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Nope. I like 308 Winchester........... for big game, not squirrel. I have hunted squirrels with a .308 Win.! Cast bullets, light loads.....head shoot them. Even “barked” a few, just to see if it would actually work....it does! 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
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Have shot a pile of prairie dogs with the .375 H&H....
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After changing my ways and seeing how well 223 kills with good bullets I probably ain’t going back to the boomers.
Forgot to mention shot placement in my previous reply. 222 Remington and 50 gr. Nosler Ballistic tips will do just fine if one is able to do a CNS and the critter is DRT. However, the nature of the terrain also plays a big part in my go to choices of 6.5 mm and up for the majority of my meat making. The locations I hunt, typically if the animal is not DRT and one cannot find a blood trail within 10' of the point of impact, the animal is lost. That is why I like two big leaky holes..... That if I have to track, I want a blood trail a blind man can wade in! Here tracking at night in the cedar scrum is a no-go and coming back in the morning is a waste of time as the meat will be green from the temps or despoiled by hogs and other vermin. Aoudad taken with a 9.3 x 62 and 250 gr. Accubond. He was DRT, no tracking! ya! GWB
A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.
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I've used my 9.3x74's with 286 grain oryx's effectively for whitetails. I did find my 416 Taylor gave full pass thru with 400 Hornaday softs, adequare, but not overgunned. That helped me decide I did not need solids for pasture grizzlies. The solids would have been overgunned. And there are all the squirrels I took with my .54 flintlock. Nope never overgunned, it's all about proper bullet placement. Bfly
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With modern controlled expansion bullets, the only real down sides of Big Boomers is Recoil and Costs
I like the idea of one rifle nowadays that does it all for me here in North ID
I chose the .338 wm and 210gr Barnes TTSX as a hunting rifle that goes on every hunt from now on, we shall see how that works for me hehehehe Maybe I won't get the "itch" to grab a different rifle out of the safe each time
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I think the 30-06 is perfect varmints.The 165gr Ballistic Tip worked great.If you look close at the top of the hole,you can see the little green tip.
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~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~ As Bob Hagel would say"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."Good words of wisdom...............
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I sure do see a lot of used 7MM REM MAG for sale lately, several years back it seemed like everyone had to have one.
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I shot a skunk with a .350 Rem Mag and made the mistake of walking through the vapor of the vaporized skunk. When I got back to the cabin everyone knew a skunk was involved.
Faith and love of others knows no mileage nor bounds. That's simply the way it is. dogzapper
After the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box. Italian Proverb
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I dunno...I've shot jackals and baboons with a .375....
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Many decades in the past when money was tighter my "one gun" go to rifle was a pre-64 Featherweigh Win 70 308, using Nosler Partition 165's. That was when coyote hides were worth $75 - $100 and the 165 worked great - a bullet diameter hole in a bullet diameter bullet hole going out and the coyotes dropped right where they stood. One of those rifles I kick myself for letting go while in lust for something different.
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223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.
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Used a .376 Steyr solely for Whitetails for about 10 years or more. Switched to a .35whelen AI last couple years. 225gr in both.
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I think the 30-06 is perfect varmints.The 165gr Ballistic Tip worked great.If you look close at the top of the hole,you can see the little green tip. I had an antelope look like that after shooting him with an early Ballistic Tip..........good grief it was ugly.
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Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively... Having said that, MAGA.
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I had an antelope look like that after shooting him with an early Ballistic Tip..........good grief it was ugly.
yup Decent sized hoglet taken at +/- 120 yds. 6.5 Leopard (6.5-300 WSM), 140 gr. Sierra Spitzers @ +/-3,200 fps, MV (IIRC). Made a pretty good hole! ya! GWB
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If Goldilocks had a rifle, it would be a 30-06. Its just right.
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The last buffalo I shot was a 4.5 year old cow. She was standing at a slight angle to the left there were not any in front of her. Lasered at 99yds I hit her 3" behind the left rear rib, the bullet exited 4 ribs back from the brisket on the right side penetrating the muscle on the right front leg under the hide , it was recovered. 500 grs 1 in 30 alloy fn paper patch bullet driven by 140 grs Fg Goex Express from my 50-140 Shiloh Longe Range Express. That day I was a " member of the brought enough gun club". Big bp driven bullets don't blow the hell out of your eating, they just break bones and ruin vital organs as they make a full caliber hole thru the animal. Only worry about the cartridge you use when it isn't enough. Magnum Bob
" Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "
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Conduct is the best proof of character.
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A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.
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Ding ! Ding ! Ding !
I never choose "just enuff".
My sig line used to say -
"I choose to be overgunned."
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I hunt in Michigan where my shots are usually 150 yds and closer. Have killed a bunch of deer with .375hh just because I like to use all my guns. 7wsm, and 338 win mag as well.
DON’T BE TOO PROUD OF THIS TECHNOLOGICAL TERROR YOU’VE CONSTRUCTED. THE ABILITY TO DESTROY A PLANET IS INSIGNIFICANT NEXT TO THE POWER OF THE FORCE.
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I've killed 2 deer with a .338 RUM and 3 with an 8 mm Rem mag. I deer hunted a couple if times with a .416 Rem mag but never had a shot opportunity. So yeah, I've done it. YEP. I’ve killed deer with my 8mm Rem Mag. 200 gr Speer (designed for elk) 80 grs IMR 4831 3100 FPS. It works. Jerry
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