Originally Posted By: billa
If I were buying a barrel to deer hunt with factory ammo I would buy a 35 Remington. Several of my friends have been very successful in the deer woods with factory Remington 200 grain Core-Lok. (green box) ammo. Good expansion, full penetration = dead deer.
Accuracy with factory ammo & TC factory barrel. Sub. 2" groups at 100 yards with a LER scope. Kill deer out to 200 yards.
The 35 is a deer hammer, the only thing I would ad to this would be is the 30/30, for factory ammo.