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300 wsm build for european games, selective hunting in Italy
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<blockquote data-quote="simone" data-source="post: 2780308" data-attributes="member: 103268"><p>Also with a 308 both shoulder are gonna be trashed if you aim there. I think that using a smaller caliber the end result would be similar. A high velocity projectile put into bones and thick muscles is gonna make a mess. How bad the mess is is not gonna change the fact that both shoulders will be given to the dog! And honestly when shooting in the shoulder what i am looking for is exactly that, total devastation and the animal dropping on its tracks. When i aim at the shoulder is because i need a instant drop and I already know my dog is gonna a eat some gulash<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /></p><p></p><p>Anyways, i have seen roes shot in the shoulder with a 300 wsm, not much difference than with a 308 honestly. At the end is like 1/5 more powerful, not a huge deal, especially on a smaller animal where the bullet won't be able to release all its energy. </p><p></p><p>The big advantage is that with more velocity the expansion of a tougher bullet is much more likely when not meeting much resistance. For example, in order to preserve some meat i used to shoot partitioned bullets (RWS DK 165 gr) on roes but one time, 10 minutes after a perfect double lung shot from only 190 yards to a roe, i found the animal still alive, it even managed to run a few meters more before i had to put a bullet in its head. That happened because I didn't hit any rib and the bullet didn't expand at all even at relatively high velocities. That's why i switched to soft points. A bit more or a mess but no suffering. If you want more stopping power you need more d'amare, it's inevitably directly proportional, at least with a non CNS shot. </p><p></p><p>Another interesting thing: with SP i see roes dying for hydrodinamic shock like if a bolt struck them even without directly damaging the spine or hitting major bonus, with partitioned bullet i saw it only when hitting major bones like the scapula.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simone, post: 2780308, member: 103268"] Also with a 308 both shoulder are gonna be trashed if you aim there. I think that using a smaller caliber the end result would be similar. A high velocity projectile put into bones and thick muscles is gonna make a mess. How bad the mess is is not gonna change the fact that both shoulders will be given to the dog! And honestly when shooting in the shoulder what i am looking for is exactly that, total devastation and the animal dropping on its tracks. When i aim at the shoulder is because i need a instant drop and I already know my dog is gonna a eat some gulash😂 Anyways, i have seen roes shot in the shoulder with a 300 wsm, not much difference than with a 308 honestly. At the end is like 1/5 more powerful, not a huge deal, especially on a smaller animal where the bullet won't be able to release all its energy. The big advantage is that with more velocity the expansion of a tougher bullet is much more likely when not meeting much resistance. For example, in order to preserve some meat i used to shoot partitioned bullets (RWS DK 165 gr) on roes but one time, 10 minutes after a perfect double lung shot from only 190 yards to a roe, i found the animal still alive, it even managed to run a few meters more before i had to put a bullet in its head. That happened because I didn't hit any rib and the bullet didn't expand at all even at relatively high velocities. That's why i switched to soft points. A bit more or a mess but no suffering. If you want more stopping power you need more d'amare, it's inevitably directly proportional, at least with a non CNS shot. Another interesting thing: with SP i see roes dying for hydrodinamic shock like if a bolt struck them even without directly damaging the spine or hitting major bonus, with partitioned bullet i saw it only when hitting major bones like the scapula. [/QUOTE]
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