Thread: Deer Rifle 270 or 25-06

Originally Posted by Shearer

There's always one isn't there....

gotta love a good 6.5 its a great cal and its slow as piss your about to say well no off the shelf ammo is because the yanks don't want people to blow up there old weak as piss m96's they say they are old and week but they are actually a very strong action anyway I know I guy whos most likely shot more deer than me you or you or most others on this forum could dream of shooting.... now his sako 20inch barrel gets close to 2800 with a 140gn bullet I've watched him shoot it over the crony with my own eyes yes ok maybe that's a little slower than say a 7mm-08 or 308 with the same size bullet but the deer don't seem to run off screaming ah that hurt they are 99% of the time dead as two sacks of shit before they even hit the ground with an exit hole big enough for 2 fists in the other shoulder