Maybe it was just me, but I shot an entire box over a couple days with the same accuracy and groups double in size at 200 yards which coincide with my 100 yard results. The 120 Nosler Ballistic tips shoot .75" or better. Just can't find any. Go figure.
Heads up... I shot some of this and got groups that were just under 2" at 100 yards out of a Savage 110. The search for better shooting ammunition continues.
If I had to rank them...
Oryx
elk
pronghorn
turkey
mule deer
Barbary Sheep
I really enjoy all of them and feel like it's a treat to enjoy a meal consisting of game meat.
I always wanted to try Axis and moose
.270 Win. bolt gun of your choice. Shooting 130-140 grain Accubonds or Partitions. Will handily kill deer further than must of us should be shooting at game anyways.
You're forgiven as I was also wrong. A man bun is a hair style for an adult male, in this case a son bun would probably be more politically correct. So pawhitetail, stick with the .30-06. CVA Cascade has an adjustable stock and a threaded barrel, I don't know if it is chambered in .30-06 though.
If he want's a .30-06 work with him on getting one, it'll be his gun. It sounds like he has access to a couple of lighter recoiling rifles that he can practice with until he can handle the recoil of the .30-06. I would agree with putting off the purchase and getting more of a long-term gun in...
My daughter killed a pronghorn with .223, Sierra factory load pushing a 64 grain tipped Game King. Range was 150 yards broadside. Bullet exited. Pronghorn went approx. 30 yards after the hit. I was impressed by the damage that little 64 grain bullet did. Gun has a 22" 1:9 twist. I haven't...
.243 would be easiest to shoot. I got my kid a 7mm-08 thinking it would be most versatile for anything up to elk sized game. It recoiled a little harder than I was hoping for, but not bad...a little less than my .270 in the same model of rifle. Just for a small kid the lighter the recoil the...
Not that particular bullet but, I've killed a couple deer with the 200 grain version and my brother killed a deer with the 220 grain version. Brother got a passthrough and good performance at 150 yards. My longest shot was 160 yards and closest was maybe 20 yards on mule deer. All one shot...