which caliber for canada deer

[KirkD]

I personally see no reason whatsoever for new cartridge development,,, Simply because every possible usage for a firearm is already covered by many cartridges already in existence,

I tend to agree. Just forward of the muzzle, all the rifles in the world boil down to a bullet of a particular weight and caliber doing a particular velocity. Inventing a new cartridge when there is already a bullet of that diameter and weight going that velocity just seems a little redundant to me. I like the old cartridges, especially the 'obsolete' ones.

[bob208]

.45-70 for deer! i have not been hunting for a few years but have the deer gotten that tough? did they get mean too? i killed deer with a .303 brit. a .30-40 krag with a cast bullet .38-40. and a few with a .30-30. i have settled on the .30-30. that is what i will be using this year.

[W.R.Buchanan]

I wonder if the Deer would like a say in this?

Randy

[John Boy]

I will be hunting in thicker brush

300 H&H Magnum

[goblism]

picked up the Marlin 1895 in 45-70 not because i feel that this much power is needed for the deer but because the extra energy can only help, might be a little more than my shoulder likes but once i get around to shooting it I will know.

Eying out some 35 rems still, something about the odd caliber seems pretty tempting, it looks like it can do everything the 30-30 can do with more put down power, what's not to like with that!

[TXGunNut]

I wonder if the Deer would like a say in this?

Randy

Every now and then they boycott one of my hunts but I can't say I've heard any objections. I think they probably support my efforts to fill my freezer with wild pork.

[W.R.Buchanan]

Here's my solution as stated earlier now in the real world. More pics in Military Rifles.

Now I just need the Hat,,, and the ticket to Quebec for the Caribou Hunt.

Randy

[robertbank]

Bye gauleee dat is da hat for sure. Da #4, she be a good gun for the Cariboo too. Da hat is good to drink wit the boys the Molson n'est pas.

Bon Chance

Bob

[rjathon]

If you want smack down with reasonable recoil the 35 Rem is a sweet one. The 45/70 is superb but the recoil with a light rifle is horrendous. Porting a barrel helps a little but then the muzzle blast is unbearable. I don't like to hunt with a gun that is punishing to shoot.

[leveraction 45 colt]

i say go for the 30-30 I been using a Winchester 30-30 for years and I load 170gr bullets for my hunting loads! works everytime! lets keep the 30-30 tradition alive!

[10x]

If you want smack down with reasonable recoil the 35 Rem is a sweet one. The 45/70 is superb but the recoil with a light rifle is horrendous. Porting a barrel helps a little but then the muzzle blast is unbearable. I don't like to hunt with a gun that is punishing to shoot.

The 35 Remington is a great cast boolit gun. I just inadvertently bought a second one - it happened to be included in a lot of firearms at a sweet price.
Once I get it cleaned up I will be breaking out an RCBS 200 grain mold I bought 35 years ago for handgun silhouette shooting and never got around to casting a boolit with it.

Since the demise of the lead wheel weight I regard 200 grain bullets as somewhat extravagant - 35 bullets to the pound does not have the same appeal as a 37 grain 22 hornet boolit that allows me 189 bullets per pound of pb.