.25-06 or .270

[Comit 2]

Federal premium with sierra boattails at 3030(?)fps. The best I could do was 1.25in at 100 yards with that gun so it was not a GOOD 300yd plus rifle. Oh yea the far side shoulder and ribs would be so blood shot it was of no use to me. If the gun would have stabilized 140gr bullets I would have used them. Slower speeds with less shock wave.

Montana, Milk river White tails. Blue tongue whipped them out a few years back. It was fun to see over 100 deer a day on a good day. With that many deer around I should have seen it coming.

[Whoaru99]

FWIW, another opinion fairly well supported with information.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/practical_accuracy.htm

[yakfisher]

FWIW, another opinion fairly well supported with information.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/practical_accuracy.htm

Good article. Thanks.

[Comit 2]

In my gun a Browning A Bolt S/S. The 115gr boat tail congers up dreams of long range shots with great BCs but if your gun is shooting MOBroad side of a barn flat trajectory means nada. Yes when you are pushing a bullet around 3000ftps thing like air pressure and elevation can mess thing up also.

To keep it simple to that respect, stay between the Mach zones (1,2,3). 2800-2900fps is a safe zone in most areas. You do not want you bullet in that pressure wave between muzzle and target. That is how you explain "When the stars aline).

[Comit 2]

I guess what I'm saying is, wouldn't it be nice to go out to get a deer and get a deer and not just get a deer when the stars aline?

[Whoaru99]

I'm not exzctly sure where all that's going, but I've never had to blame the rifle or the alignment of the stars, so to speak, for not getting a deer even though I shoot a plain old off the shelf Ruger M77 with plain old off the shelf Remington Core-Lokts.

[Comit 2]

My only point is, if you are looking at a 270 or 25-06 which are known to be flat shooting cartridges for long range shooting. There are better cartridges out there. Just look at the top 1000yrd rounds. 260 rem or the 6.5x47 lapua. No one uses 30-06 spinoffs.

That is all.

[fishuhalik]

FWIW, another opinion fairly well supported with information.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/practical_accuracy.htm

What's this, an article about shooting that makes sense in the real world? This has no place on the Internet. This is a place for extreme accuracy only! 1/2 moa or your rifle is garbage

[boXCar JiggY]

25-06 chamberd with 117gr Hornady sst superformance. done deal.

[diederich06]

I vote for the 25-06, I've had my for 5+ years and have been very please with it! In regards to shells a box should last quite awhile and if planned out approprietly you shouldn't need a emergency ammo run.

[PurpleFloyd]

I would say the 270. Unless you want to split the difference and get a 260 which some say is the best all around white tail cartridge on the planet.

[lawdog]

I would flip a coin as both are great choices

The rest of the five pages of this thread is really not necessary, this says it all... The dead deer will not know the difference!

[swamptiger]

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Still say there are other options. But I would not want to be in Goodrich ND or Two Dot MT or Hawley MN and looking for the 25.06!

So there!! LOL

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Me? I've lost count of the number of deer and caribou downed with my trusty 6.5 Mannlicher. Real OLD cartridge and gun. Quaint even. Ha Ha Ha!

That old 6.5 will put a deer down as well as anything mentioned here, and you probably wouldn't find that ammo in any of the places mentioned either.

But then again, how many boxes of shells does it take to put down a deer or two?...