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11-24-2009 | 10:55 AM

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skeeter 7MM

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From: Saskatchewan Canada

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Originally Posted by iSnipe

For an Alabama deer?!! Adult 2 1/2yr. buck is about 145lbs and your 3 1/2+ yr. olds are 165lb.-175lb. live weight.

Good luck with that. LOL!

Kidding aside, I think you're making a mistake. I urge you to ask around IN YOUR AREA and see what others are using. If I were there, I fill the pickup over and over with calibers like a .243, 6mm, .257Roberts, .260 & .270. I see no need to use calibers any larger.

Oh, and every deer within 250 yards would be history if you gave me my Marlin 336 30-30 with Hornady LeveRevolution shells!

7mm mag, uh? LOL! Sorry to interject such a lack of enthusiasm for that caliber, but if you shot as many deer as I have in the last 30+ years, you'd realize other calibers will work just fine. Matter of fact, I'm not a fan of the 30-06, but give me bullets of 125gr and I'd be a deer killin' machine without the black and blue marks on my shoulder. LOL! Remember, the larger the weight of the bullet, the more felt recoil on your shoulder.

The ultimate deer caliber? Why it's the .260!

Oh, one last thing... when you get your 7mm Rem Mag, be sure to get this as a necessary accessory:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...d_i=B0019D4BLG

Take care,

iSnipe

All entitled to opinions. I agree the whitetail cartridge list is pretty long and certainly plenty of good ones that are under the 06' or rem mag that will work as well. Your experience is what guides you and I respect that. However I have to wonder with comments like canon, black n blue and shoulder icer's how much hands on experience you have with a round such as a 7mm rem mag? Its recoil isn't really that bad, more then a 270win but not crazy - equal to an 06'. Also my experience has been it is no more damaging then a 270win interms of wound channels, comparing apples to apples on hit sight & similar bullet construction. Because it says magnum some jump to the conclusion its a canon, heavy recoiling and way to much gun for the shooter or the game. Choices but if came between the beloved 270 and 7mm rem mag for shooting deer only, without a doubt I'd take the rem mag. Owned a 270 for 30 years BTW. I base my opinions on experience I've used a .24 cal through 50 cal to harvest deer.

Cheers

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