20 inch vs 22 inch barrels

[Denver Steve]

Somewhat true at 100 yards however, a slower bullet is more influenced by the environment as distance increases.

And a shorter barrel is easier to tune, and get shooting good groups.

 

[Caper3006]

first off accuracy is generally better with short bbl's i built a 708 with a 16" bbl and have know trouble hitting the gong at 4 yds
oh and a mule deer a 380
you have so much to learn grasshopper

Sounds like it lol

 

[Hunter John]

Critters won’t know the difference. Great round btw, when I got mine last year I had no problems finding ammo. If I remember correctly I picked up 6 different factory brands/ bullet weights from Epps for testing what it liked best.

 

[dan belisle]

Looking at 7-08 numbers I wonder why more people don’t use it…
I think for ~95% of hunters fit and feel are going to count more than cartridge and velocity. You won’t shoot well with a setup
That has you struggling with scope eye box or has you scared of recoil or muzzle blast. You won’t take a rifle to the field that’s too heavy to carry or one that hits all the branches on your way to the stand. If all that stuff gets dealt with it hardly matters what bullet how fast

It's a great all around cartridge. I've owned both standard and Ackley versions. One of my favorite walk around hunting rifles is a 788 carbine in 7mm-08 I bought about 45 years ago. 18 inch barrel. Great to carry. Very accurate. Powerful enough for any game I hunt. - dan

 

[Joel]

308, 7mm-08 and 6.5 Creedmoor being pretty much indistinguishable from each other on game is probably why not many hunters use it. It doesn't do anything better or worse than any other round in its class unless you think its cool.