Lets Settle This

[Broc]

6.5 Creedmoor
.308
.270
6 GT (for the memes)
30-06

Which one would you take Deer hunting?
Why?
Advantages and disadvantages?

Edit to add:
some people say "6.5cm is unethical for deer" - thoughts?

 

[Broc]

 

[1903Collector]

What are we hunting in this exercise?

 

[Spartan65]

45/70

Make sure it’s down.

 

[Broc]

What are we hunting in this exercise?

Let's go with Deer.

 

[Mesatchornug]

.30-06
It was good enough for my grandfathers to fight the Nazis; it's good enough for me

 

[SgtHal75]

308

 

[zmd]

30/30 (I know it’s not on the list)for a faster follow up shot if need be. 30-06 for a very close 2nd

 

[ThePreBanMan]

The question is overly vague. If the largest animal you're hunting is deer, any will be sufficient. But if you wanted a cartridge that was an all around North American cartridge for any game on the continent, 30-06 is the only answer of the cartridges you listed.

 

[Sweeney]

Anything that wasn't one of the options given because... NES

 

[LT5]

Good God you’re going to make me do it.

9mm.
No lungs = no longer alive.

 

[TRW]

Any of them would be fine for deer with the right bullet. I would go with 308 or 30-06, since I have those in hunting rifles.

 

[btnh6668]

There is nothing to settle. They will all do the job.

 

[jkelly1229]

.30-06
It was good enough for my grandfathers to fight the Nazis; it's good enough for me

The nazi deer are a real problem in the south

 

[oldguy68]

308, it's easier to find hunting ammo for and in many more factory varieties.
Plus you can also use it in the new Scar you want.

 

[Mesatchornug]

The nazi deer are a real problem in the south

So I've heard. I trust you'll hold the line.

 

[Broc]

There is nothing to settle. They will all do the job.

I respectfully disagree. This is NES, nothing is settled.

 

[Woodsloafer]

There is nothing to settle. They will all do the job.

This, anyone that thinks any of those cartridges has an advantage over the others for deer hunting is clueless. The Creedmoor is popular because of the lower recoil, men are no longer men anymore, they claim they like it is because of it's superior ballistics (why not get a 6.5 PRC then?).

 

[VTski4x4]

30.06 because I have it and am comfortable with my handloads, also because it's the "true American caliber."

 

[Broc]

This, anyone that thinks any of those cartridges has an advantage over the others for deer hunting is clueless.

@ThePreBanMan

 

[Beretta92FS]

.308

 

[Mesatchornug]

Have you considered a Daisy Cutter? Maybe a HIMARS?

 

[ThePreBanMan]

@ThePreBanMan

Go find the post where I said "the 6.5 is unethical for deer". Go on, I'll wait, Take a screenshot and post it, for all to see...

 

[SS1]

3006
Becouse my 43 Garand did not come in 308

 

[LT5]

The nazi deer are a real problem in the south

Are they the “white supremacists” I keep hearing about and yet never actually see?

 

[Broc]

Go find the post where I said "the 6.5 is unethical for deer". Go on, I'll wait, Take a screenshot and post it, for all to see...

You Could Say I Am a Sniper Now ...

 

[LT5]

I respectfully disagree. This is NES, nothing is settled.

View: https://youtu.be/kun5ncIKhSI

 

[ThePreBanMan]

You Could Say I Am a Sniper Now ...


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LOL

Deer isn't "large game". I'm talking about moose, elk, bear, etc... Which is made very clear in the proceeding posts, which you conveniently ignore....

 

[JRT]

6.5 Creedmoor
.308
.270
6 GT (for the memes)
30-06

Which one would you take Deer hunting?
Why?
Advantages and disadvantages?

Edit to add:
some people say "6.5cm is unethical for deer" - thoughts?

I want to meet the idiot who said 6.5 is unethical for deer. I’ve killed a lot of deer with 6mm CM ELDx and in western PA if the old timers aren’t using 30/30 they are using 243.

 

[Uzi2]

What? No 8mm Mauser?

Three of the last four deer I've taken were with an unmodified (non sporterized) K98 Mauser.

The other was with a .223 and I had to track the thing, and find it the following morning. Shot placement was good, just too much adrenaline and it ran for another 350 yards into my front fields which were shoulder high.

No more .223 for me, .30 cal or larger or a shotgun slug.