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7mm-08 or 6.5
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<blockquote data-quote="bbraden" data-source="post: 1485710" data-attributes="member: 92640"><p>I've never been impressed with 6.5 or 7mm "hunting bullet" selection for young or beginner shooters. Both calibers got caught up in the long range game which means heavy and lots of drop in the smaller cartridge families like creedmoor and -08. Considering the lightest medium game bullet you can really get in 6.5 or 7mm is 120 gr, I would opt for a .308 with 110 gr Barnes and take the extra velocity (flatter shooting) within 300 yards. That's the way I'm going this deer season. People talk about bullet selection a lot but I still feel like for hunting calibers, 27 & 30 cal take the cake for hunting selection.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbraden, post: 1485710, member: 92640"] I've never been impressed with 6.5 or 7mm "hunting bullet" selection for young or beginner shooters. Both calibers got caught up in the long range game which means heavy and lots of drop in the smaller cartridge families like creedmoor and -08. Considering the lightest medium game bullet you can really get in 6.5 or 7mm is 120 gr, I would opt for a .308 with 110 gr Barnes and take the extra velocity (flatter shooting) within 300 yards. That's the way I'm going this deer season. People talk about bullet selection a lot but I still feel like for hunting calibers, 27 & 30 cal take the cake for hunting selection. [/QUOTE]
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