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Thread: Calibre for goats and occasional deer?

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  1. 05-03-2016, 09:58 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by MightyBoosh View Post
    My simple question has generated lots of answers, thanks! I didn't consider metric calibres out of sheer ignorance, so some more to think about.

    Just out of interest, .270 doesn't seem very popular at all. Is it just about cost and availability of ammo, or is there something else?
    It is overgunned for goats.
    Its waning popularity is due mostly to poor selection of high bc bullets in that bore size.
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