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Best deer caliber
« on: December 11, 2012, 01:56:15 PM »
So as my children grow up they are taking their guns with them and I am left with only a 338 I use for Elk and a muzzle loader.  My wife has said it would be alright to get a deer rifle.  For the past decade I have shot my deer with a muzzle loader and like it but I have been doing a lot of hunting in Wyoming the past 4 years and most of the shots I am presented with are well over my comfortable distance for a muzzle loader.  Any suggestions on a great caliber that can take white tails as well as Mule deer?
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Re: Best deer caliber
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2012, 02:00:22 PM »
270/30-06 Winchester if you don't reload.  Anything else if you do.


Modify:  to clarify if you reload, look into 260, 7-08, .280, .257R and so on.  All good choices.
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Re: Best deer caliber
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2012, 02:01:19 PM »
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270 Winchester if you don't reload.  Anything else if you do.

 :yeah:

GREAT choice!
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Re: Best deer caliber
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2012, 02:02:11 PM »
This ought to get interesting...and I don't want to hear anything about the .257 Roberts only being suitable for rabbits and squirrels!
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Re: Best deer caliber
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2012, 02:03:20 PM »
.22 LR if you're hunting in the dark, otherwise .30-06. :yike: :yike: JK
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Re: Best deer caliber
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2012, 02:03:52 PM »
I am a novice reloader as well!
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Re: Best deer caliber
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2012, 02:04:25 PM »
You will not get a consensus on this question. Your 338 would work if you wanted to use that. Or any of the popular calipers. 06, 270, 300 win mag. I personally use an 06 and have shot both whitetail and mule deer with it out to at least 300 yards.  :twocents:
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Re: Best deer caliber
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2012, 02:06:04 PM »
30-06 great all around gun, or 300 wsm and just use lighter bullets for deer, and heavier ones for elk and bear  :twocents: or go with the 270 it is also a good flat shootn deer rifle
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Re: Best deer caliber
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2012, 02:06:47 PM »
Get a hold of some reloading books and compare the 270 and the 30-06 you'll find they are very very similar in fact use the same brass just resized neck.... Myself I'd go with the 30-06 because you can get heavier bullets for it if you decide to reload and go after something larger. 06 reload everything from 110 grain to 220 grain
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Re: Best deer caliber
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2012, 02:12:14 PM »
7mm Rem Mag, or .300 win mag.
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Re: Best deer caliber
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2012, 02:13:47 PM »
25-06 or 280
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Re: Best deer caliber
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2012, 02:18:24 PM »
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Re: Best deer caliber
« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2012, 02:19:29 PM »
270, 30/06, or 308.

Can't go wrong with any of those three.
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Re: Best deer caliber
« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2012, 02:29:35 PM »
Any legal caliber that you can hit the kill zone with comfortably, every time, will work. I prefer the 7mm. :twocents:
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Re: Best deer caliber
« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2012, 02:44:37 PM »
.50 BMG..... 8) jk. .270 all the way for me!
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