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June 2, 2007, 11:21 PM | #1 |
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Washington Blacktails, is a .308 using...
165gr SPBT to much?
What should I consider using? Maybe a 6.5X55 Mauser?? Thanks. |
June 2, 2007, 11:40 PM | #2 |
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There is no such thing as "too much." You can't kill something any deader than dead.
But either would be quite effective, in my opinion. |
June 3, 2007, 09:44 AM | #3 |
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That's a great deer round, even for smaller deer.
I use a 165 grain spbt, too. Big deer, small deer, the .308 works really well for all of 'em. |
June 3, 2007, 11:10 AM | #4 |
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When I was stationed in Washington I used a Savage 99 in .308 with 180 gr. Just incase of bear or bigfoot. Ok I was young. It did a fine job on blacktails that were good sized deer to my standards.
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June 3, 2007, 04:38 PM | #5 |
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308 will work fine. I use a 7X57, but then I use that same 7X57 for everything, including elk.
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June 3, 2007, 06:55 PM | #6 |
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.308 , 8MM Mauser work for me , gotta love old milsurps . They seem to make the best low cost deer rifles
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June 3, 2007, 07:25 PM | #7 |
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I have used 6.5 swedish and 243 with great results.
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June 6, 2007, 10:06 AM | #8 |
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No thats not too much I have lived in western wa my whole life and have seen a huge variety of calibers hunt blacktail. From .243 to .300 win mag plus lever action and slug guns in various calibers. The .308 is a pretty common round to use for blacktail. I use a 30-06 and have used a 7mm rem mag to take smaller blacktail. No massive waist of meat like you hear of happened.
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