GunsBeerFreedom
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned the 260 Remington.
"Most civilian shooters won't be doing urban CQB or 600 yard engagements in the Afghan mountains, however the 6.8 SPC is perfectly suited to more mundane uses. Intermediate-power cartridges like .257 Roberts, .250/3000, .300 Savage and most notably .30-30 have been used for over a hundred years to harvest deer and other North-American game. The 6.8 SPC fits right in with these venerable choices. While an anti-personnel round should have dramatic fragmentation and 12-inch minimum penetration, most big-game hunters want a bullet which will penetrate the muscle and bone of a deer's shoulder and still produce an exit wound for tracking. This suggests that a good choice for deer would be a stoutly-constructed bullet, such as the new 110-grain Barnes TSX, made entirely of a copper alloy."
most big-game hunters want a bullet which will penetrate the muscle and bone of a deer's shoulder and still produce an exit wound for tracking
they don't like it when you question the SPC koolaid
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the 260 Remington.