Thread: 7mm-08 benefits

People keep going on about the less recoil thing but I seriously think it's bollocks. I haven't noticed that at all. My 7mm-08 shooting a 160g kicks the same as a 308 shooting the same.

Think about it. Same weight bullet, same powder charge, same rifle. Where's this mystical loss of recoil going?

I suspect if you get two model 700's, one in 308, one in 7mm-08 you wouldn't be able to tell the difference in kick. Even if there was a minute difference you won't notice it in the heat of the moment in a hunt.

You can load slightly heavier bullets in a 308, but the 7mm-08 has a better ballistic coefficient. As Vietnamcam said "there is no real world practical difference in performance."

Originally Posted by RimfireNZ

People keep going on about the less recoil thing but I seriously think it's bollocks. I haven't noticed that at all. My 7mm-08 shooting a 160g kicks the same as a 308 shooting the same.

Think about it. Same weight bullet, same powder charge, same rifle. Where's this mystical loss of recoil going?

I suspect if you get two model 700's, one in 308, one in 7mm-08 you wouldn't be able to tell the difference in kick. Even if there was a minute difference you won't notice it in the heat of the moment in a hunt.

You can load slightly heavier bullets in a 308, but the 7mm-08 has a better ballistic coefficient. As Vietnamcam said "there is no real world practical difference in performance."

+1 I had 2 Steyr Scouts at one stage, a while ago now, 708 & 308, the 708 recoiled more, but to be fair it was shooting 139s & the 308 was shooting 130s..........

Nasty things those with no "recoil pad" to speak of, reasonably light too, not nice off the bench with big pills.......

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

+1 I had 2 Steyr Scouts at one stage, a while ago now, 708 & 308, the 708 recoiled more, but to be fair it was shooting 139s & the 308 was shooting 130s..........

Nasty things those with no "recoil pad" to speak of, reasonably light too, not nice off the bench with big pills.......

Whack a supressor on it and it saps most of the recoil out. They're good for that.

Originally Posted by RimfireNZ

Whack a supressor on it and it saps most of the recoil out. They're good for that.

I tried a suppressor on my 243 Scout & it was a disaster & went back

They have a very fine fluted barrel & it didn't like the weight of the suppressor on it.

All this was years ago, now I have even lighter Kimbers with supppressors very hard to beat