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What is your favorite weight and bullet to use deer hunting? capt david
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140gr NP is my favorite in my M70 7x57 but it doesn't shoot MOA. 139 Hornady IL does though.
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My FN 1898 commercial 7x57 shoots 150PTs @ 2700fps 1.25" @ 100yds I thinks that's good for any deer at any range one should be shooting.My self imposed max range used to be 300yds, but is shrinking to no more than 200yds or so. I'm 70 and age and the fact that I mainly shoot exotic does that are relatively abundant. capt david
"It's not how hard you hit 'em, it's where you hit 'em." The 30-06 will, with the right bullet, successfully take any game animal in North America up to 300yds.
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139 gr. Hornady IL either flat base or boattail. Very easy answer for me. Great bullet started at 2850fps or so.
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140 grain Nosler ballistic tip or the 140 grain Barnes TTSX in my 7-08.
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I used a 160 grain Sierra Game King.
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I load 120gr Nosler BTs for my 7mm-08. I just started loading for my 7x57 and I loaded some 139gr Hornady flat base and 140gr Rem Corelokts to try out. Before using the 120gr bullsts I used 140gr Corelokts and 139 gr Hornady. They gave me great results on deer. I've only shot one deer with the 120gr and it did great too.
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139 hornady for the 08, and 154 grain Hornady for the 57.
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Ive had super luck with the 150 NBT...
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Haven't used the 7x57 for hunting, but have successfully used the 120 gr. BT, 140 gr. BT, and 140 gr. Accubond in the 7mm-08. I'm sure the 140 gr. Partition would be very effective, too.
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Only have experience with the 7MM-08, and have pretty much settled on the 120 grain BT's or maybe the 120 grain TTSX for all things I hunt anyway.
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7x57 and the Hornady 154 grain Interlock. I was not paying attention once and ran short and had a difficult time restocking the Interlock and used the Nosler 150 grain BT. Back to the Interlock again.
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Only these please.
What is your favorite weight and bullet to use deer hunting? capt david 140 gr txs. 7-08. Kills wonderfully.
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I used the 120gr bt on 1/2 a dozen deer, then switched to the 120 gr ttsx at 3175fps. Kills very well and shoots about .75 moa. The 120 gr bt did well, just got a little messy over 3100fps.
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For Texas deer out of those mild rounds, I'd pick the 120 NBT.
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in my 7mm-08 140 gr. Nosler Partition
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120 gr. NBT or 140 gr. NBT
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I bought my self a little knife for Christmas. I wanted something with a gut hook and a bone saw on it, and found one by Elk Rige. Not an expensive knife-think I paid $12.00 for it on walmart.com. Seems to be very well made, and very sharp. About half the weight of my Buck Folding Hunter. Hopefully I get a chance to use it next fall.
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I bought my self a little knife for Christmas. I wanted something with a gut hook and a bone saw on it, and found one by Elk Rige. Not an expensive knife-think I paid $12.00 for it on walmart.com. Seems to be very well made, and very sharp. About half the weight of my Buck Folding Hunter. Hopefully I get a chance to use it next fall. I could never get those to chamber in my 7-08.
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My 7x57 shoots nice groups with the 120gr BT as well. 3/4" according to what I have written down. I don't know how I forgot about that.
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