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Caliber of Choice, 30-06
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<blockquote data-quote="Bert" data-source="post: 449287" data-attributes="member: 22052"><p>About 20 years ago i went into a gun store to buy a 7mm it was a cal that my friend had and my father borrrowed to go on a moose hunt once and i saw first hand what it could do to a deer . the salesman said they were sold out of 7mm and showed me a 30 06 not knowing much about guns i though he was just trying to make a sale so i asked to see a 30 06 bullet and a 7 mm I compared the two and figured any deer i shot wouldnt know the difference </p><p>between the two bullets so a bought a 30 06 sako .Fast forward 20 years i have no regrets in my choice every one i have talked to and everthing i have read has nothing but good thing to say about the cal .i have shot about 20 deer 2 antelope a few coyotes and some grouse and 1 cow elk the gun has worked well .granted I am not a long Range hunter (yet)the longest shot was +or- 350 yards based on bal drop after the shot .its comforting to know that this gun can take deer out to 600 yards mentioned in the above posts i now have some new goals to look foward to .thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bert, post: 449287, member: 22052"] About 20 years ago i went into a gun store to buy a 7mm it was a cal that my friend had and my father borrrowed to go on a moose hunt once and i saw first hand what it could do to a deer . the salesman said they were sold out of 7mm and showed me a 30 06 not knowing much about guns i though he was just trying to make a sale so i asked to see a 30 06 bullet and a 7 mm I compared the two and figured any deer i shot wouldnt know the difference between the two bullets so a bought a 30 06 sako .Fast forward 20 years i have no regrets in my choice every one i have talked to and everthing i have read has nothing but good thing to say about the cal .i have shot about 20 deer 2 antelope a few coyotes and some grouse and 1 cow elk the gun has worked well .granted I am not a long Range hunter (yet)the longest shot was +or- 350 yards based on bal drop after the shot .its comforting to know that this gun can take deer out to 600 yards mentioned in the above posts i now have some new goals to look foward to .thanks [/QUOTE]
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