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question on whitetail caliber choice
dantheman
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I'm getting rid of a 30.06 for various reasons and would like to replace it with something of a lighter caliber. I already own a .223 so I don't want to go too light for the deer rifle. I will be hunting exclusively whitetail where some shots are in the woods and some will be in open fields. These are the calibers I'm considering .270, .308, 7mm08, 25.06. I'm leaning towards the .270 because of its popularity and choice of ammunition, but how does it recoil compared to the 30.06? Would you chose one of the other calibers listed and why???
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Don't know your reasons, but you're getting rid of the best caliber...at least, that's my opinion.
Respectfully,
Rafter-S
"What is truth? No wonder jesting Pilate turned away. The truth, it has a thousand faces -- show only one of them, and the whole truth flies away! But how to show the whole? That is the question."
--Thomas Wolfe, "You Can't Go Home Again" (1934)
Edited by - bmxrc on 12/01/2002 00:06:45
welcome to America...now speak english or get the ****out
Mobuck
I'm a man,....but I can change,.....If I have to,......I guess.
i own a ruger 77 in 243 that i love. if you think the 243 is too light, you can jump to the 257 roberts. i owned a browning blr in 257 roberts, and on whitetails in ny, it was the cats meow. i had a problem with the safety on mine and i ended up trading for a blr 7mm-08. it was a great trade, the 7mm-08 does give you the 140 grain bullets for thicker woods.
i think that terrain would depend on which caliber will owrk best for you. if you hunt mainly open meadows with shots under 250 yards, all three aforementioned cartridges will do the trick. if your terrain is wooded with the chance of a shot in briars and brush, the 7mm08 would be my choice.
the one thing that i did like about the 243 is that you can go to any chain store, or gas station in the northeas and find ammo. C'mon you ve never forgotten a box of ammo at home, or brought the wrong caliber?
kyle