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Ingwe

Which one are you?

We've seen the deer you shoot....you could put together a .22lr.

Sorry, I had to throw that out there.

I already tried to pimp him...he left it up to me.

the see tru's would be a nice touch...especially without sights.

I would pick the 25-06 and not blink an eye.

I guess I'd be Liberace...Pee Wee Herman let his future slip through his hands...

Ingwe

yeah...he really blew it.

But he didn't blow it like Liberace!!!

Ingwe

i would pick the swede. i load nosler BT's in 100 grain with 42.5 grains of Varget and shoot tiny little groups at 3200 fps.

marvelous deer medicine.

or you could get a 140 grain bullet moving 2800 or a little more...plow right through every time.

and do either one with a soft report and a gentle push on your shoulder.

I wouldn't know.

Since you mention it is a long action (.30-06) now:
.25-06
.270 Win

This year I saw a 6x6 bull elk, cow elk and 4x4 mulie buck that had been taken with a .25-06. The bull took two shots but the second was probably unnecessary (both good chest hits). The shooter was a 12 year old girl from Michigan. She didn't mind the recoil.

Swede

tzone....Go with the Swede, you wont be disappointed....something really cool about a Swede and their effectiveness on deer.

All three mentioned are good, really good cartriges for deer. My personal favorite would be the Swede but there is a lot to be said for the nice old gentleman 7X57. That is if you handload. If you only intend to use factory stuff be aware that US 7X57 are woefully underloaded in defference to the many old Spanish 93 Mausers still hanging around. Same deal as with the 8X57 mauser. To a lesser extent that holds true for the Swede too. Plenty of M38 96action rifles exist.

BCR

Thanks guys.

I'm leaning HARD towards the Swede. I'm surprised how many of you guys use it.

Sounds like not only wisdom, but class too.

I kinda like the "...deer only." in your post.

I asked a similar question sometime ago to some fellas on another forum (out of Alaska), and it's interesting when you look for a specific cartridge catagory, such as "Deer Only."

So much is geared for "Deer, and....."
I realize that the Europeans use the Swede as a primary Moose cartridge, but that detracts little from it being a very good choice for your given purposes.


Scott

For the cool factor and to be different, go with the 6.5-06 a little faster then the swede and will do what you are asking of it out to 300+

.243 bro light reciol 2900+ fps/ 700 ft lbs @ 500 yrds.what else could you ask for in a deer rifle and it will knock an elk down with proper shot placement , plus you can get ammo just about anywhere and realodaings cheap cuase it dosnt take that much powder.

I agree, a 243 is more than adequate for deer, if you want a little more, then opt for the 260