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Offline Eric M

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The best antelope caliber is....
« on: January 25, 2018, 08:34:10 PM »
Thoughts?
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Re: The best antelope caliber is....
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2018, 08:39:21 PM »
I've heard the 6.5 Creedmoor is very popular  :chuckle:
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Re: The best antelope caliber is....
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2018, 08:41:30 PM »
I'm partial to the old 264 Win Mag for speedgoats. The 25-06 doesn't suck either.
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Re: The best antelope caliber is....
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2018, 08:41:58 PM »
Quote from: magnanimous_j on January 25, 2018, 08:39:21 PM
I've heard the 6.5 Creedmoor is very popular  :chuckle:
Haha That thread made me think of it. I was thinking .270 but was wondering if maybe I should get a .25-06.
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Re: The best antelope caliber is....
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2018, 08:42:20 PM »
Old men with man buns is what i hear.

My go to antelope gun/caliber would be a gun that i can shot well at a min of 2 or 3 hundred yards. Flat shooting and good downrange ballistics.
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Re: The best antelope caliber is....
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2018, 08:45:29 PM »
Quote from: h20hunter on January 25, 2018, 08:42:20 PM
Old men with man buns is what i hear.

My go to antelope gun/caliber would be a gun that i can shot well at a min of 2 or 3 hundred yards. Flat shooting and good downrange ballistics.
That's why I was thinking .270, for me out to maybe 350 yards with it. I was wondering about meat damage with an animal that size though.
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Re: The best antelope caliber is....
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2018, 08:46:35 PM »
Quote from: CaNINE on January 25, 2018, 08:41:30 PM
I'm partial to the old 264 Win Mag for speedgoats. The 25-06 doesn't suck either.
Thanks I'll check out the ballistics for the 264. I don't know much about that caliber.
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Re: The best antelope caliber is....
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2018, 08:48:33 PM »
I went to Montana for my first antelope hunt last year. Bought a .243 for the hunt. Using 80 grain bullet at 278 yards lights out. Dropped him in his tracks. Love that gun
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Re: The best antelope caliber is....
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2018, 08:54:37 PM »
factory 264 win mag or 270wsm.

wildcat my 6.5 stw is a antelope slayer.
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Re: The best antelope caliber is....
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2018, 08:58:47 PM »
I've killed them with the 270 Win, 30/06, and 223 WSSM. They all worked just fine. The headstamp on your cartridge isn't really that important but for the "best" I would have to say the 243 Winchester. Low recoil and flat shooting, and not "overkill." Having said that, I'm planning to use my 338 Win. Mag. this year.
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Re: The best antelope caliber is....
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2018, 09:04:04 PM »
One of our hunters used a 338 Lapua. Pritty  much had its guts coming out the opposite side and I‎t also left it’s feet for a second
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Re: The best antelope caliber is....
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2018, 09:09:59 PM »
They are NOT tough animals to kill relative to deer (I am sure someone will have a story about the goat that wouldn't die after taking 7 slugs from a 30 caliber).

The .243 is a great caliber for antelope.  If you do a lot of fist pumping and yelling "YEAH, I SMOKED HIM!" then I understand the 6.5 Creedmore is your gun. 
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Re: The best antelope caliber is....
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2018, 09:12:38 PM »
I’ve heard a .22-250 works awesome on them.
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Re: The best antelope caliber is....
« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2018, 09:17:01 PM »
Whatever you're packing around when you find one
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Re: The best antelope caliber is....
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2018, 09:18:36 PM »
6mm Creedmoor  would be worth a look.

Hard to beat a 270 win though.
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