I live in Pa, with rifles I hunt deer and black bear. I currently own and have been very successful with a .270 win. I recently got the itch to buy a new rifle and have been contemplating over the above listed calibers. the 7mm's seem to be appealing to me more and more, though I can't come close to deciding on one yet.... I plan to someday hunt elk, maybe moose also. the 7mm-08 might have to drop out due to being too similar to the .270 but then the .308 could be added to potential calibers. Recoil is a factor, I've never shot a .300 yet and can't say that I'm positive I'd want to..... (I do currently turkey hunt with 12 ga 3 1/2 inch mags which I've been told are similar in recoil to the .300 win). What do ya'll think about these calibers? The new WSM's are appealing to me and the 7mm wsm looks to have very good ballistics. I did find a very slightly used 7mm remmag with leupold vari x i 4-12 power scope - combo price $547. I've heard good things about Limbsaver recoil pads and also the PAST recoil shields, can anyone tell me what to expect recoil wise if one of those were added to any of the above guns? Also could you reccomend a gun maker and model to go with caliber choice. I'd like to put a nice Leupold on whatever gun I buy and hopefully keep the grand total at or around $1,000 if at all possible. Thanks in advance for your help and thanks to those who responded to the original post.
Happy Hunting,
BlackWolf
