Varmint bullets on deer

[TringSaint]

Why not? More like the bullet choice was the problem more than the chambering. I'd put money on it that he was using a VMAX style varmint bullet and hit bone on the way in

Nah, he hit it in the wrong place and the bullet tore between the shoulder and the neck (deer was quartering towards him and he hit the leg in the far side as opposed to going through the neck for a hilar shot), connecting with the upper front leg and blowing it off. Deer was then on 3 legs!
He then panicked and shot again but missed the engine room.
The final shot was with a lowly 90gn 243 and it dropped him.

The point was that it wasn’t the bullet that was wrong, it was the bloke pulling the trigger who got it wrong, as any well placed shot in that environment would have dropped the animal.

Yes there are right bullets and wrong bullets for different prey and situations, but they can all do a job on most things if the hunter can hit the right spot.

 

[kenbro]

I’m really surprised as well I had a mod 70 in .375 and .223 and put a deposit on one in .308 id say so far all the rifles I’ve shot mod 70 is my favorite

Pre 64?

 

[Trigger260]

I saw a chap with a 300 win mag blow the shoulder off a fallow buck once. Next shot was back of the ribs / rumen. It was finally taken down with a well placed 243!

Hitting the right spot really helps!!

I see you are from tring! My first ever paid stalk was there! Good old roger buss

 

[TringSaint]

I see you are from tring! My first ever paid stalk was there! Good old roger buss

Where abouts? Ashridge? Ascott? There are very few paid stalking oops here apart from one commercial chap who has some of the surrounding farms.
Loads of deer here tho.
On the Ashridge side of the A41 it’s fallow, muntjac and cwd, and the other side it’s roe and muntjac. Never the Twain meet!!

 

[maxtheflyinghorse]

Pre 64?

No 1981,1994 and 2005 and I have a pump shotgun too from 1981-82 I love Winchesters

 

[Trigger260]

It's so long ago I can't be more specific. It was a block of woodland with a pub close by. I shot my first munty there and also had a roebuck infront of the highseat.
Happy memories

 

[kenbro]

No 1981,1994 and 2005 and I have a pump shotgun too from 1981-82 I love Winchesters

I've never owned nor shot any Winchester rifles and though they don't seem as popular as other makes, they always get good reviews.
I do have (Had it a long time) a Win. Model 12 X 20 gauge that's just about 100 years old according to Winchester's figures.
Still works perfectly.
I think a lot of these shotguns were brought over by American Service personnel during the war years.
Ken.

 

[maxtheflyinghorse]

I've never owned nor shot any Winchester rifles and though they don't seem as popular as other makes, they always get good reviews.
I do have (Had it a long time) a Win. Model 12 X 20 gauge that's just about 100 years old according to Winchester's figures.
Still works perfectly.
I think a lot of these shotguns were brought over by American Service personnel during the war years.
Ken.

They aren’t that popular here in the Uk. But a big hit in the states and Africa. That’s why it’s called the riflemans rifle.

 

[25 Sharps]

They aren’t that popular here in the Uk. But a big hit in the states and Africa. That’s why it’s called the riflemans rifle.

Because Americans and Africans are rifleman and uk shooters are not?!

 

[maxtheflyinghorse]

Because Americans and Africans are rifleman and uk shooters are not?!

I meant they are called rifle man’s rifle and is very popular in the states and Africa.

 

[Puds]

Sierra market the game changer as a tipped gameking.

I tried 125gr Gamechangers in the .308, and whilst incredibly accurate, they made a god-awful mess of deer (and a very splattered result on a head-shot fox…).