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1500 ft/lb energy requirement?
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<blockquote data-quote="Double Dropper" data-source="post: 1571626" data-attributes="member: 92893"><p>Love these posts, there are plenty of variables at work here, bullet construction, velocity, shot placement, even bullet frontal area I believe makes some difference. Utilizing a 1500 ft/lbs is a decent reference, I think the issue comes next of "what if everything is not perfect?" I know, the stories of "using a 243 on the last 12 elk and they were successful kills" cant really argue with success but.....shot placement is not always perfect, bullet performance is not always perfect, and using 1500 lbs as a measure is conversational, archery equipment has much less. The answer is not carved in stone. But I do advocate using enough gun, for when things aren't perfect. I own a 22-250, 243, 25-06, 270, 30-06, 300 Winchester Magnum, 300 RUM and a 35 Whelen and reload for them all, given the choice for a longer shot, maybe quartering, over 300 yards, I would pick my 300 Winchester Mag with 200 grain Accubonds everytime, but that's just me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Double Dropper, post: 1571626, member: 92893"] Love these posts, there are plenty of variables at work here, bullet construction, velocity, shot placement, even bullet frontal area I believe makes some difference. Utilizing a 1500 ft/lbs is a decent reference, I think the issue comes next of "what if everything is not perfect?" I know, the stories of "using a 243 on the last 12 elk and they were successful kills" cant really argue with success but.....shot placement is not always perfect, bullet performance is not always perfect, and using 1500 lbs as a measure is conversational, archery equipment has much less. The answer is not carved in stone. But I do advocate using enough gun, for when things aren't perfect. I own a 22-250, 243, 25-06, 270, 30-06, 300 Winchester Magnum, 300 RUM and a 35 Whelen and reload for them all, given the choice for a longer shot, maybe quartering, over 300 yards, I would pick my 300 Winchester Mag with 200 grain Accubonds everytime, but that's just me. [/QUOTE]
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