.30 carbine
 

Has anyone ever used this gun for deer hunting? If so what grain cartridge did you use?

Any help is greatly apprecitated

RE: .30 carbine
 

GoodWhabit gun!

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my dad has taken his hunting but it was for the dog sized florida that are around here. ;). i have one but haven't used it for deer or anything living for that matter. i would assume that the only option would be the 110 unless you handloaded. i have seen some 110 soft points that should do the job if you were very close.

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that's all my dad ever used to hunt with. He swears by it, but I feel it's a little underpowered.

I do know that he won't use it if he doesn't have lead tipped bullets. He says the full metal jackets won't expand enough, and he doesn't trust them for hunting.

I've got several, but I haven't seen any for sell recently. Everything I see for sell is FMJ.

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winchester, remington, and federal make some 110gr. softpoints now. i bought some not to long ago but haven't shot any yet.

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those are good wrabbit guns?

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cool...I'll have to look into that...I haven't bought any in 3 years or so ....got about 4000 rounds FMJ I still haven't shot up yet :D

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okay, thanks for the info. guys but i think these are the questions i should've asked:

Can a .30 carbine EFFECTIVLY kill a deer to 100 yards?
Would it be ethical?
Would it be fair to the animal?

thanks again guys

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Like I said, that's all my dad ever used, and he never had any problems.

Even though personally I do not use it, you still got to think: it was designed to kill men. If it can killl a 200lb man, it should be able to kill a deer also.

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Go to any VFW post and askany vetthat fought in Korea, about the M1 Carbine!
Biggest piece of crap ever made for battle.