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Post by robocop on Jul 30, 2010 22:21:24 GMT -5
whats a good caliber for hunting deer.
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Post by fuzz269 on Jul 30, 2010 23:18:19 GMT -5
my favrite is the 25/06, but any thing from a 243 up will work, heck I have shot lots with my 45/70 with cast slugs, it works geat too. It is mostly personal prefrance.
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Post by backwoodsman on Jul 31, 2010 2:04:47 GMT -5
Im with Fuzz. With your northern heavy deer though I'd weigh on the side of shooting a little heavier round. I know Im gonna hear from the .243 fans but for me its a little light except for precison shooting from or over foodplots etc. Dont skip over the surplus rifles either. Some of them are excellent deer hunters. I like the old single shots and lever actions too and some of the oddball calibers that fed them. I think its best to match your cartridge, action and sighting system to how your hunting and what method your using.
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Post by white316 on Jul 31, 2010 6:09:42 GMT -5
I have a 3006 a 308 and a 270,,the 270 is my favorite.
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Post by Cam on Jul 31, 2010 6:44:00 GMT -5
I like the 308
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Post by mohawk on Jul 31, 2010 12:00:18 GMT -5
;D You have opened a can of worms here, all over the whitetails range if you ask this question you will get answers endorsing everything from the 17 rem fireball to a 45-70. My personal favorite IS the 243, then the 2506, 308, 270, 3006. I have shot deer with all of them, and that is the order I rank them in. If headed anywhere in the whitetails range, I would take the first 3 rifles over the last 2 though.
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Post by fuzz269 on Jul 31, 2010 13:59:15 GMT -5
I too was thinkin this would turn into a dodge-chevy-ford debate lol. Thankfully it is still civel,,,,,,,,,,,,,and every one knows dodge rule lol
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Post by white316 on Jul 31, 2010 16:55:13 GMT -5
no no fuzz its ford.
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Post by sneakysnake on Jul 31, 2010 17:06:21 GMT -5
I have every caliber mentioned except the 45/70. The first gun I always grab when hunting either whitetail or mule deer is the 270. It has good all around reach and good knock down power. I use only remington core lok 130 grain ammo. I hate having to track deer after they been shot. With my 270., They drop right where they were standing. I have made shots with the 270 from 26 feet to 502 yards. This is the best gun for me.
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Post by white316 on Jul 31, 2010 21:08:00 GMT -5
I have to agree with RR with the 270.
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Post by utahtrapper on Aug 15, 2010 4:40:18 GMT -5
i have three ruger #1's ,7mm mauser, 30 06 ackley improved, and my personal favorite,308 ackley improved,,i am on the hunt for a 45/70,trying to find it in a half magazine marlin, would dearly love to find an over/under savage 24v in 30 wcf over 20 ga
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Post by fuzz269 on Aug 15, 2010 10:53:18 GMT -5
The 7mm mauser is a sweathart cartridge, growin up a friend of mine's family had one, it was an old sweadish mauser and shot like a dreem, we used it on every thing.
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Post by backwoodsman on Aug 16, 2010 1:02:46 GMT -5
We had a 7x57 Mauser that was hard on deer, yotes and fox. Utah those half magazine .45/70's are out there but they aint cheap.
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