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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Cram" data-source="post: 207357" data-attributes="member: 2215"><p>The 6.5-.284 will work just fine on deer out to around 800 yards with a 140g A-max or 142 SMK, then it runs too low on energy. Also a great chuck gun for who cares how far.</p><p> </p><p>The 300 RUM will work even better for deer out to a little over 1000 especially if your running the 240 SMK. If your going to use the lighter bulets you might as well use a smaller case like the previously mentioned one. There's no such thing as over kill for chucks but a 300 RUM will start getting expensive if you do a lot of shooting.</p><p> </p><p>The 300 Lapua will work even better than the 300 RUM for deer especially if you want to push it out to a mile with heavier bullets. For chucks it's the same as using the RUM.</p><p> </p><p>All great choices but if not shooting past 800 yards and want a gun for chucks and deer I would go with the 6.5-284. Good luck, this is the hardest part of building a rifle...what cartridge???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Cram, post: 207357, member: 2215"] The 6.5-.284 will work just fine on deer out to around 800 yards with a 140g A-max or 142 SMK, then it runs too low on energy. Also a great chuck gun for who cares how far. The 300 RUM will work even better for deer out to a little over 1000 especially if your running the 240 SMK. If your going to use the lighter bulets you might as well use a smaller case like the previously mentioned one. There's no such thing as over kill for chucks but a 300 RUM will start getting expensive if you do a lot of shooting. The 300 Lapua will work even better than the 300 RUM for deer especially if you want to push it out to a mile with heavier bullets. For chucks it's the same as using the RUM. All great choices but if not shooting past 800 yards and want a gun for chucks and deer I would go with the 6.5-284. Good luck, this is the hardest part of building a rifle...what cartridge??? [/QUOTE]
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