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Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex
05/08/17 05:26 PM

When I left school I bought a .30-06 and also joined a deer hunting club.

At the deer hunting clubs annual target shoot, I was interested to note, only one other participant had a .30 calibre rifle. There were a lot of .270's, .243's some other less than .30 calibre rifles. Nothing over .30.

Most of the hunting was fallow deer, and of course goats and pigs. Many hunters did make trips to Victoria to hunt sambar deer. The .270 is legal and adequate for this.

Nowadays my guess there would be few if any .270's. Lots of .30's and a number of greater than .30 rifles represented. Probably few if any .243's.

Have these lesser calibre cartridges stopped being able to kill beasts? No. What has changed? Fashion and hype. Hype to sell new stuff. Fashion to use newer and "better" rounds.

My original choice of the .30-06 was because I wanted one cartridge able to be used for any and all medium game hunting anywhere in the world.

Same reason I went to the slightly more powerful 8x68S. This was partialy due to my shots with the .30-06 failing with some beasts in Africa. With hindsight it was probably more due to the particular projectile failing to perform and more likely the batch of the projectiles was defective. But it is good to have some extra oomph when trophy hunting and not just meat hunting.

BTW same reason I went to the .375 H&H Magnum, a cartridge which can handle any beast anywhere oin the world.

Both the .30-06 and .375 H&H Mag are also common. Not a defect, but a positive if ammo ever needs to be sourced.

So a but off topic. But a .270, which could kill well in the 1980's can still kill today.

Same as a .30-06, which also has only a slightly lesser trajectory.

But not fashionable or trendy!

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Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Ripp	03/08/17 12:47 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Igorrock	03/08/17 05:02 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Rule303	03/08/17 08:51 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Ripp	04/08/17 12:59 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Rule303	04/08/17 08:51 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Ripp	04/08/17 09:24 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	DarylS	04/08/17 11:13 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Ripp	04/08/17 11:59 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	szihn	05/08/17 12:21 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Homer	05/08/17 08:54 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	DarylS	05/08/17 03:04 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Homer	05/08/17 04:21 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	NitroX	05/08/17 05:26 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Ripp	06/08/17 10:55 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	DarylS	07/08/17 01:44 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Ripp	07/08/17 11:30 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	500Boswell	07/08/17 01:15 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Postman	07/08/17 10:36 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Ripp	18/03/19 04:15 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	DarylS	18/03/19 04:52 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Homer	19/03/19 01:07 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	rigbymauser	19/03/19 11:23 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	maral	25/03/19 07:09 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	rigbymauser	25/03/19 11:47 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	008	26/03/19 12:51 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	DarylS	26/03/19 03:57 AM
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Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Ripp	14/08/17 10:17 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	DarylS	17/08/17 03:06 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Rule303	17/08/17 07:57 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Ripp	17/08/17 09:52 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Rule303	18/08/17 01:30 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	ducmarc	16/08/17 11:12 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	ducmarc	14/08/17 11:18 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	DarylS	07/08/17 12:05 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	SharpsNitro	06/08/17 12:51 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	cordite	05/08/17 12:16 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	NitroX	04/08/17 07:00 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Rell	04/08/17 11:25 PM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	szihn	04/08/17 02:02 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	ducmarc	04/08/17 08:54 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	DarylS	04/08/17 09:06 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	Rule303	04/08/17 09:03 AM
Re: Perfect caliber/rifle for hunting high mtn game-sheep/ibex	ducmarc	04/08/17 08:57 AM

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