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When it comes to calibers used in hunting.I could probably confine this to just a deer rifle but would pertain to any game hunted. The debate years ago was the Elmer Keith type versus people like O'Connor, Page, etc.
Personally I have never shot a deer with a sub 30 cal gun and my current favorite is a 338-06, so I guess I would be in the Keith school of thought.
I know these debates were before the true era of "premium" bullets and though I try to use the sub 30 cals I keep going back to the high end.
So what school are you?
Larger caliber, moderate velocity or smaller caliber higher velocity
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I'm definitely of the larger caliber school of thought, with the 7-08 being the exception, as I love it .....
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Definitely .30 caliber and above for me as well. Of course, there are exceptions but the few sub-.30 caliber chamberings I like are, for the most part, all weirdo European metrics.
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So what school are you?
Larger caliber, moderate velocity or smaller caliber higher velocity Yes I am!!!
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If it don't push a .338 size bullet it's a loaner. Excepting the 45-70 used for special situations.
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Have no want,need,nor desire for anything over 30cal.Or much for the 30s either
The only thing wrong with the 270....Its not a 25-06.
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Drill the shoulders with a good bullet and critter dies.
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.243 to .358, and anything interesting in-between! BT
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got no use for anything over a 30-06, But I prefer the smaller calibers
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I use a lot of 6, 6.5, and 7mm small cased cartridges for general purpose hunting which is most of what I do. Of course, I would be negligent if I didn't admit that the 30-06, 340, and 45-70 didn't also see a bunch of time in the field with me. Spme of each every year. The ordinary "go-tos" end up being smaller though.
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I have suitable rifles from 250 Savage to 300 Wby. and 338 Win. with several stops in between. I suppose if I loaded the Barnes TSX my 22-250 would work too. My main rifle is a 308.
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I'm definitely of the larger caliber school of thought, with the 7-08 being the exception, as I love it ..... 2muchgun pretty much nailed it there for me too.. My main deer rifle is a .358, but then that's hunting blacktails. It would probably be different if I could hunt mulies. Elk is a .338 or .325. Fast, smallbore, and light doesn't have much interest to me, except perhaps the 120-gn TSX in my 7mm-08... that sounds kind of interesting. -jeff
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I always always try to pick the appropriate cartridge (which varies greatly for each person) for whatever I'm huntin' and then tend to lean a bit toward the "heavy for" in the bullet department.
Last edited by magnumb; 12/31/07.
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270,7mm,and 30 cal for me; if anything heavier is needed(not often), I use a 375H&H. The 270 Win and 7 Mags see the most use.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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I started out with .270, 7mm and 30 calibres, but in recent years I've used bigger stuff like the .358 Norma Mag and .375 H & H Magnums. A shoulder injury has the 7mm Rem Mag out of the safe again, and I have been thinking of a 6.5 x 55 Swede now too. It seems that shoulders don't heal very fast. All these calibres work if you stick the bullet in the right place, but I do like the lack of meat damage of the .375 H &H and they way you can take a shot at any angle and still penetrate through the heart & lungs. John
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I don't always venture out into the sub-freezing darkness, but when I do, it is deer hunting season, and I carry a Remington. Stay hungry my friends.
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I am philosophically a "Keithian" and consider the.338-06 a good small deer rifle. The .375 H&H is the best all-round rifle ever developed.
On the other hand, my goto rifle is a .257 Roberts (but I use heavy for cartridge 115 and 117 gr. bullets) and I have been known to hunt (and kill) deer with the .22 Hornet.
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