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OP didn't specify "small". I've been asked this question a bunch, pick one caliber, bigger than 22 but no magnums, no thrills chills, cooked up loads, little recoil and very accurate and could a deer at 200 yards??? Out of the box, no custom jobs here, just plain jane, what would be you choice and why??? As much as I like some of the mentioned cartridges in this thread (270Win, 257Rob, 7x57. I own them), I think the 308 with a strong lightweight bullet would be a good choice as well. .
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A swede or 260 is just about perfection for this IMO. I`d let the rifle decide which chambering.
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The title of the thread is " Best Small Caliber Deer Rifle at 200 yards"
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The 6.8mm SPC is a great idea, but... I'd vote Ruger Ultralight .270, with a 6X Leupold, loaded with Remington Managed Recoil. Pop-Nudge-Flop. But if a deer shows up at like 205 yards: you could perform a Select Load Drill, slip a full-power 130 in and be confident you could make the shot!
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'Nother vote for the .257 Roberts, in a Ruger Ultra light or Kimber Montana.
My present scoped 200/300 yard deer rifle is a Ruger Compact in 7mm-08.
Seems like most of the time anymore, I hunt short range deer with an old (1936) Winchester 94 in 30-30.
Always figured the 270 and 25-06 were more for open range deer hunting, like Eastern Oregon.
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The title of the thread is " Best Small Caliber Deer Rifle at 200 yards" So it does. I stand corrected. .
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For 200 yard Deer shots, my best choices would be, a 300 Savage, a 7x57 and a 7-08. Bullet choice is more important than caliber. I'd go with Nosler Partitions for all of the above rifles. YMMV however.
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6.5X55mm.....Why?..... the "numbers" say that sighted in at 2.5" high at 100 yards is dead on at 200 yards at around 2100fps and 1500ft lbs. using a 140 grain factory load.
My only experience with this caliber is under 100 yards, and have had excellent results.
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243 win, 6mm rem, 250 savage, 7mm-08. 257 roberts and 6.5 swede should work too I would think.
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6.5X55mm.....Why?..... the "numbers" say that sighted in at 2.5" high at 100 yards is dead on at 200 yards at around 2100fps and 1500ft lbs. using a 140 grain factory load.
My only experience with this caliber is under 100 yards, and have had excellent results. It's a humdinger at 200 with at 140 gr. Hornady or Sierra.
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Of the factory rounds 260/6.5 Swede is an easy choice. But they're good for quite a bit further than 200 yards. For rounds closer to a 200 yard max, since I like specialty pistols I would go with an XP-100 in 6.5mmBR or a 14" Contender in 7x30 Waters.
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So, where does small caliber end and medium caliber begin?
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Ditto.....no explanation required.....just 80+ years of empirical data.
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7x57mm w/a 175 gn speer gs and 49 gns of imr-4350 gets it done in spades for me. Damn that old 09 argentine is sweet. Gunner
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My son and I typically hunt mule deer with his 6mm Rem and my .25-06 Rem. They're both easy-shooting, accurate and deadly. No muss, no fuss, just fill the tags.
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So, where does small caliber end and medium caliber begin? I tend to think the split is somewhere between 6.5mm and 7/mm. 6.5mm and below being "small" and 7mm and above being "medium."
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