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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Barrel twist and length?
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<blockquote data-quote="Garycrow" data-source="post: 1016006" data-attributes="member: 30743"><p>Because the head is a very small target that's constantly moving and a slight miss inevitably results in a horribly wounded animal that will suffer greatly before it finally dies. I've seen deer with the lower jaw hanging by the skin where someone tried to head shoot them. Fortunately the ones I've seen were finished off by someone else, but if they hadn't been then they would have died from dehydration or starvation due to not being able to eat or drink. The animal deserves better than that. A heart/lung shot is a much more ethical shot because of the size of the kill zone, a slight miss from point of aim is still a lethal shot. Losing a few pounds of meat due to tissue damage is much preferable to losing an entire animal due to a poorly executed head shot.</p><p></p><p>Anyone that tells you they're such a crack shot that they'd never screw up a head shot is a fool. I don't care if you're Annie Oakley, try enough head shots and eventually you'll maim one & that animal is in for a horrible death.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garycrow, post: 1016006, member: 30743"] Because the head is a very small target that's constantly moving and a slight miss inevitably results in a horribly wounded animal that will suffer greatly before it finally dies. I've seen deer with the lower jaw hanging by the skin where someone tried to head shoot them. Fortunately the ones I've seen were finished off by someone else, but if they hadn't been then they would have died from dehydration or starvation due to not being able to eat or drink. The animal deserves better than that. A heart/lung shot is a much more ethical shot because of the size of the kill zone, a slight miss from point of aim is still a lethal shot. Losing a few pounds of meat due to tissue damage is much preferable to losing an entire animal due to a poorly executed head shot. Anyone that tells you they're such a crack shot that they'd never screw up a head shot is a fool. I don't care if you're Annie Oakley, try enough head shots and eventually you'll maim one & that animal is in for a horrible death. [/QUOTE]
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