Choice of 7mm for bull elk

[WhoGarrDen]

If I was going elk hunting with your choices. I’d drag my 7mm-08 ( my fav caliber ) and I’d use a 120 NBT

Do a little research on this bullet and you may find out that it is a real sleeper and perfect for the 7mm-08 casing.

I’ve shot em all and this one is THE bullet in a 7mm-08

My 7-08 loves the 120 NBT and 150eld-x. For whatever reason the 162eld-m didn't do quite as well (didn't want to fuss with all the load dev) and 140 partitions looked like someone patterning a shotgun.

To OP, based on what has been shown across this forum you're best off putting both guns on the floor boards and driving down some country roads between range trips, then check zero and do some positional work. Whichever combo of scope, bullet and gun keeps the bullet in the kill zone through all that is probably the best choice.

 

[Quandary]

I like the 175 Berger Elite Hunter in my 7mm

 

[Chris in TN]

When I was younger a buddy of mine had a 7-08 and I got to help him gut a lot of his deer. Since then my dad has went through a couple of 7mmRMs and I have killed a fair pile of stuff with my .280ai.

My personal opinion is that for the hunting conditions described by the OP, there is no advantage to the 7mmRM over the 7-08, at least not that justifies the extra recoil and blast and cost of shooting it.

Of course either will work, but I'd personally choose the 7-08.