Paladin_Hammer
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- Aug 10, 2008
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The 7.62x39mm just doesn't have the range we've been looking for. What ranges is the 6.8 SPC good for and is it effective enough at that range to down a Whitetail Deer? If nothing else, whats a low-recoil, lightweight rifle that can hit something 100-200 yards away and kill it?
Please note, if you try to convince me on a .223, I will tell you stories about shooting a year and a half old buck several times, a 2 year old doe so many times it ruined the meat, and never finding two other deer who are probably still walking around with two-or-so .223's in them (they went down, then got up, and we never found them).
No .308 Winchester or .30-06 either, it hurts his shoulder (this is for my old man).
Please note, if you try to convince me on a .223, I will tell you stories about shooting a year and a half old buck several times, a 2 year old doe so many times it ruined the meat, and never finding two other deer who are probably still walking around with two-or-so .223's in them (they went down, then got up, and we never found them).
No .308 Winchester or .30-06 either, it hurts his shoulder (this is for my old man).