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<blockquote data-quote="Dave Schenck" data-source="post: 266121" data-attributes="member: 9307"><p>cva 54 - you are right on the money! What did we do before all these super duper supercharged calibers came out? We hunted with the 30-06 and the 270 and the 308 and the 303 etc and countless hundreds of thousands of animals fell to these rifles. We also hunted properley back then and knew how to shoot. The advent of modern (magnum) rifles and premium bullets means you can now shoot from further away (more chance of wounding) and take risky shots which in my mind is not ethical! I have heard stories of bullets travelling the full length of the animal and the hunter proudly showing the mushroomed bullet (if I want mushrooms I go to the store or pick 'em in the forest) to all his mates - in my opinion that is a poor shot and the animal could easily have been gut shot and run off to die somwhere and never found! KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid! I will add that these rifles are really good and in the right hands are simply devastating but.....DO NOT PUT THE TRIED AND TESTED AWAY! It is not the rifle but the driver that makes the mistakes. I hunt with my .270 for all my big game and it is more than enough gun. I also only hunt with standard bullets - after all these bullets were designed to kill medium to large game and they do it well. Sierra bullets are the bomb and I hope we can continue to afford them here in South Africa with the exchange rate and inflation. Keep trucking!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave Schenck, post: 266121, member: 9307"] cva 54 - you are right on the money! What did we do before all these super duper supercharged calibers came out? We hunted with the 30-06 and the 270 and the 308 and the 303 etc and countless hundreds of thousands of animals fell to these rifles. We also hunted properley back then and knew how to shoot. The advent of modern (magnum) rifles and premium bullets means you can now shoot from further away (more chance of wounding) and take risky shots which in my mind is not ethical! I have heard stories of bullets travelling the full length of the animal and the hunter proudly showing the mushroomed bullet (if I want mushrooms I go to the store or pick 'em in the forest) to all his mates - in my opinion that is a poor shot and the animal could easily have been gut shot and run off to die somwhere and never found! KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid! I will add that these rifles are really good and in the right hands are simply devastating but.....DO NOT PUT THE TRIED AND TESTED AWAY! It is not the rifle but the driver that makes the mistakes. I hunt with my .270 for all my big game and it is more than enough gun. I also only hunt with standard bullets - after all these bullets were designed to kill medium to large game and they do it well. Sierra bullets are the bomb and I hope we can continue to afford them here in South Africa with the exchange rate and inflation. Keep trucking!!! [/QUOTE]
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