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<blockquote data-quote="Tommy Vaughan" data-source="post: 21974" data-attributes="member: 419"><p>Jim, </p><p>Your question (best cal. for LR deer hunting) is one of the huntcamp favorites for which there are many answers, most of them more or less correct. Were I wearing antlers, I would not want to be standing in front of anyones' recommendations. So for the fun of splitting hairs, I'll add my opinions to the stew. I think that 7mm is the best caliber for longrange deer and sometimes elk hunting that you want, because it has the highest BC and sectional density in a deer/elk appropriate weight, without begging the need of a muzzle brake for its more potent commercial cartridges. I don't wear ear protection when hunting and value my hearing more than brakes. A wide variety of excellent 7mm bullets and commercial cartridges are available for your application. A cartridge worth considering is the super popular 7mm Remington Magnum. Delivering a ton of energy out to 400 to 500 yards with a 175grain bullet, you can knock elk flat with any reasonably placed shot. The white tail you hunt mostly will easily bow to 1/2 ton of pressure at 800 yds plus with this or lighter 7mm Mag rounds. And you can buy an accurate shooter in this round from any maker, many for less that $500 at discount department stores. But if you're bent on maximizing your range and accuracy way out there where the wind is as important and less predictable than gravity, less time of flight would favor the 7mm RUM. That's what I'm doing. The commercial options for this load are limited now, but should increase with the popularity and by the Remington pedigree of this brand new round. From the advice that I've received on this learned webpage, the Rem. Sendero looks like the out-of-the-box consensus for this cartridge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tommy Vaughan, post: 21974, member: 419"] Jim, Your question (best cal. for LR deer hunting) is one of the huntcamp favorites for which there are many answers, most of them more or less correct. Were I wearing antlers, I would not want to be standing in front of anyones' recommendations. So for the fun of splitting hairs, I'll add my opinions to the stew. I think that 7mm is the best caliber for longrange deer and sometimes elk hunting that you want, because it has the highest BC and sectional density in a deer/elk appropriate weight, without begging the need of a muzzle brake for its more potent commercial cartridges. I don't wear ear protection when hunting and value my hearing more than brakes. A wide variety of excellent 7mm bullets and commercial cartridges are available for your application. A cartridge worth considering is the super popular 7mm Remington Magnum. Delivering a ton of energy out to 400 to 500 yards with a 175grain bullet, you can knock elk flat with any reasonably placed shot. The white tail you hunt mostly will easily bow to 1/2 ton of pressure at 800 yds plus with this or lighter 7mm Mag rounds. And you can buy an accurate shooter in this round from any maker, many for less that $500 at discount department stores. But if you're bent on maximizing your range and accuracy way out there where the wind is as important and less predictable than gravity, less time of flight would favor the 7mm RUM. That's what I'm doing. The commercial options for this load are limited now, but should increase with the popularity and by the Remington pedigree of this brand new round. From the advice that I've received on this learned webpage, the Rem. Sendero looks like the out-of-the-box consensus for this cartridge. [/QUOTE]
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