I have, and love, both. I reload. It costs about the same to reload as it does to buy reloadable Milsurp. I shoot the 308 about ten times as much. capt david

if you're gonna shoot a lot, then you got it right about the cheap .308 ammo. most of it is NATO and therefore not match grade. but it will shoot deer sized targets at 200 yards all day so it makes great practice ammo for deer hunting.

It would only be a matter of typical use. You said "deer sized animals". In that use the 7-08 would be hard to beat as it has a PB range of 292 yards with a 140 grain bullet and in most cases demonstrates excellent accuracy just like it's big brother.



The more versatile chamber, by far, is the 308 Win. When you get down to brass tacks, there is no game animal a 7-08 Rem can take that a 308 Win can not at any range attempted. The reverse cannot be said. The 308 Win has dropped game from coyote to moose, to a wide varitey of African plains game with the same efficiency as the 30-06 has. Having the ability to shoot 165, 180 and even 200 grain bullets, with fairly flat trajectories, puts the 308 Win in a much different category than the 7-08 Rem.



I believe the 308 Win demonstrates about the best power in a small package one could find. It is a gem to shoot and the accuracy is some of best found throughout the shooting world. The U.S. Military spent countless dollars to develop what is considered "the cartridge" which is the best in optimum case capacity, optimum bullet weight use, optimum accuracy and optimum range (staying supersonic). Having it be a fine hunting cartridge is just a wonderful by product.