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Knowing what you know now, which cartridge?
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1845176" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>I chose on the basis of white tail deer mainly with the possibility of a black bear as my big game. Then coyotes down to ground hogs as varmints of where I have done all my hunting over the past 50 some years which is east of the Mississippi. For bear or deer flip a coin of either the 264 Win mag or 25-06. If the range was to be over 500 yards then the 264 Win mag would be my choice. Either will do for varmints because I don't keep fur. I like to see the pieces scatter on impact. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /></p><p></p><p>I also am one that came to despise the 7mm Rem mag. I got one to use for deer hunting over the bean fields of east NC. Gave it a good chance for two years trying different bullets and loads and came to the conclusion that I could not carry enough flashlight batteries to hunt with it. Most of my hunting was done a couple hours before dark in the evenings. Unless I hit the CNS deer would run off a ways usually out of the field. If deer got out of the field it was swamp and thick green briar that you would have a hard time following a chalk line through much less trying to find a blood trail. Crawling around in this stuff in the dark with cotton mouths is not my idea of fun. Went to the 25-06 and 264 Win mag and 99% of the time it became BANG FLOP.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1845176, member: 10178"] I chose on the basis of white tail deer mainly with the possibility of a black bear as my big game. Then coyotes down to ground hogs as varmints of where I have done all my hunting over the past 50 some years which is east of the Mississippi. For bear or deer flip a coin of either the 264 Win mag or 25-06. If the range was to be over 500 yards then the 264 Win mag would be my choice. Either will do for varmints because I don't keep fur. I like to see the pieces scatter on impact. 😁 I also am one that came to despise the 7mm Rem mag. I got one to use for deer hunting over the bean fields of east NC. Gave it a good chance for two years trying different bullets and loads and came to the conclusion that I could not carry enough flashlight batteries to hunt with it. Most of my hunting was done a couple hours before dark in the evenings. Unless I hit the CNS deer would run off a ways usually out of the field. If deer got out of the field it was swamp and thick green briar that you would have a hard time following a chalk line through much less trying to find a blood trail. Crawling around in this stuff in the dark with cotton mouths is not my idea of fun. Went to the 25-06 and 264 Win mag and 99% of the time it became BANG FLOP. [/QUOTE]
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