If the accuracy is there, they have plenty of retained energy, it was developed by remington for sillouette shooting because it would shoot flatter and retain more energy to topple the 500 meter rams. my old savage will only average about 1-1.5" at 100 so never pushed it beyond 400 yards.

I have a Winchester Model 70 Classic Compact in 7mm-08 which Zim helped me pick out in 1998. Before that, I borrowed one of Zim's rifles for gun deer season.

I love the gun and have shot 39 deer and one bear with it. It seems like every year, Zim buys me a new box of ammo. I use three rounds to sight in, and put one in one deer or two in two deer, leaving 15 or 16 rounds in the box at the end of each season. When the big ammo shortage hit, I dug up all of my partial boxes of 7mm-08 ammo and the whole stockpile was pretty fun to look over. Anyway, this boy was from 2001 and the gun is in the photo.



I can't comment on distance shooting with that round, because I always hunt deer (and my one bear) in the woods where every shot is fairly close, less than 75 yards. I was trained by Zim who expects a one shot per kill ratio, and have never disappointed him. All deer down and bear deflated, each with one round. The 7mm-08 has performed just fine for me.

I have 3 - .243s for me and kids/grandkids 100gr.bullets out to 400yds but usually under 200
I shoot my 7mm. Rem mag a lot 139gr bullets out to 400 + easily for deer/ Antelope

Bullet choices 139gr interlock
140gr/ 150gr/160gr/175gr. Plus more

The 7mm 08 does not have the capacity and versatility other cartridges do.

They are a very good choice.
I pick up the used Brass and one swipe through the proper die and presto change -o alakazam, I got a perfect 243 .

Excellent caliber. I've killed several deer with it.

I think it's lost in popularity the last several years thanks to the almighty Creedmoor. I'd still rather have a 7-08 in a hunting rifle.

I have used the 7-08 in a couple of handguns. The Rem XP100 and a T/C encore. I've taken 3 elk (cows) 2 bears and I don't know how many buck and doe deer and antelope. Great cartridge!!!!!!

personally, i'm a .308 kinda guy. when the ammo shortage hit, there was almost always a box or two of .308 at my local hardware store, but i have heard good things about the 7-08

There one on the shelf at your pawn shop Wolfie?

I am also an incredibly boring 308 shooter , 7mm-08 brass run through a full length die goes right back to 308.

keep it simple and stock it deep what ever you use .

at my house that is 308

nothing wrong with 7mm-08 at all

be boring have lots of ammo , it is sort of catchy like Teddy's foreign policy "speak softly carry a big stick, you will go far"

Learn from the past and stock up plenty of the ammo you want. Or reloading components. Then you dont have to worry about what is on the shelf.

I killed an elk at 287 yards using a TC encore with a 7/08 barrel on it. It was a 140gr handload, bullet was under skin on the opposite side of the center of the ribcage.
It was the 4th shot I had ever sent with that gun - I arrived in AZ and my brother said “here, use this one, since you such a wimp about recoil….”. I shot 3 times to check the zero at camp, then the last evening of our hunt shot the elk. just as dead as the elk he shot with a 300win mag…. And my shoulder wasnt even sore.

My son n law has one. It’s a tack driver. But, it is hard to find ammunition.

3 pages of it for sale on ammo seek if he's needing some

I picked up 25 boxes of Hornady north american whitetail 139gr interlock at rual king a whileback. Infact at that time you couldn't find 308, 5.56, or 9mm on the shelf. There was also a time I couldn't find 12g or 20g but 28g was available. I used to think standardizing on a few calibers was a good idea. It makes thing easy for sure but having several cal rifles to chose fome means you are more likely to be able to shoot ammo you find avaliable.

Thank y’all!! I will tell him!!

Barnes Vor-Tx 120 Grain. The only two I have recovered from dozens of deer.

Was scrolling down to say this^^^. Especially if you are a reloader, which is important if you shoot the 7-08. That 120 TTSX will smoke a whitetail.

I’ve got a couple boxes of 120 TTSX for the 7-30 waters. I’ll have to try them in the 7-08

Probably not capable of the range you would require. How about a hit at over 3k yards on a 24"x 24 plate https://youtu.be/_TcP2rVDEl8