This.
I often hear debates...sometimes heated debates...concerning the advantages of the 7-08 over the .308 cartridge...but the two are so similar that neither has a clear advantage over the other at any sensible or practical range. The proponents of the 7-08 speak of fanciful distances up to 600 or even 700 yards, but I'm not about to take a shot at any animal at those ranges with either cartridge, so it's a moot point.
were both wrong on this one , see my post #49, I miss spoke , not by much , , but I'm home now and found my Fur-Fish-Game , that ran the test on 260rem-vs-7mm-08-vs-308win, the test used 150gr ,not 140gr , out to 200yards the 308 has more energy , at 300 yards the 260 and 7mm-08 have caught up and at 400 yards they have past up the 308win in terms of velocity and energy, not 600 or 700 yards .
if you are hunting over a corn/bean field say 40ac thats 1325' or 441yards the 7mm-08 would be the better pick not only more energy at that range but less drop and drift,
if your hunting shorter ranges the 308win would have a slight up side, the 308win would also be a better pick if you are hunting bigger game as you can get them in heavier bullets,
so one is realy not better than the other , I would go with the 7mm-08 in my neck of the woods ,I have shots that range frof 75 to 425 yards , and it kicks less
that Fur-Fish-Game article is Nov.2010. page 40 , great article