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I'll be using my 300 WSM with Federal 180 grain Nosler Partitions
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Blackheart, you're very fortunate to live in an insane asylum that allows you to hunt I'm not the one using a fuggin moose rifle to shoot deer. WTF do you use for small game a .270 ?
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![[Linked Image]](http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx220/ClarkM/3x3%20mule%20buck%20300WinMag%20Mosin%20Nagant%20125%20gr%20NBT%20b10-29-2015.jpg) The first deer I ever got with a 300WinMag was a month ago with a Mosin Nagant I converted with a 22" Krieger barrel. 125 gr Nosler Ballistic tips 66 gr IMR-4166 3200 fps 47kpsi Why so wimpy? That is what it wanted to shoot.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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Blackheart, you're very fortunate to live in an insane asylum that allows you to hunt I'm not the one using a fuggin moose rifle to shoot deer. WTF do you use for small game a .270 ? Yup,along with a 7x57 or any big game cartridge I own. It makes excellent practice for hunting big game before the season starts.
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I use my deer rifles for woodchucks in the summer but stick with the .22LR for small game as I like to eat the cottontails and squirrels I shoot. Two of my main deer rifles are a .223 and a .243 so they do make good chuck rifles.
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I don't eat rabbits or squirrels,just use them for practice.  Paid off using the 7x57 on jackrabbits this year. Although the shot was only 110 yds,was very confident in the rifle. Used the same load (160 gr Sierra GK) on deer and rabbits. ![[Linked Image]](http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg546/elkhunterinnm/IMG_0771.jpg)
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell
Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Yep + I've used a 270 et.al. on crows, egrets, etc.
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12, The .300 is my favorite big game caliber. Have been shooting my old 700 since the 70's.. It is now on its 3rd barrel, and still shooting great.. I should count up the big game it has taken.. I am certain well over 100 head.. In the days before range finders and turrets it kept our house in meat for many winters.. Now I have a second one.. Use it for very open hunting.. Used in in Pa. to watch old strip mines..
The shots were long, and little time to shoot.. It is the best I have tried for this kind of shooting..
Like you I have shot deer with .338, 340, and 45-70.. None with my .375 but have used it on antelope.. Plus have shot deer with most of the common calibers from the Hornet right on up.. Shoot straight and hope you get a big one..
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I don't eat rabbits or squirrels,just use them for practice. Paid off using the 7x57 on jackrabbits this year. Although the shot was only 110 yds,was very confident in the rifle. Used the same load (160 gr Sierra GK) on deer and rabbits. Cool picture. Congrats. Jackrabbit hunting is the way to go. For those here that didn't grow up shooting jacks on the run, surely missed out. No better way to hone the skills IMHO...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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This posting reminds me of why I 'shun' some types!!
Even birds know not to land downwind!
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This posting reminds me of why I 'shun' some types!! You mean the types that hunt deer with guns?
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Blackheart, you're very fortunate to live in an insane asylum that allows you to hunt I'm not the one using a fuggin moose rifle to shoot deer. WTF do you use for small game a .270 ? A shotgun, duhh Oh and my moose rifle is a 375 H and H
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This posting reminds me of why I 'shun' some types!! Are you saying that you shun me for using a 300 mag for deer?
The government plans these shootings by targeting kids from kindergarten that the government thinks they can control with drugs until the appropriate time--DerbyDude
Whatever. Tell the oompa loompa's hey for me. [/quote]. LtPPowell
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All us "English" are shunning you,so I guess now you gotta go live among the Amish....Lol...By the way I mean no disrespect to any Amish folks that might see this thread..
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