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Old 09-26-2011, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by vikingjohn76 View Post
This will be my first year hunting and I have a DPMS AP4 308 Win that I will be using. Is that too much rifle? I just want a clean kill. Something that doesn't just injure the animal and leave it in pain, but also, something that doesn't knock a softball sized hole through it either.

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308 is perfect for whitetails.

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Originally Posted by starburstdan View Post
viking thats fine not gonna annihalate the deer at all. hypethetically there isnt a firearm that could put a hole that big that is legal.
Well...50BMG very well could put a hole that big through a deer.
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