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Do larger calibers really compensate for bad shots?
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<blockquote data-quote="Quintus" data-source="post: 1706369" data-attributes="member: 67552"><p>A bad hit with a bigger, harder bullet does not automatically do more damage. I would think it would be difficult to disrupt more tissue than you did with an Accubond Long Range. Maybe rather than a bigger bore, a sturdier bullet choice? It's always that fine line right? A 700 yard shot is tough with the big Holland, but intermediate ranges with a long range bullet may open to quick and not give the needed penetration. Had you chosen the 270WSM and made the same shot you may have said the outcome might be different had I used the 7mag. Fact is the only way the outcome is different is if the shot was anterior to the diaphragm/mediastinal septum. Placement will always trump diameter. I would argue in this day and age that bullet construction is in front of diameter as well. I would bet money that a zebra shot in the crease with 70 grain Barnes TSX from a 223 couldn't be saved by a team of veterinarians and you would find it before the buzzards did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quintus, post: 1706369, member: 67552"] A bad hit with a bigger, harder bullet does not automatically do more damage. I would think it would be difficult to disrupt more tissue than you did with an Accubond Long Range. Maybe rather than a bigger bore, a sturdier bullet choice? It's always that fine line right? A 700 yard shot is tough with the big Holland, but intermediate ranges with a long range bullet may open to quick and not give the needed penetration. Had you chosen the 270WSM and made the same shot you may have said the outcome might be different had I used the 7mag. Fact is the only way the outcome is different is if the shot was anterior to the diaphragm/mediastinal septum. Placement will always trump diameter. I would argue in this day and age that bullet construction is in front of diameter as well. I would bet money that a zebra shot in the crease with 70 grain Barnes TSX from a 223 couldn't be saved by a team of veterinarians and you would find it before the buzzards did. [/QUOTE]
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