What cailber for deer?
10-13-2007, 03:51 PM
#27
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Posts: 6,921
RE: What cailber for deer?
I like the .284 b/c I hunt moose and elk as well, while I have many CF rifles Ijust love my 7mm rem mag and use itfor everything.If howeverI were needed one forstrictly upto deer sized game the.257 would get my vote, chambered in a 25-06 rem.
10-17-2007, 10:25 AM
#28
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: WESTERN NY / NORTHERN PA
Posts: 190
RE: What cailber for deer?
I will be hunting whitetails, coyotes, fox and woodchucks in SW New York and Northern PA. Maybe the .270 is a bit too much for the 'chucks!
ORIGINAL: Acetyl
.270 is perfect (that is what I shoot inAL, GA and SC). As well, a .243 is a nice rifle (less kick) which I have used on many occassions. To get better and more specfic suggestions post what and where you will mostly be shootingfor example, Wyoming and Elk. The suggestions will bedifferent than if you said Georgia and Whitetail.
Acetyl
.270 is perfect (that is what I shoot inAL, GA and SC). As well, a .243 is a nice rifle (less kick) which I have used on many occassions. To get better and more specfic suggestions post what and where you will mostly be shootingfor example, Wyoming and Elk. The suggestions will bedifferent than if you said Georgia and Whitetail.
Acetyl
10-17-2007, 08:23 PM
#30
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: North West Arkansas
Posts: 422
RE: What cailber for deer?
You sure got the rifle right...love the Rem 7600!Mine isin7mm-08 though. Here's a pic of mine. Got it from Grices.
If you do get the 7600 though, find a gunsmith that has a reputation for good trigger work and have him lighten up and smoothe out the trigger as much as possible. Mine came with a 7 1/4 lb trigger pull weight and was a bit creepy. Now it's smoothe as silk and breaks at 3 1/4 Lbs. Some folks will tell you that not much can be done for a 7600 trigger. It's true that it will never be as light and smoothe as a bolt action trigger can be made, but the right smith can greatly improve on what comes from the factory.
Good luck with your 7600
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If you do get the 7600 though, find a gunsmith that has a reputation for good trigger work and have him lighten up and smoothe out the trigger as much as possible. Mine came with a 7 1/4 lb trigger pull weight and was a bit creepy. Now it's smoothe as silk and breaks at 3 1/4 Lbs. Some folks will tell you that not much can be done for a 7600 trigger. It's true that it will never be as light and smoothe as a bolt action trigger can be made, but the right smith can greatly improve on what comes from the factory.
Good luck with your 7600
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