thinking of 7mm-08 w/26" barrel

[L. Cooper]

My view of the 7mm-08 is that its only real use is to make a short, quick rifle with the potential of the short action cartridge. If you are putting it into a longer rifle, then there are advantages to the .280 or even the 7mm magnums that the 26 inch barrel would make very clear.

The 7mm-08 is a very nice little cartridge, but it cannot do what a .280 can do. I see it as an ideal deer round in something like a Model 7. A 26 inch barrel is not stupid, but the advantages of long barrels would be largely lost with the short round, while you would gain all the disadvantages of such a long rifle.