Carolina Kalash
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I gotta got with the .270 mainly because it's the only round I've killed deer with. I've also hunted with .30-06, .300 Win Mag, and a 7.62x54r Mosin-Nagant, just didn't get a shot at a deer with any of them
Your Favorite Centerfire rifle round for deer.
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morcey2
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Voted "other". 7x57. Great all-around round. 257 Roberts is a close second.
allaroundhunter
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My favorite is the .243 Winchester. Light recoiling, flat shooting, and with the right bullet it is capable of taking any deer in North America.
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montanaoffroader
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I went with .30-30, mainly because that's the chambering of my favorite rifle, a Western Field 742 (aka Marlin 336).
The rifle fits me like a glove, and has taken more deer than all my other guns put together.
Marlin used to make a heck of rifle.
Not so much any more.
The rifle fits me like a glove, and has taken more deer than all my other guns put together.
Marlin used to make a heck of rifle.
Not so much any more.
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My go-to hunting rifle for years has been a .308, but this year I'll be hunting with a .260 Remington.
If I had t pick one, it'd be my 7mm Mag Model 70. I bought the gun the summer of my senior year, and its collected many fine critters for me since. Its been wholly reliable, its accurate, and it has the reach and punch I need for the open South Dakota prairie. I shoot 160 gr Accubonds and Partitions almost exclusively, and this combination has yet to fail me in any way.
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Can't see polls on Tapatalk but I'm assuming neither one that I shoot is there. I've been using 300 Savage since I first started. Past few years have been w/ 357 Magnum. Will be taking a 35 Remington this year because bear is concurrent w/ deer.
txcookie
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270. I'm a surgeon with mine and have more confidence with it than my other rifles. That said my ML shooting sst bullets is impressive.
I imagine when I start reloading it will be my 250 savage. It's just cool and a pleasure to shoot
I imagine when I start reloading it will be my 250 savage. It's just cool and a pleasure to shoot
black_powder_Rob
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I quite enjoy my Handi Rifle in .223 rem, ammo is cheap to practice with and I am dead nutz accurate with the thing. With 2 seasons under it's belt it has 5 Hogs and 2 deer under the belt, all with varying ranges from 300 yards to 50 yards. Before this it would have been the 30-30.
Gunnerboy
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No 6.5x55!!! People these days.... Haha My vote is 6.5x55 or 257 roberts
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Carolina Kalash
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21 as a matter of fact
but I have alot of older fellas in my family that hunt, and most of them have never even heard of 6.5mm swedish, half of em couldn't even point out sweden on a mapMCgunner
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WHAT, no .257 Roberts!? I'm APPALLED that you would leave out the best deer caliber ever devised!
I voted .308. I mostly just like the gun it's chambered in, but like the cartridge, too. If the gun shop had not had a .308 and HAD a 7-08, I'd be shooting a 7-08. I really care not, just wanted a M7 at the time in a good caliber and it's hard not to name a good deer caliber. Just open your reloading manual to a random centerfire rifle page beyond .22 CFs. It's likely a good deer caliber. There will be the .25-20s and such, just sayin'....
I voted .308.
I mostly just like the gun it's chambered in, but like the cartridge, too. If the gun shop had not had a .308 and HAD a 7-08, I'd be shooting a 7-08. I really care not, just wanted a M7 at the time in a good caliber and it's hard not to name a good deer caliber. Just open your reloading manual to a random centerfire rifle page beyond .22 CFs. It's likely a good deer caliber. There will be the .25-20s and such, just sayin'....MCgunner
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BWAAAA, ha, ha! I like that one...
calaverasslim
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You didn't list the .35 Remington, so I marked other. 100 yards is a long shot down here in S. TX., there ya go.
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YUP!
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I went with the 30-30. The area that I deer hunt is moderately dense woods. Most shots aren't practical further than 40 - 50 yards. The size of my Marlin 336 makes it a great rifle for walking thru brush to get to my stand.
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I don't care much for scoped rifles, so my favorite calibers are those big "knock 'em dead" rounds like a 45/70, 44Magnum, etc. with quality peep sights that I can clearly hit with out to 100 yards. For me, if your live target is beyond 100 yards, you aren't hunting, you're just shooting.
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Carolina Kalash
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It's also partly due to the fact most Wal-Marts don't have 6.5x55 in the ammo section" I have alot of older fellas in my family that hunt, and most of them have never even heard of 6.5mm swedish, half of em couldn't even point out sweden on a map."
My condolences.
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Every deer I've killed has been with my 30.06
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