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  • yes I have

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  • yes lots of them

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  • no as never had chance

    17 13.49%
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Thread: so who has shot a deer with a .308

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    I've shot a few with my 308 along with several other calibres including 223 which has accounted for the most to be honest. The 308 has gone and is replaced you a 3006. Nothing I ever shot with the 308 ever got up to complain so I guess it works ok. Customer feedback is important after all.
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    Never had a problem with the 308 and deer....123gr Sako factory ammo or 44 grains of Viht N140 wi 150gr Amax or 150gr Nosler BT's......keep it simple...shoot deer properly and it will die properly...shoot it bad and it won't matter what you've shot it with......
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    I've shot reds, fallow, whitetail, pigs, goats, wallaby, hares, rabbits, cats & a stoat. Remington adl, model 7 & t3.
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    Is it even ethical to use a .308 on a deer???
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    Quote Originally Posted by DCN808T View Post
    Is it even ethical to use a .308 on a deer???
    According to someone on here it most probably is….cos the recoil is too much for the shoulder that the butt rests against. Maybe hold it like you’re meant too n not like a(insert word of choice )


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    Yes I have I think most people in nz have
    Just because you have used one before doesn’t mean you like it but it does mean you’re speeking from experience when you’re say you don’t like them yes I have shot deer and goats with a 308
    Would I choose to use one in nowadays?... no
    Give me a 6.5 or 7mm any day of the week

    So I chose two options on the poll the top one and the bottom

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    Yes, great cal..blr 81 and T3. Did everything I asked. Nothing ever got back up.
    Went through a phase of trying new things, ended up with a 7m 18.5 blr and tikka 695 in 270 for open country. Thinking about it, if I could only have 1 gun. It would be the 270. They all work, bullet selection and shot placement.
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    Would like to know what happened to the ne that started it all….seems like I missed out on the action….


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    @ Micky Duck here is a cautionary and timely tale about the 308

    When we moved to level 3 and after a long period not hunting due to illness
    I took off for a day hunt on private land as L3 allows
    For some reason I took my 308 despite now knowing how unsuited to the task this would be
    Anyway on my way to a remote likely spot on foot I decided to stop ( for a rest as 3 months since on the hill and L4 muffin top ) and glass a nice little ridge top in the last of the sun
    Well only 5 seconds looking and a hind stands up and turns around and lies down again
    It's 4pm and I'm nowhere near where I would have expected to see a deer on this property
    Problem is she's 420m away and clearly way out of range for a 308
    So then it struck me that I had brought a lemon of a rifle for this task
    Do I go back to the truck, drive home and get my 300WSM and go back to shoot her ?
    Or try stalking closer and stick with the hopelessly unsuitable 308
    I chose to stalk closer and got to a spot where I thought I should have been able to see her
    A short glassing session and then I realised that she was looking directly at me from behind a bush
    I waited for about 20 seconds and she turned her head sideways and gave me a decent shot
    Well I thought even a 308 should be able to drop a deer with a head shot
    So I took the shot
    Quickly reloaded and there was a deer standing right there seemingly unharmed !
    So clearly the 308 is not even up to head shooting a hind at 120m
    Well I'm not going to make that mistake again and I put the next shot just behind the shoulder because the chances of missing were lower

    Short push through the bush and a bit of a scout around and there are two dead deer almost on top of each other
    Rookie mistake to shoot the nobby that was sitting down unseen with his mother
    Please don't take this as me in any way advocating the use of a 308 for deer shooting

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    Got bloody lucky there mate, risky business that 308 shooting

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    Havent yet, but i just brought a 308 so its on the cards hopefully.
    Patience Is A Virtue

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    So @akaroa1 when are you putting that 308 on the for sale page? You might want to delete that post or you'll end up having to give it away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ned View Post
    So @akaroa1 when are you putting that 308 on the for sale page? You might want to delete that post or you'll end up having to give it away.

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    Form an orderly queue behind @Ned

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flyblown View Post
    They sure as hell didn’t die of fright… just got back from a day running around looking for deer with my useless .308 Winchester. First one 180m, second one 480m. Both DRT with the Speer BTSP.

    Useless cartridge.

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    hmmm so you appear to be using the same rifle still..and you WERE shooting them out to nearly 500yards before with it...just saying like LOL
    75/15/10 black powder matters

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    Same useless cartridge miss my HK G3 and AR10 and Sakos in 308 Win.

 

 

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