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say you are more a 200yd +/- max. kinda guy rather than 400yd +/- AND given a 140 grain [premium] of your choice.....260 rem?...7mm/08?.. or dare I say, 6.5 crudmoor?... 
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How about a 300 Savage using a 130 gr TSX or a 150 gr Partition? Been working for near a century, mostly without premium bullets.
Then there is the trusty old 30-30.
Both seriously underestimated by most of today's shooters.
Imagine your grave on a windy winter night. You've been dead for 70 years.
It's been 50 since a visitor last paused at your tombstone.....
Now explain why you're in a pissy mood today.
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Well yeah in all honesty , the cartridges I listed may even be over-kill ..!!
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No contest. 6.5 Creedmoor.
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l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
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Or load your 270 with a 130 and 42 grains of h4895 for 2750 fps. Voila...long action creedmoor and way less recoil than the 270 usually has.
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Or load your 270 with a 130 and 42 grains of h4895 for 2750 fps. Voila...long action creedmoor and way less recoil than the 270 usually has. read my mind, just use less powder
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243, 257 Roberts, 25-06, 6.5X55, 260 or 6.5 CM.
If you think about it, a 223 with a 1-8 or 1-7 twist is also very good for accuracy and very inexpensive to fire. Shoots 55-80 grain bullets very well.
At 200 and under, the 223 works fine on deer with correct bullets and doesn't kick. Loaded with nosler Partitions, Bonded bullets of 60-70 grains or expanding solids like the GMX or the Barnes it is a very good deer killer.
I have seen it done a lot more then I have done it myself, but I can say what I have seen has impressed me for more then I thought it would when the 223 was made legal for deer and antelope here in Wyoming.
So far it's been 100%
But....you didn't tell us what the rifle would be used for, so I and everyone else are really just making guesses.
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But....you didn't tell us what the rifle would be used for, so I and everyone else are really just making guesses.
For whatever falls into the category of 'BG'. ..[as mentioned in the title.]
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You could use lighter bullets like the 110 gr Sierra’s or AB. I shoot 6.8 SPC and 270 win, the 6.8 is my go to hunting rifle.
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You could go lighter than what you mentioned. I'm running two 6's from now on: a .243 and a Creed, in lightweight rifles. Not selling my bigger ones just yet, but they're on the shelf.
I also might try a .223, on does anyway, but mine's a pound or so heavier than my 6mms, so it would mainly be for "scientific" purposes.
What fresh Hell is this?
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6.5 Grendel, 123grain SST
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Plenty of winners in that range. I'd go 308 because you can buy it everywhere. Maybe even 30-30 (for the same reason) depending on conditions.
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If Montana had a standing army, a 270 Win with Federal Blue Box 130's would be the standard issue.
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I find it odd that anyone would find the alternative calibers listed in the original posting, to be a bit less capable that a 270, at 400+ yards.
I will add that I'm a dedicated 270 guy.
Take a look at what the lads did in the old Schutzenfest days. It's the skill of the man, not the rifle, as you range out. And those old guys were shooting offhand. With blackpowder. Without scopes.
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