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.308 Win for whitetails?
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 455600" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I'd go with the 270 and use 130 grain bullets. Better yet would be a .280 Remington, or a 30-06. A good rule of the thumb for deer is that you want 1000 ft. lb. of energy on impact ( I think it should be 1200 ft.lb.). I don't see a lot of difference in power between a 165 grain 30 caliber and a 100 grain 25-06, and all are pretty much done at 450 yards when it comes to the 1000ftlb. minimum. Of course if you used a .338-06 with a Speer 225 grain bullet at 2600 fps you'd be good for 650 yards or maybe more, and you'd also have a good elk gun to boot!</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 455600, member: 25383"] I'd go with the 270 and use 130 grain bullets. Better yet would be a .280 Remington, or a 30-06. A good rule of the thumb for deer is that you want 1000 ft. lb. of energy on impact ( I think it should be 1200 ft.lb.). I don't see a lot of difference in power between a 165 grain 30 caliber and a 100 grain 25-06, and all are pretty much done at 450 yards when it comes to the 1000ftlb. minimum. Of course if you used a .338-06 with a Speer 225 grain bullet at 2600 fps you'd be good for 650 yards or maybe more, and you'd also have a good elk gun to boot! gary [/QUOTE]
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