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| addicted:
--- Quote from: Hunting Cowboy on December 12, 2007, 05:22:47 PM --- --- Quote from: Bighorse on December 12, 2007, 05:18:29 PM ---Ah.....The old accuracy vs. power argument being struck up again under another guise. :bash: Gents a busted heart is a busted heart A crushed spine is a crushed spine A mutilated and torn up gut sack is, well, gross but just that mutilated. Most modern rounds in the correct hands do the job. Know your ballistics and anatomy and you can make clean kills. --- End quote --- I tend to agree with Bighorse. --- End quote --- i tend to agree with hunting cowboy agreeing with bighorse |
| bobcat:
--- Quote from: jackelope on December 12, 2007, 04:21:43 PM --- --- Quote ---That would depend on the type of bullet though. --- End quote --- kind of what i was thinking. lots of people kill lots of deer with .243's. i'm gonna dial mine in with 85 grain barnes triple shocks and see how it does. any thoughts? --- End quote --- That's what I plan on using in my 243, if I ever get time to do some reloading. |
| smdave:
I voted 338 but I own a 338 Federal and that is the 338 I am refering to, it is a great all around gun. Dave |
| 257 Wby Mag:
They all work great, even without high dollar designer boolits. I use the 257 Roy, kill alot of critters, have killed alot of critters with alot of different cal/boolit combo's. 2 stick out, 257 Roy, and any 338 Magnum, ie, Roy, Lapua,338-378,etc. Use what you like, learn how to use it, kill game, designer boolits or not. The 243 is a good bull round in proper hands as well, seen several fall to 1 shot, its heaven for bucks. |
| Dman:
-I guess I would agree with Bighorse as well if I fully understood his point. What is meant by "clean shot", vs "busted up"?? If you shoot a deer, it's pretty well "busted up" if you killed it, I don't get it, but then apparently I'm a poor shot because I don't know my placement, or anatomy. Just because your more polite in your choice of words in jabbing someone, doesn't mean it's not noticed. For the record, I don't equate a deer suffering longer, as also being more "busted up". On another note, the shot I was referring to (Josh), was a double-lung shot on a 225lb blacktail (YES, they do get that big ;)). The deer I harvested this year, using the SAME brand and type of ammo, but with a .300 mag was also double-lung shot and didn't even blink, or take one step. Again, 150 grains is not 87, or 100 grains, never will be equivalent. |
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