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What Caliber for 600yd Whitetail? (New rifle Build)
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<blockquote data-quote="C-130 Dude" data-source="post: 2743153" data-attributes="member: 122991"><p>I've always had a rule of thumb. Dangerous game requires bigger bullets. They tend to make larger holes. And penatrate farther. I really dont want to take a chance on not stopping a man eater/killer with not enough bullet. No way! Many years ago, I witnessed a Peace Corps guy standing a little too close to the water and a 14 foot croc got him. The guards that were with him shot the croc with a 30.06 10 times within 50 ft but had no effect on the croc. A group of known big game hunters at the time (my dads boss was one them) were asked to try to get the offending croc. 4 days later, they got lucky and got him. They gutted the croc and found the guys parts inside. Wicked! Lessons learned. Personally, my smallest dangerous game bullet is my 50+ year old mod 70 375 HH. Most of my somewhat "distance shots" use one of the more higher bc bullets. Such as 260, 270, 30, etc...By the way 99 percent of my "distance shots" were from 300 yds or less. Now I know lots of folks take much longer shots. Sometimes you have to. The thing I am most concerned about is 3 things. Energy and penetration. Both are the recipe for sucess without having to track the game much (< 100yds to me) and doing a drt on dangerous game. The most important thing to me is not allowing the game to suffer. Crocs aside.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="C-130 Dude, post: 2743153, member: 122991"] I've always had a rule of thumb. Dangerous game requires bigger bullets. They tend to make larger holes. And penatrate farther. I really dont want to take a chance on not stopping a man eater/killer with not enough bullet. No way! Many years ago, I witnessed a Peace Corps guy standing a little too close to the water and a 14 foot croc got him. The guards that were with him shot the croc with a 30.06 10 times within 50 ft but had no effect on the croc. A group of known big game hunters at the time (my dads boss was one them) were asked to try to get the offending croc. 4 days later, they got lucky and got him. They gutted the croc and found the guys parts inside. Wicked! Lessons learned. Personally, my smallest dangerous game bullet is my 50+ year old mod 70 375 HH. Most of my somewhat "distance shots" use one of the more higher bc bullets. Such as 260, 270, 30, etc...By the way 99 percent of my "distance shots" were from 300 yds or less. Now I know lots of folks take much longer shots. Sometimes you have to. The thing I am most concerned about is 3 things. Energy and penetration. Both are the recipe for sucess without having to track the game much (< 100yds to me) and doing a drt on dangerous game. The most important thing to me is not allowing the game to suffer. Crocs aside. [/QUOTE]
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