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The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Most used would prolly be the good old 30-30, and, on ocassion I still hunt with a cupple of pre-64's. Actually, I just got a 1942 mfg. model 64, 30-30 and plan on hunting some with it!
But when it's raining the LSS Ruger Compact in 7-08 gets to go.
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I shot my first deer with a 6.5X55, and I have figured the 6.5 makes a great deer cartridge since then. I have since shot them with 6 mm on the smaller end and .375 on the large, but probably .308 Win for the majority. To pick one cartridge for all deer I would go for the .260 Rem (or you can call it the 6.5-08 or .263 Express if you want). It has enough of all the factors, and they are all in balance. It also works for all shooters.  jim
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.17-50 BMG using 150 TSX's!
Welcome back Woofer!
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Savage Model 20 in .250-3000 and Savage Model 40 in 30-06
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I figure that a 150 grain, .17 caliber copper bullet would be about 3" long, and need about 3,500,000 rpm to stabilize. If you could hit 4750fps then a 1:1 twist would do it.
You'd best move up to the 165 grain for elk though.
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What ever cartridge I am hunting with that particular day.
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Actually, I think a few just jump and out almost shout deer hunting.
300 Savage
30-30
35 Remington
243 Win (yes I said it)
257 Roberts
6.5X55 Swede
Yes I know they can be used for other stuff as well. Notice the trend towards mild mannered recoil....hmmmm.
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Best deer cartridge ever... 30/06 in a Model 70 with a 3 x 9 Leupold on top...
One I like to carry the most...260 Rem
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308.
no further discussion needed.
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That's easy - 7mm08 - you hear talk about the 308 Improved - well this is it. Long range, short range, doesn't matter. Light weight, easy handling, minimal recoil, easy to reload and get just about anything to shoot through it with good accuracy. Boring for some, perhaps, but for deer, this gun is all you need. In fact it's probably overkill.
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I figure that a 150 grain, .17 caliber copper bullet would be about 3" long, and need about 3,500,000 rpm to stabilize. If you could hit 4750fps then a 1:1 twist would do it.
You'd best move up to the 165 grain for elk though.
Yeah, that's about what I was guessing. 
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6.5X54 /ms or 6.5 swede depending on the day. Either one seems to drop deer close to where they were.
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