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Is the 7mm-08 on its way out?

holybuckholybuck Member Posts: 80 ✭✭
edited February 2009 in Ask the Experts
Even though its seems to be a nice caliber, ammo prices for this are going up, ($25-$30) average. Does this mean its soon to disappear?
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  • amblerrlamblerrl Member Posts: 177 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i hope not, all ammo prices have been up lately and will probably
    keep the upward trend. for $25 a box you need to buy more.
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  • rsnyder55rsnyder55 Member Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Checked the prices on 300WM lately. Glad I only use 3 or 4 a year.
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  • ATHOMSONATHOMSON Member Posts: 3,399 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Checked the prices on 300WM lately

    Last box I bought was 48.00, so I traded the 300WM for a 220 swift.

    The 7mm-08 is a great round and I wouldn't look for it to disappear any time soon.
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  • mrbrucemrbruce Member Posts: 3,374
    edited November -1
    Not likely in this lifetime....
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  • eastbankeastbank Member Posts: 4,052 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i have a 243, 260, 7mm-08, and a 358, a while back i came upon a great deal on 1000 308 unfires cases and as i reload i,m not to worried about not being able to buy factory ammo. eastbank.
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  • quickmajikquickmajik Member Posts: 15,576 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lots of people like the better bc and sectional density of the .26 and .28 over the .30.. But in my humble and unexpert opine the .338fed loaded right will outshine the whole lot out to the reasonable range of the .308 case... Right now all ammo prices are up, but the 7mm-08 has hung on for atleast 30 years and will most likely still be around for a long time yet.
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  • Jim RauJim Rau Member Posts: 3,550
    edited November -1
    I don't think so. Of this family of cartridges I would give the 260 less of a chance of survival than the 7mm-08.
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  • dfletcherdfletcher Member Posts: 8,179 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This thread indirectly makes a good case for reloading. Some folks are paying more for fairly common calibers than I spend on reloading for 9.3 Mauser, 338 Lapua and 416 Rigby. Of course you can also go broke saving money by reloading, but limiting your efforts to a few calibers has got to pay off.
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  • beantownshootahbeantownshootah Member Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In case you haven't noticed *ALL* ammo prices have been going up!

    I think this is too popular a round with too many guns out there in use to disappear entirely any time soon.

    The worst case scenario is that its popularity will decrease over time driving prices up slightly compared to other similar rounds.
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  • holybuckholybuck Member Posts: 80 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, I have noticed. However, today at a local Wally World, all the standard calibers: 243, 270, 30-06, 308's were at $16.97 for box of 20 Remington Core-Lokts. 7mm-08's were at $26.97 . I guess I don't understand what makes the "popular" 7mm-08 so high priced.
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