Best Caliber
02-01-2006, 10:01 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Western PA
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RE: Best Caliber
i think the best deer caliber is whatever u can shoot accurately enough and put it where it counts Be it a 223 or a 338 if you're accurate with it and feel comfortable with it and its adequatethan thats the best deer caliber for you. Everyone is different and everyone has different needs and desires so there is no best caliber for everyone. My personal preference for deer is a 6mm remington. My 223 has accounted for alot of deer though also. It's all in what you're comfortable with within legal and ethical means.
02-01-2006, 10:34 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Baumholder, DEU/By Way of Arkansas
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RE: Best Caliber
30-06 is what I use. I like the "30" rounds. I like the 300 mag, and the 308 both. I don't own a 280 or a 270. But a friend has a custom 280, and it's a nice shootin load/gun.
02-03-2006, 05:46 PM
#15
Join Date: Jan 2006
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RE: Best Caliber
I dont think theres a "best" caliber for deer. But as close as a person can get would be a .270, 243 or a 7 mm rem. mag. but the only important part about hunting is the bullets placement and how effectivly it transfersits energy to the animal. as long as it develops about 700 ft.lb. and the bullet is placed right and does its job your deer wont ran very far, if at all.
02-10-2006, 08:07 AM
#19
Join Date: Feb 2006
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RE: Best Caliber
i agree with the 25-06 i just got a remington 700 sps and i love it. It is a nice flat shooting round with plenty enough knockdown power to kill deer. I have also shot pigs and coyotes with it.But i also agree with the.270 if you are going to hunt bigger game. then again i have heard of people successfully hunting elk with a .243 but i wouldnt.Just dont get that bazooka elephant gun .300 mag. that is way too big. good luck hunting next season with whatever you get. Send me an e-mail or pm and tell me what you decide on.
02-11-2006, 12:34 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Baumholder, DEU/By Way of Arkansas
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RE: Best Caliber
06 is the best all around caliber for any big game...IMO. I'd pick a 30 caliber round over another any day of the week. I'd shoot a 30-06, a 300, or a 308 any day, before I'd shoot a 25-06, a 270, or a 280.