Jason_W
Member
There have been and always will be endless discussions on the best ever deer round, but what if deer season rolled around and you were forced to make do with only a few limited and less than ideal choices?
The scenario is this: Deer season is approaching, and for whatever reason, your budget will not allow the purchase of a new rifle. In your safe are a scoped .357 mag levergun, a scoped, bolt action .223 and a pump action 20 ga. shotgun with a standard bird barrel as well as a rifled slug barrel (open sights only).
Additional details:
The deer in your area are small, averaging 80 to 120 lbs dressed weight.
The terrain is such that most shots will be 100 yards or less, with most occurring inside 50 yards, and a very limited few out to 200 yards.
You're set up to handload for the metallic rounds and have scraped together $50 for reloading supplies or ammo.
With 3 less than ideal deer rounds to choose from, what would you pick? Yeah, you could just stay home, but what fun would that be?
The scenario is this: Deer season is approaching, and for whatever reason, your budget will not allow the purchase of a new rifle. In your safe are a scoped .357 mag levergun, a scoped, bolt action .223 and a pump action 20 ga. shotgun with a standard bird barrel as well as a rifled slug barrel (open sights only).
Additional details:
The deer in your area are small, averaging 80 to 120 lbs dressed weight.
The terrain is such that most shots will be 100 yards or less, with most occurring inside 50 yards, and a very limited few out to 200 yards.
You're set up to handload for the metallic rounds and have scraped together $50 for reloading supplies or ammo.
With 3 less than ideal deer rounds to choose from, what would you pick? Yeah, you could just stay home, but what fun would that be?