chance she will be using it to take her deer and elk if that time comes this season.

she is smaller framed girl. and my old 30-06 was a little much for her out of a mountain rifle that was right at 6.3lbs. and the marlin xs7 is listed at 6.3lbs without scope.

Yes the 308 is good. But with my wife and girds hate the kick. So, they flinch when they shoot it. It got to a point that they didn't want to hunt because of the kick. They all shoot the 7mm-08 and are happy to go target shooting, I'll even test them when we shoot and slip in an empty round and see if they flinch when they pull the trigger. It's a Win. Model 70 youth. You guys can talk all you want about how good the 308 is, that's not the point. He wants a gun for his girl friend. One thing I know is what guns girls like to shoot and the 308 isn't one of them. I have a wife and 5 daughters, all have killed deer. 243 is a good deer gun also but it's small for bear and elk.

[bobcat]

Well, I just don't think there's much difference in recoil between the 7/08 with a 140 grain bullet and a 308 with a 150 grain bullet. They both use the same case, with the same amount of powder, so the recoil should be so close I don't think a person could tell the difference.