Favorite of the Best Deer/Varmint/Hog Calibers ?

[Shawnee]

From the list above of the USA's Best Deer/Varmint/Hog calibers, which is your favorite ?

 

[627PCFan]

Deer 7mm. DRT
Varmint 223. cheap accurate ammo
Hog, cant speak to yet...... need bacon

 

[cpttango30]

25-06 will kill them all DRT.

I do prefer my 223 for Varmints.

 

[Shawnee]

WOW ! Am surprised no one has thrown up a salute for the .250 Savage !

It's actually a pretty darned good cartridge.

 

[33rowdy]

If the 270 WIN was on the list it would be my choice.

 

[CB900F]

Fella's;

When the 6mm speaks, the .243 listens. The 6mm is everything the .243 thinks it is, and more.

900F

 

[LeonCarr]

I picked the .260 since the .308 wasn't listed . I don't care much for the .243. I watched a hog once upon a time take 5 rounds from a Winchester 100 semiauto rifle from 100 yards away and the hog ran off and was never found. The shooter was using 100 grain Remington Core-Lokts, and placed the shots correctly.

I don't care much for the .243.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[JWarren]

I wouldn't include medium-sized game such as deer and hogs in the same poll as a varmit.

I hear varmit and I think 13 pound ground rat. I think deer, and I think 190 pound...well, deer.

I'll take 308 for the deer and hogs, and .223 for ground rats and predators.


-- John

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Can't even BEGIN to think about voting:

-Favorite deer caliber not listed (6.5x55 swede)
-I have 4 hog rifles, all heavier, and none of those 4 calibers are listed (.30-06, 9.3x62, .45-70, and 12 ga slug)
-Varmints - use nothing that heavy, except .243 (favorite is .223 rem).

Well, what the heck - I'll vote anyway, and pick from one of those.

 

[jpwilly]

Wha wha what, NO 30-06! Are you nutz? I picked the 25/06 based on this list but a .243 is another fav - SIGH!

 

[RugerOldArmy]

Can't vote. Most all are good cartridges. Preference in caliber would be 6mm Rem, .25-06, and .260. A better range of bullets are available in 6mm/.243 and 6.5mm/.264, which would likely tip the scales over .257 just from a practical standpoint. I should throw in 6.5x55, just to torment you

 

[sarduy]

i voted for the .260, but this would be my choice

Deer: 30-06
Varmint .223 or .22LR (the .22 is for very small animals like rats...)
Hog: 7.62X39 or 30-06 with light bullets

 

[Inspector3711]

.25-06 87 grainers good out to 450-500 yds varmints (maybe longer) with better wind resistance than the smaller calibers. They can reach out there with the .22-250 and do better than one on a windy day. Plus I like things that pop when they get hit Then the 100-120 grain for deer and antelope out to 300+. Not many cartridges do it all this well. And I've got one that shoots! I have a Remington 700 LV SF.223 thats lists for almost 4 times what that 25 year old Mark X .25-06 is worth but the Mark X will shoot with it any day of the week and will outshoot it at longer distances.

 

[hankdatank1362]

Poll needs a .30-06 and a .270 option.

I'm really thinking about getting into a .260 Remington. Hearing good things.

 

[Jimmy Newman]

You left out 7mm-08.

I am thinking about having my 7mm-08 Model 700 rebarreled to .260 Rem though. I just wish there was more/cheaper factory ammo available.

 

[GarandOwner]

what? no .30 cal choices?!

.308 and .30-06 rock my socks

 

[HM2PAC]

I don't know how a list of the

USA's Best Deer/Varmint/Hog calibers

doesn't have the .30-06.


I didn't vote.

 

[Lobotomy Boy]

Why not add the 6.8 Spc? For the price of a new upper, you give your AR ballistics that are close to the .243. I intend to try mine out on some whitetail come November.

 

[ArmedBear]

Why not add the 6.8 Spc?

Because this isn't a list with any particular validity, perhaps, other than the random preferences of the OP?

For one thing, only three of the named rounds are readily available in new commercial rifles, two if you don't want your choice of rifle and manufacturer to be dictated by your caliber choice.

For another, does anyone who hunts varmints, deer and hogs seriosuly REALLY have a single varmint/deer/hog rifle, given that the characteristics of an ideal rifle for each use can be totally different, regardless of caliber?

 

[Clipper]

My favorite is the .257 Roberts. However, .260 Rem. would be my pick for 'best' of the bunch...

 

[T.R.]

I wouldn't hunt hog with this .243 because I prefer a much heavier bullet.

But this is an ideal cartridge for toppling western antelope way out there beyond the 250 yard benchmark. This .243 has knocked over several dozen mulies as well.

TR

 

[Deer Hunter]

Wouldn't all of them do the job equally?

Put six dead hogs, six dead varmints, and six dead deer side-by-side. I'd like to see anyone pick out which bullet killed which animal.

 

[9x19sig]

Love the pump rifle T.R.

 

[Colt46]

big fan of 6.5 bullets

On deer and hog they'd be perfect. I guess you could make them work for varmints as well.

 

[JShirley]

I think the OP meant cartridges that work well for all three: .30-06, for instance, is NOT a varmint cartridge.