Best Deer Caliber?

[stonecole]

I use 35 rem but my dad uses 7mm mag

 

[Tikker]

Ok, I'll be the first to say it..... 338 Federal

Short action, big pointed bullet & won't have any problem taking down any black bear you might run across in these woods.

Of course most anything from .243 - .358 will work just fine in any action you prefer. Just decide on how far you want to shoot first.

 

[Junior_357]

Ok, I'll be the first to say it..... 338 Federal

Love that round. Almost went with it...but decided to stick to the 30-06 due to the wider availability of ammo. Of course, I order my hunting ammo from Midway since unless you want Remington Cor-Lokt you can't have it shopping my local stores. And yes...that is in Marietta. I know there is more available...just what I use to hunt with is not available locally (Nosler Trophy with Partitions).

 

[hikingthehills]

I don't gun hunt much any more but the 2 deer rifles I own are in .270 and 30-06. Cant go wrong with either and ammo for both has always been easy to find even when everybody bought out Wally World.

 

[Dbrown2132]

270 is the best deer rifle

 

[tikkaman]

The correct answer is 308.You were already told that.But buy an other caliber so we don't have new ammo flippers.308 is the ONLY caliber anything else is just wrong.

<<<<<<<<what he said....lol

 

[MacTavish]

for me 243. low recoil will kill anything in GA and ammo is easy to find, I also like the 270..

The 270 win. is the most versatile caliber weapon for this part of the U.S. You can take down deer, hogs and bear with confidence. The Tikka T3 is my weapon of choice.

 

[Tikker]

Love that round. Almost went with it...but decided to stick to the 30-06 due to the wider availability of ammo. Of course, I order my hunting ammo from Midway since unless you want Remington Cor-Lokt you can't have it shopping my local stores. And yes...that is in Marietta. I know there is more available...just what I use to hunt with is not available locally (Nosler Trophy with Partitions).

If I didn't reload I'd go nutz having to order all my ammo. I developed a load using Nosler 200gr BT's & Tac powder that keeps me at 1.5" @ 100yds. It's easy to resize 308 brass, so i'll never run out. I'm still surprised this cartridge didn't take off.

 

[Jimmythedestroyer]

how hard is ammo to find or do you reload?

I bought up quite a bit for the brass but yeah i reload.

 

[swampbuck62]

I've been hunting with an AR in 6.8 the last few years. It has good ballistics as far as I'm comfortable shooting. Before that I hunted with a 308 bolt gun. Good ballistics and manageable recoil make it a good all purpose caliber.

isn't the 6.8 very comparable to a 270 as far as ballistics?