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What's your pick?
All around rifle/cartridge nominations.
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Either my Remington 700 Classic .280 or my 700 Classic .250 Sav.
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Savage 110 in 7mm Mauser.
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22-250, 22 creed, 243, 6mm, anything light.they're small light boned critters.
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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270 130grain bullets or 6.5 creed with 139s....
Although a fast .22 would wreck their day - they are not tough to kill....
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Awesome pics with some great old rifles!
Let's Go Brandon! FJB
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I've only killed one, so I dont have much experience. All I can say is dont hit them high with a light, fast bullet... like a 100 TTSX from a 257 wby. Although the video is pretty impressive.
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I have killed antelope with .270 Winchester, 6.5x55, .243 Win and a .257 DGR wildcat. For the next one it will be a .250 AI.
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After 8-10 antelope killed with it, I have zero reason to not endorse a .223 Rem in a Kimber 84M.
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I've only used Speer 120s in a Ruger 25-06. I've shot about 16.
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T: What bullet do.you use? Thanks
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Any relatively flat shooting cartridge used for deer hunting or larger game.....will work nicely! No reason to overthink it! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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I've got an antelope hunt planned for October in Unit 3----up by Craig, Colorado. I'll be using my 30/06 again just like the in past 6 or 7 hunts. The 30/06 is never a bad choice.
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.264 Win Mag with 125 gr Nosler Partitions has worked on a bunch of them for me.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
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T: What bullet do.you use? Thanks Lately the 62 TSX but I have used the 69 Sierra Matchking (not recommended) and the 63 SMP (highly recommend). The 62 TSX has worked fine thus far on both deer and antelope, though I did have a few bad experiences with it at first. I've killed plenty in Montana with a .22-250 and with cheap Wally World special 55 grain soft point factory ammo. I saw no issues there so I couldn't imagine those wouldn't work just as well out of a .223. I've only shot antelope with a .223 in Wyoming, which requires at least a 60 grain bullet so I have not had a chance to try the 55 grainers out and haven't had an antelope tag in any other state since getting into the .223 game.
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Anything will work, but in my mind, the .257 Wby is the quintessential antelope round. I'm a fan of the 80 grain TTSX pushing the 4k mark. Seems to be pretty perfect antelope medicine.
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I have not had many rifle antelope permits, but for the last 2 hunts in WY and AZ, I have used a Winchester 70 Super Grade rebarreled to a 6.5 WSM. (note: blaze was changed out for photos.)
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Like T Inman, I have seen several killed with 223s (deer too) With 60 grain Hornadys and 65 grain Sierras the results were mixed. Mostly good, but both bullets break up and sometimes don'rt penetrate well. However with 60 grain Nosler Partitions and 62 grain Barnes the results were excellent in every case. I have about 40 rounds loaded with 60 grain partitions myself, but as of now I personally have not killed any deer of antelope with my 223s. Not that I wouldn't. I expect I will sometime in the not-too-distant future. But I seldom leave Wyoming anymore for hunting, so I only kill 6-8 deer or antelope a year now, and for the guns I want to use, and the bullets I want to try I have set my 223s in that list, but I probably won't get to them for 2-3 more years.
I have witnessed about 10 kills with this bullet however, so I am 100% confident in it's abilities for deer and antelope hunting and any shots out to about 350 yards.
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