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 Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 02:55 AM
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i dont believe id want a bullet weighing less than 140gr for deer
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 02:57 AM
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A .300 ultra has about 40 ftlbs of recoil.
That's uncomfortable put a muzzle break on it... i had a 300 win mag with no muzzle break and im 5'6 150lbs... and that was no big deal for me to shoot over and over and most men are over 180lbs Well I'm 5'5 and 150 lbs and a .300 win mag is not comfortable to shoot over and over again. Unless your 150 is different than my 150....
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 02:58 AM
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A .300 ultra has about 40 ftlbs of recoil.
That's uncomfortable put a muzzle break on it... i had a 300 win mag with no muzzle break and im 5'6 150lbs... and that was no big deal for me to shoot over and over and most men are over 180lbs Well I'm 5'5 and 150 lbs and a .300 win mag is not comfortable to shoot over and over again. Unless your 150 is different than my 150.... could be the gun model mines a remington 700
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 02:59 AM
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A .300 ultra has about 40 ftlbs of recoil.
That's uncomfortable put a muzzle break on it... i had a 300 win mag with no muzzle break and im 5'6 150lbs... and that was no big deal for me to shoot over and over and most men are over 180lbs Well I'm 5'5 and 150 lbs and a .300 win mag is not comfortable to shoot over and over again. Unless your 150 is different than my 150.... If you are hunting - how many times do you intend to shoot?
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 02:59 AM
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had an older 30-06 that kicked like a mule but shot a buddy of mines the other day and it was nothin
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:00 AM
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Seen 9 shots in one sitting out of a 7STW.... at the same deer & 6 from a 30-378 at one deer. At some point the excellent guide asked wtf they were shooting at.
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:07 AM
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i dont believe id want a bullet weighing less than 140gr for deer I have killed a whole lot of WT with a .270 with 130 grains and used it to kill Mule Deer in Texas and Canada and took the same combo to New Zealand to kill 2 Red Stags.
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:10 AM
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Seen 9 shots in one sitting out of a 7STW.... at the same deer & 6 from a 30-378 at one deer. At some point the excellent guide asked wtf they were shooting at. lol, did they say "Well - it was sighted in last time I had it at the range"
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:11 AM
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A .300 ultra has about 40 ftlbs of recoil.
That's uncomfortable put a muzzle break on it... i had a 300 win mag with no muzzle break and im 5'6 150lbs... and that was no big deal for me to shoot over and over and most men are over 180lbs Well I'm 5'5 and 150 lbs and a .300 win mag is not comfortable to shoot over and over again. Unless your 150 is different than my 150.... If you are hunting - how many times do you intend to shoot? hopefully not more than once. but you have to practice with your gun to be proficeint with it
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:14 AM
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Seen 9 shots in one sitting out of a 7STW.... at the same deer & 6 from a 30-378 at one deer. At some point the excellent guide asked wtf they were shooting at. lol, did they say "Well - it was sighted in last time I had it at the range" No they let horns get in the way of their good senses. Kid shooting the 30-378 got so worked up he said the deer was down after the second shot. The guide said, "no ****, he was bedded before the war started"
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:25 AM
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FWIW, 30-06 is my next gun project... taking the one man, One rifle, one land approach.
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:27 AM
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FWIW, 30-06 is my next gun project... taking the one man, One rifle, one land approach. No .280 yet? 
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:29 AM
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Nope, I'm getting what I can. Wife bought raffle tickets for a Borden and researched their price. 
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:31 AM
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Well I'm 5'5 and 150 lbs and a .300 win mag is not comfortable to shoot over and over again.
Unless your 150 is different than my 150.... [/quote]
If you are hunting - how many times do you intend to shoot?[/quote]
hopefully not more than once.
but you have to practice with your gun to be proficeint with it
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That is true, and also my main reason for the switch from 300WM to the 257 wby. FWIW, something that I do that helps with recoil beatings at the range is to let the barrel cool down in between groups - shoot 3 times then give it a rest.
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:32 AM
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Nope, I'm getting what I can. Wife bought raffle tickets for a Borden and researched their price. Well then I won't rub it in by posting pics of mine for ya'.
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:34 AM
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Seen 9 shots in one sitting out of a 7STW.... at the same deer & 6 from a 30-378 at one deer. At some point the excellent guide asked wtf they were shooting at. lol, did they say "Well - it was sighted in last time I had it at the range" No they let horns get in the way of their good senses. Kid shooting the 30-378 got so worked up he said the deer was down after the second shot. The guide said, "no ****, he was bedded before the war started" I can relate, big racks mess with my judgement all the time 
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:34 AM
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Please don't bc I still have a case of .284 the 7mag didn't like.
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:35 AM
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Seen 9 shots in one sitting out of a 7STW.... at the same deer & 6 from a 30-378 at one deer. At some point the excellent guide asked wtf they were shooting at. lol, did they say "Well - it was sighted in last time I had it at the range" No they let horns get in the way of their good senses. Kid shooting the 30-378 got so worked up he said the deer was down after the second shot. The guide said, "no ****, he was bedded before the war started" I can relate, big racks mess with my judgement all the time It turned them into complete idiots. But will say when they did connect they had enough gun to fold them.
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:38 AM
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i dont believe id want a bullet weighing less than 140gr for deer I have killed a whole lot of WT with a .270 with 130 grains and used it to kill Mule Deer in Texas and Canada and took the same combo to New Zealand to kill 2 Red Stags. I cant argue with that but how far where the shots
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:42 AM
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i dont believe id want a bullet weighing less than 140gr for deer I have killed a whole lot of WT with a .270 with 130 grains and used it to kill Mule Deer in Texas and Canada and took the same combo to New Zealand to kill 2 Red Stags. I cant argue with that but how far where the shots I've killed a tractor trailer load of deer with a .270 and 130 grain bullets.
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:43 AM
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i dont believe id want a bullet weighing less than 140gr for deer I have killed a whole lot of WT with a .270 with 130 grains and used it to kill Mule Deer in Texas and Canada and took the same combo to New Zealand to kill 2 Red Stags. I cant argue with that but how far where the shots Up to 300 or so but never needed to shoot any farther. If they were that far I could stalk closer.
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:44 AM
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270 and 130 grain pills will kill any deer out to 500 all day long.
As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind...Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks--Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:46 AM
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270 and 130 grain pills will kill any deer out to 500 all day long. but would it be forgiving to i little slight miscalculation?
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Re: Whats your opinionion on "the best deer rifle"
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02/07/12 03:46 AM
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You peeps are over thinking it.... 22-250 for Tx deer.
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