What cartridge for NOT long range (300 yards and in ) whitetails?

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If you did not have a deer rifle (maybe a very rare hunting of a black bear) and wanted to buy one for 300 yard shots and in, which cartridge rifle would you be buying?
 
As stated above .30-06 or .270 Winchester. Black bears can get very large, the record kills are 600-700 pounds. That's a lot of animal to shoot at 27 minutes after sun down at 30 yards with a 6.5....
I've killed zebra and Blue Wildebeest with .30-06, 180 gr Nosler Partitions. My Black Bear (no record here) I shot with 130 gr Winchester power Point out of a .270 Winchester. I shot two Caribou with a .308 Winchester using 165 gr Speer SPBT, but for their size they died very easy. All one shot kills, except the second Caribou which needed a finishing shot.

Shot deer with .30-06, .270 Win and .308 Win. All very effective.

Good Luck

Jerry
 
My choice would be 6.5 Creedmor, .260 Remington, 6 mm Remington or 6 mm Creedmoor. A 7mm-08 would work equally well.

I doubt that bear killed with the 130 grain .270 would have died any slower if he had been shot in the same place with a 140 grain 6.5 Creedmoor or .260 remington.

Less recoil ... more fun shooting...
 
.358 win

Honourable mention, 338Fed, but long bullets don't pair well with a short case. Heard it's amazing with 160-180gr monos, but have no personal experience.

A 225gr .358 bullet doesn't crowd the powder column, and lands with authority disproportionate to the .308 case size.
 
If you did not have a deer rifle (maybe a very rare hunting of a black bear) and wanted to buy one for 300 yard shots and in, which cartridge rifle would you be buying?
7mm-08, .308 Win, or .260 AI gets my vote.

If .308 or .260 Rem, then a Rem 700 5R Milspec GenII gets my vote. I wish they offered them in 7mm-08.

https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/42432/Remington+Firearms+85201+700+5-R+Gen+2+Bolt+308+Winchester/7.62+NATO+24+4+1+Sy

https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog...ucts_id/719010011/REM+700+SS+5R+260+24TB+MZ+4

https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog...cts_id/10673/Browning+XBLT+HELLS+CANYON+7MM08
 
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