What Caliber????
Hello Experts!!!
I'm looking to purchase a new rifle. I've been looking for some time and have talked to many family members and friends, whom all have their own ideas. Primarly I will be using this gun for coyotes, white tail deer, and mostly practice shooting. I'd love to have an all around rifle. I thought about a 30-06, but worried about the size load and kick for how I'm going to use it. So I'm also considering a 25-06? a 270 Win. Short Mag., a 270 Win, or 308 Win?
Any suggestions or comments?
Also, is there a good website that would give me more information about calibers and what caliber is suggested for what game?
Thank in advance,
I'm looking to purchase a new rifle. I've been looking for some time and have talked to many family members and friends, whom all have their own ideas. Primarly I will be using this gun for coyotes, white tail deer, and mostly practice shooting. I'd love to have an all around rifle. I thought about a 30-06, but worried about the size load and kick for how I'm going to use it. So I'm also considering a 25-06? a 270 Win. Short Mag., a 270 Win, or 308 Win?
Any suggestions or comments?
Also, is there a good website that would give me more information about calibers and what caliber is suggested for what game?
Thank in advance,
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Go with a 6mm Remington, super-accurate and easy on the barrels 
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A .270 winchester or .30-06 will work good on anything in North America. Probably the two best all around calibers for our region. The .30-06 being the more inexpensive I would probably go with that...besides the recoil and report on .30-06 isn't all that bad either. 0 -
I like the .243 and the .308. My 2 cents [8D]
Greg
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257 ROBERTS. CAN DO ALL YOU WANT TO DO WELL
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Dennis, its hard to advise someone about rifle caliber. Any of the calibers mentioned so far would be good for yote dogs and deer. It doesn't take much power to down either one, just a good bullet placed in the right place. If recoil is a concern for you, two excellent calibers that will get the job done with very little recoil are the .260 Remington and 7mm o8. You can use 120 grain bullets or less for yotes and 140 grain bullets for deer and both shoot pretty flat. Aim Small, Hit Small Pinhead 0 -
With the primary uses being large varmint (coyote), white tail deer, and mostly targets, then all of the following rounds will yield great accuracy along with mild recoil. The 25-06, 257 Roberts, 6mm Rem., 243 Winchester, 7mm Mauser, 7mm-08 Rem. Beyond these and similar rounds, the recoil goes up markedly, even the .308 Win is stiff in a light weight rifle. Further I suggest going with a heavy weight barrel rifle if target practice is going to be the major portion of your use. HBs will also be good for varmints. HBs keep recoil and barrel heating between shots to a minimum. A medium weight barrel will have more hunting use for white tail stalking. The medium weight barrel also yield good accuracy and keep barrel heating acceptable between shots. A light weight barrel, e.g. mountain rifle, will not fit your intended purpose. Recoil can be quite stiff even in these calibers and barrel heating between shots becomes a problem for target practice and varmints.
Boomer
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Any that you mentioned or that the other guys mentioned would be fine. The 25.06 is the lightest recoiling and easy to shoot.Great for the varmits and deer but won't do anything the 257 roberts can't do out in the real world with even less recoil and powder use but you are limited in bullet weight for larger species.The 270 win is better for deer size game and up and is in my opinion the best deer gun for someone starting out and will do for big stuff in a pinch(like Elk if you had to)with good bullet placement.It can also double as a mean coyote gun with lighter bullets but does not have a good selection of bullets for target use, but has been getting the job done since 1925 for hunting.It will do anything the 270 WSM will do in the hunting fields unless you are shooting past 350 yds or so and out where the magnum hits harder.Thats a long way for whitetails.The 270 WSM recoils the most of the ones you mentioned but is 150-200 FPS faster give or take a little than the regular 270 with any bullet weight.If your going to hunt in wide open spaces it might be for you.The 308 win. is the most accurate on average and has an enormous supply of surplus ammo for plinking and such as well as all the other supplies of stuff that go with being a recent military/nato round, and has a better choice of target type ammo/bullets being a 30 caliber.The 30.06 is hard to beat for a do anthing gun even after all these years. The 308 win will do anything the .06 will do up to about 165 gr.bullet weight(especially if you handload)but the .06 will push the heavy 180gr and up bullets faster and is better for really big game like Elk and up. Don't forget to consider something in the 7mm bore size if you are going to do target shooting as they have one of the best selections of bullets to choose from for different applications. Of the standard calibers look at the 280 remington which is a wash on performance on game with the 270 win but has more bullet choices being in 7mm.If you want a gun that will do anything you have described while being relatively light recoiling for the power you have,is easy to shoot and very accurate look at a 7mm-08.Inside 300 yds you'll never know the difference on performance on game and they are great for target shooting. They perform well on anything from varmits to black bears.---If you just can't decide, get the 30.06.It's not always the best choice -- but it's never a bad choice and you'll never be really sorry you bought one, At least I never have.--- Good Luck.......[8D] 0 -
Hello:
Check this out. Very impressive ballistics. Remember the rule of thumb is a minimum of 1000 fps for killing deer. The 6mm or 243 or 7mm08 looks pretty impressive.
www.huntingmag.com/guns_loads/6mm_remington/0 -
300WIN MAG all around rifle but if ya don't like recoil go for a 44mag-ruger rifle or 30-30win 0 -
I'm with KJ... 6mm = Flat shooting, accurate, and light-recoil.
The 10mm - either you've got it, or you don't get it...0 -
IMHO...for what you say you are shooting (yotes, white-tail, and targets) nothing would beat the 243. If you want an inexpensive, but nice shooter, take a look at the NEF Handi-Rifle. Should find one NIB for just over $200. Sure, it's a single shot, but who needs a second shot? [}:)] 0 -
Gotta go with the .308.Availability and variety, especially if you reload.A 6mm is great, if you go with an early Model 70 in .243!!![8D]
Love them Pre-64's!!!!-Bob0
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