Dedicated mule deer cartridge. Which one and why?

[HuntnPack]

I’ll take a 6.5 PRC.
(Dedicated hunting rifle.)
Unknown Munitions Mayhem Berger 156.
Seekins Havak Element, 21” barrel
Light recoil, accurate, 7.86# All up.
NF NX8 2.5-20 f2

 

[manitou1]

.280

 

[Oregonmuley]

Its already been mentioned by several others but for me it is the 7MM-08. Been that way for years and can't see any reason to change since it works great

 

[4Cody4]

Well, I already have a .308 that I can shoot...so that is what I'd pick. I don't have a lot of mileage in other calibers though.

I'm going to stick with the old quote "ride what ya brung, and hope ya brung enough".

 

[2Stamp]

Mines a Browning 25-06. Why? because this thing flat out shoots well and nothing has walked away. Shooting around 3400fps with my current 100gr TSX load.

 

[BugleMeTimber]

Been shooting a wby Stainless Vanguard .270 win with Hornady SST reloads. Just added a .270 win. Tika in 140 Accubonds for a lighter spike camp option. Still like the 7mm-08 BLR for close range hunting with corelokt psp's. Added a .300 wby Carbonmark to the mix with 180 accubonds for elk but will be packing the .270 win as my go to cal for mule deer.

 

[menhaden_man]

Mines a Browning 25-06. Why? because this thing flat out shoots well and nothing has walked away. Shooting around 3400fps with my current 100gr TSX load.

Like seeing the love for quarter bores here... my main hunting rifle for deer/pronghorn for past decade has been a 25-06 Savage with a Leupold 4-12x40. Oh yes, the scope even has BDC and is MOA. Whacked a dozen critters or so with it - the 117 SSTs are killers and tip over animals easily. The flat trajectory is nice.

Very unfashionable and hopefully I'm not kicked off Rokslide since Leupold, Savage, and MOA all suck. Same with OTC rifles and factory ammo . Don't tell anyone, but I even wore $20 "base layers" for some of this action and my pack was 9 lbs empty.

 

[EastMT]

The correct answer is obvious

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I heard that the 7mm was about .5mm too large to puncture a modern animal, any truth to that

 

[Aaron Warpony]

Lots of good options on here. I like the method of use what you have, I use a .270 remington 700 i got for Christmas when i was 12 and under 600 yards it seems to do just as well as alot of custom builds out there

 

[Whiskey_Fish]

The correct answer is obvious

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That paint has some funky texture on it. Is it rough feeling or is that just the image?

Sorry for the sidetrack.


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[Kimber7man]

6.5GAP4S (SAUM) with 139 scenar or 130 VLD for me

but......

I might take the 6.5 creed with Berger 156 EOL ammo this year.

 

[HawkCreek]

I've been hunting desert muleys with the same cheap Remingron .30-06 for over 20 years now. It's just a deer, it doesn't take anything special to kill one.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I always used 270 but if I was getting something today, I'd probably take a 6.5 creed and not worry about it .

 

[wyo2track]

.270 win with a 24" barrel loaded with 140 accubonds above a nice column of RL26, 3100 fps, flat and hard hitting. And if it happens to be elk season at the same time it'll do the job just fine.

 

[Unknown Munitions]

7 SAUM, 175 Berger Elite Hunter, H4831SC, 3000 F/S


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[ReddingArcher]

7 SAUM, 175 Berger Elite Hunter, H4831SC, 3000 F/S


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I have really been toying with the idea of turning one of my Tikka’s into a 7 SAUM the last couple weeks!

 

[TREE ‘EM]

Pre 64 Winchester model 70 Featherweight .270 Win, Husqvarna 1640 .270 Win, Johan Springer 98 Mauser .270 Win

 

[amassi]

The correct answer is obvious

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Your gunsmith spelled weatherby wrong

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[menhaden_man]

The correct answer is obvious

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Hang on there, I know flat shooting, high BC, and energy is great, but I thought belted magnums weren’t cool anymore

 

[MT257]

257 Weatherby with 110 accubonds