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30-06 or 243 or 270

boyne bowhunter said:
If your thinking about a Marlin 30/30 be sure to consider the 35 Rem. Its a harder hitting round than the 30/30 and one of the best brush calibers for whitetail available IMO. I've killed many whitetail with mine and 90% of them have never moved from the point they were standing when shot.
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I have a safe full of guns including .243, .308, .223, 762x39, .30.06 and .35 Remington. I have killed multiple deer with all of them. I agree that for close range in brush country you can't beat the .35 Remington marlin lever action. Holds 7 rounds and doesn't explode on small twigs and grass like the .30.06 and .243 can sometimes do. My brother shot a doe this week with his 30.06 and hit a briar in front of the deer. The round exploded and hit the deer in five places....all complete pass throughs. Ruined almost all of the meat on the deer. I have killed a lot of deer with .30.06 but in a saddle, in thicker areas I always take the .35 Remington. I shot a buck two days ago with it and had to lean all the way back and sideways to shoot and I believe the .30.06 would have scoped me if I had shot that buck with it. The .35 has softer recoil and was perfect for that tough shot(gun turned sideways.
 
.35 whelen 7600 pump. 225 grain bulletts. Or a 7 mm-08 bolt 139 or 140 grain bullets can't go wrong. 06, .308,35 rem .358 win. 6.5 creedmore. All great rounds. I have a safe full or older cool calibers and new ones but at the end of the day my Favorire deer rifle is a rem 7600 pump 35 whelen. And an 870 20gauge slug gun.
 
I love my .243! I use it for deer and coyotes. Never had a problem with it putting deer down. Blasted a deer at 337 yds with 100 grn bullet, it went 40 yds. Several killed at 100 yds or less, no problems. I love the ability to switch from deer to coyote. It's a flat shooting round. Killed coyotes out to 368 yds.
 
Foosty said:
I love my .243! I use it for deer and coyotes. Never had a problem with it putting deer down. Blasted a deer at 337 yds with 100 grn bullet, it went 40 yds. Several killed at 100 yds or less, no problems. I love the ability to switch from deer to coyote. It's a flat shooting round. Killed coyotes out to 368 yds.
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I will say, i use a first focal plane scope, so awesome. It's a bdc reticle, with online support from Nikon and the spot on software is almost dead on.
 
That being said, In close quarters shooting, I love a 30/30. Beautiful rifles, lever action is awesome, less susceptible to brush interference, knocks em dead as stone, compact easy carry through brush, awesome out to 150 yds.
 
I had a winchester model 94 .30-30 and I sold it after I shot a doe 3 times before it died. 25 yard shot... dropped but didn't die. Walked over to her, shot her point blank - still didn't die. Shot her gain and she finally died.. I shot a huge buck - biggest I every shot at with that Winchester and he hobbled off, I looked for 6 hours and never found him.

I sold that piece of junk and got a .30-06 shooting winchester ballistic silvertips 150 grain and have never looked back. That deer you see me with in my pic, he went 30 yards and died. 227# dressed, 11 pointer in Minnesota. 30-06 Winchester Ballistic Silvertips 150 grain. just sayin'
 
Stinger-Hunter said:
I had a winchester model 94 .30-30 and I sold it after I shot a doe 3 times before it died. 25 yard shot... dropped but didn't die. Walked over to her, shot her point blank - still didn't die. Shot her gain and she finally died.. I shot a huge buck - biggest I every shot at with that Winchester and he hobbled off, I looked for 6 hours and never found him.

I sold that piece of junk and got a .30-06 shooting winchester ballistic silvertips 150 grain and have never looked back. That deer you see me with in my pic, he went 30 yards and died. 227# dressed, 11 pointer in Minnesota. 30-06 Winchester Ballistic Silvertips 150 grain. just sayin'
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I love the winchester ballistic silver tips--have been shooting them since they evolved from the winchester "failsafe" I think ammo can sometimes make all the difference, regardless of caliber.
 
In my 48 years of deer hunting, I have shot deer with the 30-30, 32 Win Special, .270, 30-06, .260 Rem, .308 and 7mm-08, none of the deer seemed to know the difference. Pick a RIFLE you like, and buy it in the caliber that is available.
 
If you like bow hunting chances are your rifle shots will be within 100 yards the way you set up on the deer, I would recommend a 30-30, my marlin 336 is my favorite gun of all time. I also have a 308 for open field hunting out to 200-300 yards.


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catman529 said:
If you like bow hunting chances are your rifle shots will be within 100 yards the way you set up on the deer, I would recommend a 30-30, my marlin 336 is my favorite gun of all time. I also have a 308 for open field hunting out to 200-300 yards.


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Lol.. No rifle hunting here in NJ, only muzzleloader and shotgun. Most of those shots have been only 20-25 yards too. The furthest I've ever shot a deer was 40 yards!
 
redsquirrel said:
Lol.. No rifle hunting here in NJ, only muzzleloader and shotgun. Most of those shots have been only 20-25 yards too. The furthest I've ever shot a deer was 40 yards!
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Growing up in NJ, I understand the intent with limiting high power rifles, however has NJ ever limited the caliber for varmint hunting?
 
Excellent choice! I’m a .270 guy through and through, but I do love my 25-06 as well. When I run across a Browning BLR in 25-06 I will snatch it up and make a saddle gun out of it.
 
bigjoe said:
Growing up in NJ, I understand the intent with limiting high power rifles, however has NJ ever limited the caliber for varmint hunting?
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I don't participate so I'm not sure but I believe it is limited. It was a big deal a couple years ago when they allowed rifles up to .25 for coyotes with ammo limitations.
 
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