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^ that's why you learn to load :) My Stevens 200 7mm08 is one of my favourite rifles. I wouldn't bother with a stevens in anything more powerful, the recoil just gets to be a bit much. Hell, the .308 stevens is a bit much for and all-day gong-hammering session. Sure you could weight it, or add a recoil pad, but I'd suggest just getting a better rifle for the bigger stuff. And there's not much that needs doing that a 7mm08 isn't capable of doing
 
prosper said:
^ that's why you learn to load :) My Stevens 200 7mm08 is one of my favourite rifles. I wouldn't bother with a stevens in anything more powerful, the recoil just gets to be a bit much. Hell, the .308 stevens is a bit much for and all-day gong-hammering session. Sure you could weight it, or add a recoil pad, but I'd suggest just getting a better rifle for the bigger stuff. And there's not much that needs doing that a 7mm08 isn't capable of doing
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I agree 100%

IMHO the 30-06 is way more than you need for deer. A 7-08 has less recoil and will be easier for a novice to shoot, especially as the Stevens is a light rifle wiht a hockey puck recoil pad.

Frankly, I wish I had bought a 7-08 Stevens instead of the 30-06. I'd probably have more fun shooting it and no deer, bear, moose or coyote woudl ever knwo the difference beween getting hit wiht a 30-06 and a 7-08....
 
Another advantage of the 7mm 08 or the 308 is the short action, it gives you more flexibility for setting proper eye relief.
 
Will I Am said:
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I don't know Stevens products, but30-06 is the way to go if your hunting big game. Let me tell you a story if your hunting big game like white-tail deer, the 30-06 may be a loss of meat on the table.
I used a BAR 30-06 with 180 grains ( don't remember which company ) on a male maybe 1.5 years old, and dropped him.
I made him flip, and drop. I hit him in the lungs, but I lost the left shoulder through a hemorage. The male died immediately, but the bullet fragmented.:(
I love 30-06 but for deer it is too powerful for those not used to using firearms.
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Does one really need to use a 180 grain bullet on deer though? 150gr in the 30-06 does a clean job from my experiences.
 
willy11 said:
Don't forget about 7mm-08. The 7mm-08 in a stevens 200 is a very accuarate, light recoiling rifle. I've had one before and it shot very well. But ammo was a ##### to find.
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I have one, and the only way to find bullets is to roll your own:) they are not a bullet your gonna find at crappy tire. WSS and the other retailers carry them.
 
powder burner said:
Does one really need to use a 180 grain bullet on deer though? 150gr in the 30-06 does a clean job from my experiences.
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No, you don't need a 180, but it's convieniant. Lot's of guys won't be willing to re-zero their scopes from a deer load to an elk load. 180 is a good compromise.
 
Right now I am leaning towards the 270, sounds like an easy to find round, and one that can do the job for all i want to do.
 
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