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.30 cal for deer in the UK
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<blockquote data-quote="A Papworth" data-source="post: 98065" data-attributes="member: 5464"><p>I have a 308 as my only deer legal calibre and use it almost weekly on muntjac (live weights of these average 10 to 12 kg's with the largest recorded at 21.6Kg's)and also on fallow and roe. I used to use a .243 and have many friends that do, but there are situations when a poorly shot deer with a .243 will move a considerable distance before dieing and with them being so small can be difficult to find. I know one answer is to hit it in the right place to start with but I also know that none of my deer are any deader for using a larger calibre but they also don't move after being hit properly. My 308 zeroed with 150 grain bullets is usable on any deer in Britian and due to using one rifle alot I have full confidence it and my abilities. The idea that you have to own a different rifle for large and small deer is tosh. I told my Firearms Enquiry Officer many years ago that to be in front of either calibre is catastrophic and a member of the general public is very unlikely to notice a difference. Both need a backstop and for the rifleman to behave in a safe manner. The reason I only have one calibre at present is that the 308 has worked so well that I couldn't justify to myself buying anything else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="A Papworth, post: 98065, member: 5464"] I have a 308 as my only deer legal calibre and use it almost weekly on muntjac (live weights of these average 10 to 12 kg's with the largest recorded at 21.6Kg's)and also on fallow and roe. I used to use a .243 and have many friends that do, but there are situations when a poorly shot deer with a .243 will move a considerable distance before dieing and with them being so small can be difficult to find. I know one answer is to hit it in the right place to start with but I also know that none of my deer are any deader for using a larger calibre but they also don't move after being hit properly. My 308 zeroed with 150 grain bullets is usable on any deer in Britian and due to using one rifle alot I have full confidence it and my abilities. The idea that you have to own a different rifle for large and small deer is tosh. I told my Firearms Enquiry Officer many years ago that to be in front of either calibre is catastrophic and a member of the general public is very unlikely to notice a difference. Both need a backstop and for the rifleman to behave in a safe manner. The reason I only have one calibre at present is that the 308 has worked so well that I couldn't justify to myself buying anything else. [/QUOTE]
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