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<blockquote data-quote="4ked Horn" data-source="post: 149445" data-attributes="member: 11"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> The reason for the "HUGE risk" was I was responding about the .308. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] </p><p></p><p>The first set of distances you were given would represent the distance at which the correct .308 diameter bullet would penetrate and expand suficciently to kill the listed animal. You would have to supply the time and effort and money to get the bullet into the kill zone for each animal. That is what this website is dedicated to helping you do. It will not happen on its own. The person who responded to you is capable of such shots.</p><p></p><p> [ QUOTE ]</p><p> The reason it matters that I said fairly small is the .300 winchester magnum is a big caliber. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] </p><p></p><p>The diameter of the bullet from a .308 winchester and a .300 win mag are identical. The energy they put behind the bullet is not. They poke the same size hole. The hole from the .300 will tend to be deeper.</p><p></p><p>The recoil from the .300 normally is not unbearable if you can shoot a .308 in the same weight gun. By switching to a heavy barrel gun or by adding a muzzle brake the recoil is reduced farther. For most adults the recoil from a .300 win mag set up properly for long range hunting is not a reason to pass up on that option. Conversly, the energy from a .308 winchester is not so small that one would pass up on that option either if you can place your bullet precicsely where you want it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4ked Horn, post: 149445, member: 11"] [ QUOTE ] The reason for the "HUGE risk" was I was responding about the .308. [/ QUOTE ] The first set of distances you were given would represent the distance at which the correct .308 diameter bullet would penetrate and expand suficciently to kill the listed animal. You would have to supply the time and effort and money to get the bullet into the kill zone for each animal. That is what this website is dedicated to helping you do. It will not happen on its own. The person who responded to you is capable of such shots. [ QUOTE ] The reason it matters that I said fairly small is the .300 winchester magnum is a big caliber. [/ QUOTE ] The diameter of the bullet from a .308 winchester and a .300 win mag are identical. The energy they put behind the bullet is not. They poke the same size hole. The hole from the .300 will tend to be deeper. The recoil from the .300 normally is not unbearable if you can shoot a .308 in the same weight gun. By switching to a heavy barrel gun or by adding a muzzle brake the recoil is reduced farther. For most adults the recoil from a .300 win mag set up properly for long range hunting is not a reason to pass up on that option. Conversly, the energy from a .308 winchester is not so small that one would pass up on that option either if you can place your bullet precicsely where you want it. [/QUOTE]
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