Free For All Friday 10-3-2014: Rifle Caliber and a duck…
Only one question this week and I’m exhausted for various reasons so I don’t really have anything clever or insightful with which to start off this week’s post. With that being said, here’s a joke: A duck goes into a furniture store and says ‘got any duck food?’ The guy at the counter says, ‘sorry, we don’t sell duck food’. The little duck walks out. The next day, same duck, same guy. ‘Got any duck food?’ ‘Sorry little duck, I told you yesterday, no duck food here.’ The duck walks out. Next day, again, ‘got any duck food?’ The guy says ‘No! we don’t sell duck food! and if you come in here again I’m gonna nail your feet to the floor!’ The duck walks out. next day, duck walks in. ‘Got any nails? ‘ The guy says ‘what?… no’. Then the duck says ‘Got any duck food?’
On to the question!
“I own a .223 caliber S&W MP 15 and a Browning Medallion 300 Win Mag. I would like to know what is a rifle that would be somewhere in the middle for mostly Deer and Coyote, some say .270 some say 7mm and so on. I’m currently looking at a Winchester model 70 ultimate shadow hunter ss either in a 243 Win, 7mm-08 Rem, 270 Win, 308 Win or a 270 WSM. what do you suggest or should i be considering a different caliber?” -Ed W.
You’re in luck! For coyote, you can actually use your .223 for hunting them. If you don’t care about the pelt (or leaving recognizable parts in general) then the .300 Win Mag will work as well. For deer, the .300 will also work but it’s a little too much for that application. It would be much better suited for bear or elk. If it were my money, I’d be looking at the .308 Winchester. The .308 is kind of a Swiss Army knife round in that you can use it for most anything. It’s always great to go with a .308!
Thanks for the questions!
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