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Caliber and best factory rifle for Whitetail deer - NC
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<blockquote data-quote="rbTanzan" data-source="post: 2326991" data-attributes="member: 53978"><p>270, Tikka. Accurate out of the box and will pretty much duplicate your 7mm-trajectory with a bullet 20 grains lighter. My wife shoots 110gnTTSX at <strong>3350fps</strong> and has two deer out of her 270 Win Tikka, one a bang-flop, one ran 50 yards. </p><p></p><p>Why <strong>Tikka</strong> in 270? Accurate out of the box. We've had two in 270, two in 338WM, and one in 223, all so accurate that I didn't bother bedding the last two, and wouldn't have needed to bed the first three. </p><p>Why <strong>270Win</strong>? So that you can experience what Jack O'Conner knew: the 270 was the pre-magnum magnum, yet noticeably gentler than the 7mmRM. If you handload and want an 8"-twist, then you could try the new 6.8Western. That pretty much duplicates the 7mmRM but you won't need heavy for caliber bullets for whitetail, so you wouldn't need an 8-inch twist, bringing you back to the good old 270.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rbTanzan, post: 2326991, member: 53978"] 270, Tikka. Accurate out of the box and will pretty much duplicate your 7mm-trajectory with a bullet 20 grains lighter. My wife shoots 110gnTTSX at [B]3350fps[/B] and has two deer out of her 270 Win Tikka, one a bang-flop, one ran 50 yards. Why [B]Tikka[/B] in 270? Accurate out of the box. We've had two in 270, two in 338WM, and one in 223, all so accurate that I didn't bother bedding the last two, and wouldn't have needed to bed the first three. Why [B]270Win[/B]? So that you can experience what Jack O'Conner knew: the 270 was the pre-magnum magnum, yet noticeably gentler than the 7mmRM. If you handload and want an 8"-twist, then you could try the new 6.8Western. That pretty much duplicates the 7mmRM but you won't need heavy for caliber bullets for whitetail, so you wouldn't need an 8-inch twist, bringing you back to the good old 270. [/QUOTE]
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