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308 ammo for elk (barrel length)
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<blockquote data-quote="rustyshackleford" data-source="post: 1958021" data-attributes="member: 59526"><p>This is a debate I've had with a buddy it mine many times. My guess is if you've seen a lot of wound channels your BP kills were probably just as quick and humane as your hi powered midbore at 2600-2800 ft/sec. A 50 cal muzzleloader kills just fine at 1600 ft/sec or so. Just as dead as a 308 pushing a 165 at 2800. The 308 is going fast enough that coupled with an expanding bullet it creates a wound channel that is disproportionately larger than it would at 1600 ft/sec. that's the additional kinetic energy and the velocity such that when it hits and does make a temporary cavity, the tissue is pushed aside more violently than the elasticity of the tissue allows. So for me, shooting relatively small bullets at large game I want more velocity than what the 16 inch 308 can muster with most factory rounds at 500 yards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rustyshackleford, post: 1958021, member: 59526"] This is a debate I’ve had with a buddy it mine many times. My guess is if you’ve seen a lot of wound channels your BP kills were probably just as quick and humane as your hi powered midbore at 2600-2800 ft/sec. A 50 cal muzzleloader kills just fine at 1600 ft/sec or so. Just as dead as a 308 pushing a 165 at 2800. The 308 is going fast enough that coupled with an expanding bullet it creates a wound channel that is disproportionately larger than it would at 1600 ft/sec. that’s the additional kinetic energy and the velocity such that when it hits and does make a temporary cavity, the tissue is pushed aside more violently than the elasticity of the tissue allows. So for me, shooting relatively small bullets at large game I want more velocity than what the 16 inch 308 can muster with most factory rounds at 500 yards. [/QUOTE]
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