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"The cartridge is not suited for bullets heavier than 140 grains. Stick with a good 139-140 grain bullet and all will be well in elkville."
"Where did you read this nonsense?"
This is FACT. The cartridge was developed for steel silhouette competition and morphed into a hunting round to be used in a short action rifles. Limited OAL in MOST rifles when this came out caused heavier than 140 grain bullets to be seated into the case below the neck for reliable feeding.This takes up powder space. Yes I have REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE. I owned and hunted with the 7mm-08 for YEARS. Yes there are exceptions with long action chamberings for this cartridge. If you have one great. Use it to your advantage but if it is the standard short action you WILL do best with the 140 grain rounds sent down range at higher than factory 270 Win velocities. Jack O'Connor said the 270 Win was the ideal hunting round for much of what he hunted. The 7mm-08 matches or exceeds it AND is an inherently accurate round with 140 grain bullets. If you shoot elk with Texas heart shots (NOT ADVISED) then man up and use a 338 Win MAG. The 7mm-08 is plenty with 140 grain bullets for good shots into the boiler room under 300 yds.
It was the "not suited for" comment that was nonsense.
Your explanation is a different response. It may have been designed for the 140's but that does not mean it is "not suited for" anything heavier. That's the part that is nonsense.
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