gun discharge in cockpit.

"Nomen Nescio" wrote in message
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From: Matt Whiting

I hand load. I can assemble ammunition for a wide range of purposes
with the 7mm Mag. It is an extremely versatile round in that regard. I
used it for years for everything from chucks to deer. I bought a nice
220 Swift a few years ago and that is now my varmint rifle.

Things are more constrained with factory ammunition, but any real
firearms enthusiastic rolls his or her own! :-)

Matt

Marlin 336 30-30
30 gr 748 pushing a 150 gr Sierra flat nose at about 1900 ft/sec

It's still a little overpowered for deer, but it shoots nice.

What deer (White tail, I assume, not muley), and at what range?

Last mule deer I took was at about 220 yards with a 7mm-08.

Matt (The other)

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From: "Matt W. Barrow"

What deer (White tail, I assume, not muley), and at what range?

Last mule deer I took was at about 220 yards with a 7mm-08.

Matt (The other)

Yea, white tail.
Normal range is between 25 ft and 75 yards. I've taken deer
out to about 150 yards with the 30-30.
I'd tend to trust the same round out to 75 yards with a mule deer,
although I have no experience with muleys.
Not a lot of long range shots here in New England. But I have taken
a few white tails out to 600+ yards in a large field with no/steady wind.
But for those, I'm ranging with a laser, using ballistic tables, and
shooting this:

http://tinyurl.com/2qd3kb

Those Savage 10FPs are sumthin', ain't they? :~)

Yours is .308, I take it.