Thread: Can you convert a t3 308 to 284?

Originally Posted by Mangle

The best deer calibers start with a 3....just pulling your tassels......personally can't tell the difference in calibers if the rifle is accurate and easy to carry / shoot........

Yes, around the margins the differences are very subtle and not worth doing our heads in over. But more substantial increases in velocity and bullet weights make more than a marginal difference and result in more humane killing. All other things like accuracy and shooter ability and knowledge being equal.

There are exceptions though to everything, and I think that we rather bother ourselves by looking for them.
If we start from the premise that we need a decent size lump of lead and copper hurled as fast as it can practically go we are on pretty safe ground

Then again, I'm the guy who just loves going back to my .223 to shoot a deer from time to time. So we are all influenced by personal preferences too.