But, as I've often opined, bullet construction properly matched to the game trumps chambering every time. I have Swift A-Frames and Trophy Bonded Bear Claws loaded up and ready to go. But there's nothing here worth shooting them at.
Yep, just about any bullet put in the right place will do the trick.
No. The RIGHT BULLET in the RIGHT PLACE. That is the goal. .
At times the wrong bullet works too. Blew the brain out of a doe with a .223 shooting a very fragile 45gr HP meant for varmint because I was coyote hunting. Totally wrong bullet for the job but I had confidence in my gun and I put it where I knew it was lights out. No wasted meat.
I once shot a pdog with a 12 gauge. He was far enough away that I thought I'd just "sprinkle" him for our mutual amusement. Knocked him deader than the dirt he was standing on. Surprised us both. Mike
"Walking away seems to be a lost art form." N454casull
If you gave me a FMJ bullet from most ANY cartridge and told me to kill a deer with it………I’d put it in the RIGHT place for THAT bullet and get the job done.
"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
If you gave me a FMJ bullet from most ANY cartridge and told me to kill a deer with it………I’d put it in the RIGHT place for THAT bullet and get the job done.
Ahhhhhh, I see what your saying now and I absolutely agree with you. I think we’re both trying to make the same point using different words.
I knew a landowner friend, old timer who decided the government could not tell him how many deer he could take off his property. He was a subsistence hunter who lived off the venison he killed on his own land. All his deer where DRTs, shot year round with a .22 Mag to the ear. One box of ammo would last him years. That one falls into the same category.
He was a skilled hunter and very good natural marksman so to him this was the right bullet/ammo for the job at hand. In his very long barreled European rifle the .22 Mag was actually quiet enough that no one ever noticed the early morning shots in the woods on his land.
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Neck shot, DRT.
Mike
N454casull
He was a skilled hunter and very good natural marksman so to him this was the right bullet/ammo for the job at hand. In his very long barreled European rifle the .22 Mag was actually quiet enough that no one ever noticed the early morning shots in the woods on his land.