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If not shootin handloads I shoot 165 or 180gr Fusion. In my TikkaT3sl. they are stupid accurate and stay together above their paygrade...Scotty.
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If not shootin handloads I shoot 165 or 180gr Fusion. In my TikkaT3sl. they are stupid accurate and stay together above their paygrade...Scotty.
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Federal Blue Box has shot under 1" in my .280 Rem and .243 Win and dropped many of deer.
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Rem CoreLokt green box have always been a favorite of my Rem 700 in 7RM for over 2 decades. It NEVER liked Winchester ammo.
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Having said that, any Walmart-grade 30-06 cup/core is going to be great on deer. This. "Walmart-grade" ammo is the result of millions of R&D dollars and decades of research getting it exactly right for killing deer under the exact conditions you describe. Getting a good zero is probably more important than the exact load you choose. Okie John
If Montana had a standing army, a 270 Win with Federal Blue Box 130's would be the standard issue.
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Rem CoreLokt green box have always been a favorite of my Rem 700 in 7RM for over 2 decades. It NEVER liked Winchester ammo. Back when I was one of you unwashed heathen I too enjoyed the green box. P
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The Hornady LVR 30-30 in my Marlin 336 is as accurate as my handloads....hard to beat.
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My heart's in the mountains, my heart is not here. My heart's in the mountains, chasing the deer.
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Ditto. When I was a kid (late 70s), my older sister decided she wanted to try hunting. Watched her shoot her first goose, and her first duck. After high school, she went out into the world to find her way. Around the late 90's, she and her husband moved back into the region and I asked her if she wanted to go hunting. Thus far, she hadn't yet gotten a deer, so I was hinting in that direction. She told me that she didn't have a gun to use and I said I had plenty. She wound up borrowing my Ruger 77 in 260 Remington to shoot her first deer. The next deer she shot fell to my Ruger 77 in 280 Remington. I decided that was enough, and bought her a Ruger 77 in 270 Winchester ($300 out of the classifieds here), topped it with a Leupold 6x I had laying round and bought a box of Federal blue box 130grs to sight it in with. Damn thing will put 3 into an inch off the hood of my truck. Told her to go to Scheels and buy as much of that ammo as she could afford - she returned with 6 boxes. Every year she shoots 3 rounds to sight in. Still has a couple boxes left. Might last her the remainder of her days at this rate....
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