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After 7 pages nothing new from me. A flat shooting 257-308 caliber rifle of your choice will get the job done. Buy a decent scope at least 9 at the top - my favorite is the 3-15 neighborhood from Zeiss but there are plenty of great reliable scopes with nice glass.
My trusty longer range deer killing rifle I bought new in 7mm RM in 1977. It’s on its 6th scope a 4-16 x50 Zeiss V4 with a lighted hash mark reticle I’m still learning. Holding over I’ve killed pigs over 500 but few deer over 300 even though I’ve hunted open mountains all my life. I sight in all hunting rifles at my range at 225 yards. Takes the thinking out inside 300. I prefer having a ranged reticle available hunting because it is so much faster. We practice out to 800 yards a couple of times per year from field rest positions so inside 400 seems fairly routine. If you know what your rifle does like you know the road home shooting gets easier. Practice past 400 & gain confidence - then work on your sausage recipes.
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I'm considering a new gun for the upcoming season due to the new lease I was lucky enough to stumble on. It has some nice flat, open fields and I'm looking at some 200+ yard shots. What is your favorite caliber for deer for those 200+ yard shots? .338 Lapua, go big or go home.
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One could never go wrong with a 270…..a pure hunting round designed by Winchester to kill big game animals at long ranges. I've never shot a deer at over 100 yards. But I use a 30-06 for most of my hunting. It is said that an '06 is never a wrong choice. What more can be said. I was slow to get a 270, but found out what I had been missing all those years without one... ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/8CWr4ZT.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/dewRrGz.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/U9vwiyY.jpg)
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I'm considering a new gun for the upcoming season due to the new lease I was lucky enough to stumble on. It has some nice flat, open fields and I'm looking at some 200+ yard shots. What is your favorite caliber for deer for those 200+ yard shots? .338 Lapua, go big or go home. 50 BMG it is then
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Too many choices out there.
Out my safe it would be these, In that order
270 win with 140s TGK
6.5 CM with 130 TKG
308 once I find a load for it.
And There is always the handy and trusted 06
All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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