Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

I think the difference in the two Savages are one has a removeable box magazine and the other is a blind mag. You can't go wrong with either the .308 or 7mm-08. In my .308 I'm using 150 grain Sierra boattail hollowpoints and they are super accurate and deadly on deer. I had a possum cop ( gamewarden) question me once about the little entrance hole in a small deer I had shot. I flipped the deer over and there was a fist size exit hole. I asked him if that was big enough.

Vahunter wrote:I think the difference in the two Savages are one has a removeable box magazine and the other is a blind mag. You can't go wrong with either the .308 or 7mm-08. In my .308 I'm using 150 grain Sierra boattail hollowpoints and they are super accurate and deadly on deer. I had a possum cop ( gamewarden) question me once about the little entrance hole in a small deer I had shot. I flipped the deer over and there was a fist size exit hole. I asked him if that was big enough.

LOL That was funny

Ohhhh, thank you for the clarification. Since the detachable is the same price as the floorplate, I'm gonna go with detachable, because I have a thing with taking out and putting in magazines. I love the clicky sound =) Almost as much as I love the sound of a handgun action or an autoloading shotgun.

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I had a possum cop ( gamewarden) question me once about the little entrance hole in a small deer I had shot. I flipped the deer over and there was a fist size exit hole. I asked him if that was big enough.

The entrance wound between a .22 caliber and a .243 (which I think is the smallest commercial round that is legal to hunt deer with in VA) is pretty similar. Even with a .308" diameter bullet, you're STILL going to get about a quarter-inch sized hole. It's really the exit wound and wound channel that looks different. With bigger, harder-hitting bullets, you are obviously going to have a larger exit wound from larger bullet expansion. I've seen deer shot with a .243, and I've seen deer bagged with a 30 caliber. The difference was astronomical. I wonder if mr. possum cop realized how stupid his suspicion was later. Either that or he shouldn't be a game warden.

Iqentab308 wrote:On the topic of the 44 mag. I've shot a handgun chambered to that. The kick was surprisingly manageable for such a massive, heavy-duty round. And good God, I'd hate to be the deer on the receiving end of such a hard-hitting close range round. =(

.44 mag out of a rifle is a whole different ball of wax. If you think it's impressive out of a handgun, it's like a freight train out of a long barrel with a locked breech.

It really shines when you put a silencer on it. Tom Denall doesn't call those guns the "Silent Destroyer" for nothing...