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Offline Jimmy33

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Re: What’s your mule deer caliber
« Reply #120 on: November 29, 2024, 10:34:45 AM »
I’ve shot them with anything from a .223 to a 45-70 and everything in between. This year, I am using a 6 ARC.


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Re: What’s your mule deer caliber
« Reply #121 on: November 29, 2024, 10:43:03 AM »
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Re: What’s your mule deer caliber
« Reply #122 on: November 29, 2024, 02:03:31 PM »
My last muleys fell to 28 Nosler, .308win, 300wm, 25.06, and 257wby. I usually just grab the gun that I'm "feeling" that day. Next one will likely be 7PRC.

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Re: What’s your mule deer caliber
« Reply #123 on: November 29, 2024, 02:13:31 PM »
Some fun replies on here.
The last one was with a 6000lb projectile with a front hitch set up. No noticeable damage on said vehicle.
As far as firearms, 30-30, 25-06 which I still regret selling, 30-06, 7X57, 44 Mag and a custom 45/70 with 350gn SPRN.
One that I am tempted to use is my .256 Win Mag Contender.
It is interesting to me the number of the ‘newer’ calibers that are used here.
I have reloaded since the 70’s and have compared ballistics on nearly all cartridges at one point or another it seems.
I always get a kick out of the latest ‘magical’ cartridge shooting the same bullet at the same speed as an older one, but somehow the newest addition shoots flatter, further and harder even with the same speed and same bullet. Well, until reality and physics get in the way, that is.
Now the .17/25 ACP I made……..
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Re: What’s your mule deer caliber
« Reply #124 on: December 04, 2024, 08:56:00 AM »
.45 muzzleloader in AZ because the tags are easier to draw, 7mm-08 when I travel out of state

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Re: What’s your mule deer caliber
« Reply #125 on: December 04, 2024, 10:51:14 AM »
.223 8)
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Re: What’s your mule deer caliber
« Reply #126 on: December 04, 2024, 11:30:41 AM »
.223 8)

I shot my first buck with a Rem 700 .223!

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Re: What’s your mule deer caliber
« Reply #127 on: December 04, 2024, 12:08:53 PM »
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Re: What’s your mule deer caliber
« Reply #128 on: December 04, 2024, 12:12:32 PM »
I was a .270 guy from high school until I was in my late 30s. 
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Re: What’s your mule deer caliber
« Reply #129 on: December 04, 2024, 01:40:54 PM »
300 RUM loaded with 220 grain ELDX. Big holes and dead on impact every time.

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Re: What’s your mule deer caliber
« Reply #130 on: December 04, 2024, 02:59:21 PM »
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Re: What’s your mule deer caliber
« Reply #131 on: December 04, 2024, 04:05:10 PM »
I’ve got multiple, but sold on 6.5PRC for a bit now. Did the job on deer and elk this yr - all dropped straight down where they were standing 280 yrds - 320 yrds
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Re: What’s your mule deer caliber
« Reply #132 on: December 04, 2024, 06:55:27 PM »
Went through this quickly but don’t tell me I’m the only one that shoots a 7wsm???thanks to JJhunter, I’d like a 280 AI though!
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Re: What’s your mule deer caliber
« Reply #133 on: December 04, 2024, 08:08:16 PM »
Went through this quickly but don’t tell me I’m the only one that shoots a 7wsm???thanks to JJhunter, I’d like a 280 AI though!
168 Berger’s BTW
they are a rarity anymore.  Do you reload?  Factory is impossible and extremely expensive!  I’ve got a model 70 stainless with 9 boxes of factory that I’m actually thinking of offloading to find another project.  The ammo is almost worth the price of the gun!
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Re: What’s your mule deer caliber
« Reply #134 on: December 04, 2024, 08:18:27 PM »
270 Win Tikka T3 Hunter when it’s dry and 7mm-08 Tikka plastic when wet.  Knocks them right down.

Always wanted a 25-06.

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