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<blockquote data-quote="Mosster47" data-source="post: 1841179" data-attributes="member: 78790"><p>I bought one for my wife ages ago and she still hasn't ever fired it and I fired it for the first time just a few months ago. I've loaned it out many time. My boss' daughter killed her first elk with it, a coworker killed a 300lb pig with it in NorCal, it's killed all three species of deer, an antelope, and a black bear. All of that were with a 140gr Berger VLD at under 100 yards.</p><p></p><p>I've only pulled the trigger on it four times at paper, but the feedback from everyone has been good. I'm about to retire my 300wm to only elk in wide open country and use the 7-08 for everything else.</p><p></p><p>I've heard and read a lot about the VLDs not being good bullets in close range. That 140gr on an elk was quartering away and got a complete pass through from just behind the ribs out through in front of the shoulder. That's pretty impressive. It probably had to do with the lower velocity of the round. It goes against the normal line of talking though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mosster47, post: 1841179, member: 78790"] I bought one for my wife ages ago and she still hasn't ever fired it and I fired it for the first time just a few months ago. I've loaned it out many time. My boss' daughter killed her first elk with it, a coworker killed a 300lb pig with it in NorCal, it's killed all three species of deer, an antelope, and a black bear. All of that were with a 140gr Berger VLD at under 100 yards. I've only pulled the trigger on it four times at paper, but the feedback from everyone has been good. I'm about to retire my 300wm to only elk in wide open country and use the 7-08 for everything else. I've heard and read a lot about the VLDs not being good bullets in close range. That 140gr on an elk was quartering away and got a complete pass through from just behind the ribs out through in front of the shoulder. That's pretty impressive. It probably had to do with the lower velocity of the round. It goes against the normal line of talking though. [/QUOTE]
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