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Re: Best for South Alabama [Re: flounderpounder] #2083496
04/09/17 06:32 AM
04/09/17 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted By: flounderpounder
Im in for a new rifle but cant settle on a caliber. I thought a 7mm mag was my favorite, great trajectory small bullet good ballistics but shoot an 80lb doe at 50yds and 400yds later you will find her with a pencil hole going in and out. I switched to ballistic tips and would tear up half of the deer with trama and ruin the meat. I pulled the trigger on a deer twice with my new .243 and had two dead deer but I am not that confident in it yet.. Here in South Alabama where your biggest deer would be 190lbs and most you shoot for the table around 100lbs, what is the perfect caliber for this area???


what bullet was you using in the 7mag . i don't find mine that way . i use horaday 154 custums

Re: Best for South Alabama [Re: flounderpounder] #2083552
04/09/17 08:08 AM
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I've always been a 270 and then 30-06 guy. I have an AR10 now in .308 that I've been carrying for the last year. I like it but not sure its any better than the other 2. I just like the platform.

Re: Best for South Alabama [Re: flounderpounder] #2084732
04/10/17 12:58 PM
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7mm-08 or .308

Re: Best for South Alabama [Re: Jstocks] #2086597
04/12/17 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted By: Jstocks
Short action - .308 or 7mm 08
Long Action - 30-06 or 270


Good suggestions here.


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Re: Best for South Alabama [Re: flounderpounder] #2086704
04/12/17 12:34 PM
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My go to is the 25-06. If I know I'll be in thicker woods, then the 30-06 comes with me.

Re: Best for South Alabama [Re: sethjamtoe] #2086742
04/12/17 01:22 PM
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Colbert
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308, 25-06, 30-06 ,270 7/08 , take your pic can't do wrong don't forget 30-30

Re: Best for South Alabama [Re: flounderpounder] #2086963
04/12/17 05:43 PM
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let you in on a little secret it aint so much the gun as it is the shooter .

to me most rifles are as useless as tit's on a boar hog but aint it nice to have so many choices .

right now i'm liking in rifles are 7mag for longer range , 35 whelen for mid range and 357 mag for closer range .

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