.308 for whitetail.

[brnmuenchow]

Does just fine, you should have no problems.

 

[natman]

Just right. Get some 150 grain soft points from Win, Rem or Fed and go hunting.

 

[WVRJ]

I've killed deer with a Contender .222 with a 14" barrel on the light side and a 300 Win mag on the heavy side.This year's buck fell from a 155 gr VLD out of my 308,and it was great!

 

[bowyer19]

'Bought a Savage 99C .308 in 1968.Equipped it with a fix 4X scope ;then changed to a 3X Wide Field when I had a deer so close I could not tell which hair I was shooting at.With that rifle I have shot Blacktail,Whitetail and Mule deer,wild pig, Black Bear, Pronghorn, Elk a Moose and the head off the occasional grouse where legal. Ranges 5Yds to 312 Yds.The last 20 years I have used nothing but 165Grn.Barnes X. Has always worked perfectly from large to small. I have several other rifles in other calibers but never would have "needed" anything other than that first .308.

 

[tahunua001]

the 243 winchester round was designed specifically for deer hunting, they took the 308 winchester case and necked it down for a 30 cal bullet to a 24cal bullet. I would say that if the "diet 308" is good for deer "308 classic" should be better than good

 

[RangerHAAF]

The 308 is an excellent cartridge for deer. I was hunting yesterday with this caliber with my Rock River AR-10 and the deer went about 10 yards before keeling over after it was hit. I used Federal 150 grain soft points.

 

[jerry46]

In my opinion, if the .308 is not the all around best cartridge for whitetails, it is one of the top three.

 

[Kachok]

I always slightly perferd my 270 over my 308 for genral purpose hunting, but hunting up close I always liked the larger 30 cal bullets.