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**Brian Pfleuger** · November 4, 2012, 09:07 PM

It's not always about speed.

There's pretty much always something faster.

The 7-08 is one of the best compromises of power, trajectory and low recoil, IMO. Nearly equaling the power of the large or faster rounds with a lot less recoil and considerably more power than the "lesser" rounds with only minimally more recoil. It's a great round.

November 4, 2012, 09:07 PM	#4
Brian Pfleuger Staff Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Central, Southern NY, USA Posts: 14,515	It's not always about speed. There's pretty much always something faster. The 7-08 is one of the best compromises of power, trajectory and low recoil, IMO. Nearly equaling the power of the large or faster rounds with a lot less recoil and considerably more power than the "lesser" rounds with only minimally more recoil. It's a great round. __________________ Still happily answering to the call-sign Peetza. --- You do not HAVE a soul. You ARE a soul. You HAVE a body. -C.S. Lewis He is no fool who gives what he can not keep to gain what he can not lose. -Jim Eliott, paraphrasing Philip Henry.