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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 250004" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>In my other post I was speaking of the 270 Win. I too agree that if I were just going after deer I would go with the 270 Win over the 7mm mag. If great big deer and elk are on your agenda then yes the 7mm mag would be better. I really got flamed once for making this statement but this has been mine and my buddies experience with the 7mm mag on average 90 to 200 pound white tail dear. The 7mm mag is too much gun. Yes it kills deer but they want to run off between 50 & 100 yards before they drop for some reason. I am talking about a lot of deer being shot with one not just 5 or 10. We control hunted a big farm where we had to take 100 deer a year, my buddy for 20 years and I helped him for 13 years. We shot deer with about every factory caliber and a few wildcats from 6mm through 45 cal in a 45-70. The 270 Win. with 130 gr Sierra or Nosler ballistic tips really killed deer in their tracks. With the assorted 140's and 150's they also want to run off a ways before they went down. It really comes down to bullet construction and velocity being right. We found that a bullet that is lightly constructed and will start expanding the moment it hits hide and even fully expands and comes apart but will reach the off side of a deer kills like lightening has struck. With bullets that hold together and expand slowly and will come out the other side often deer want to run off a ways before they go down. There are exceptions to this of corse. The Nosler partitions seem to kill very well because the front part of the bullet expands quickly and most of the time fragments but the rear half keeps on trucking. Over all we found Sierra and Nosler ballistic tips to work in the medium to light weight in most calibers to get-er-done. We both have settled on the 25-06 with Sierra 117 gr bullets at 3000 or so fps for our go to deer killing, drop them on the spot rifles. The 308 to 30-06 with 125 Nosler ballistic tips at 2850 to 3100 fps really drops deer also. Have fun and put the bullet where it is suppose to go and it will be meat on the table even if you have to track it down. I personally like to find then where I shot them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 250004, member: 10178"] In my other post I was speaking of the 270 Win. I too agree that if I were just going after deer I would go with the 270 Win over the 7mm mag. If great big deer and elk are on your agenda then yes the 7mm mag would be better. I really got flamed once for making this statement but this has been mine and my buddies experience with the 7mm mag on average 90 to 200 pound white tail dear. The 7mm mag is too much gun. Yes it kills deer but they want to run off between 50 & 100 yards before they drop for some reason. I am talking about a lot of deer being shot with one not just 5 or 10. We control hunted a big farm where we had to take 100 deer a year, my buddy for 20 years and I helped him for 13 years. We shot deer with about every factory caliber and a few wildcats from 6mm through 45 cal in a 45-70. The 270 Win. with 130 gr Sierra or Nosler ballistic tips really killed deer in their tracks. With the assorted 140's and 150's they also want to run off a ways before they went down. It really comes down to bullet construction and velocity being right. We found that a bullet that is lightly constructed and will start expanding the moment it hits hide and even fully expands and comes apart but will reach the off side of a deer kills like lightening has struck. With bullets that hold together and expand slowly and will come out the other side often deer want to run off a ways before they go down. There are exceptions to this of corse. The Nosler partitions seem to kill very well because the front part of the bullet expands quickly and most of the time fragments but the rear half keeps on trucking. Over all we found Sierra and Nosler ballistic tips to work in the medium to light weight in most calibers to get-er-done. We both have settled on the 25-06 with Sierra 117 gr bullets at 3000 or so fps for our go to deer killing, drop them on the spot rifles. The 308 to 30-06 with 125 Nosler ballistic tips at 2850 to 3100 fps really drops deer also. Have fun and put the bullet where it is suppose to go and it will be meat on the table even if you have to track it down. I personally like to find then where I shot them. [/QUOTE]
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