![]() ![]() Slender and fast, this gun has all the appeal of that hot ex-girlfriend Problem? Well, some of the blood on the stock is mine. Three bears and more deer than I can remember. Its scratched-up blood and sweat-stained stock. I have stayed in an abusive marriage forĢ0 years with my beloved old Ruger M77 chambered in 7mm Rem. Point, and Lord help you if it was in a lightweight gun. Most of us have fallen for this Cinderella-story caliber at some We rated them not in order, but withĪ Deer Turd rating on a scale of one to 10, 10 being the ultimate loser Until we get it, we will keep seeking,Ĭulling and picking on the losers. 270 WSM and the dimension and recoil of the. There is still no perfect deer cartridge. Store where I bought my tags, there were handwritten signs for ammo only One did perform horribly,īut the other was rather brilliant. Was only halfway through writing this feature. In fact,Īs a footnote, I recently ended up using two of the cartridges IĮxcoriated below on a Wyoming hunt (borrowed out of desperation) while I Truth is, all the cartridges below have killed plenty of deer. Hunters if they'd never invented any caliber but the. Tongue-in-cheek gun-geek article, because we all know the same amount ofĭeer (heck, maybe more) would have been killed over the last century by Gutless wonder of a cartridge into a model of modern ballistic Our apologies to handloaders, the shooting elite, who can turn a We targeted some sacred cows, because some of those cows That are overkill for deer-the point of diminishing returns ofĭeafening recoil and meat destruction. Powerful gun and know what you can do with it than use a lightweight oneĪnd see what you can get away with. 25 caliber) because it's much better to use a More powerful," not to mention sectional density.īut how about the ones wed rather forget? To wit, we bring you Theĭirty Dozen. Intrigued by "lightweight, compact, flatter-shooting, low-recoil, With all the excellent new deer-killer calibers cropping upĪnd high-performance ammo taking our old faves to new heights, plenty ofĬalibers now offer no frills, just kills. then go straight to the page with the latest and Year, writers laud the top 10 or 12 deer rifles and calibers to Shot, misfired, had neck-snapping recoil or, worst of all, just plainĭidn't drop the big buck we worked so hard to get a crack at. The one with the rainbow trajectory that threw every third Some of us are lucky and have never owned a gun or caliber weĭespise, a wretched clunker that handled like a logging truck and neverįelt right. APA style: The Dirty Dozen worst deer calibers.MLA style: "The Dirty Dozen worst deer calibers. ![]()
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