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Do larger calibers really compensate for bad shots?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wade Phipps" data-source="post: 1707080" data-attributes="member: 111195"><p>Larger calibers allow you to shoot through internal structures that a small caliber light bullet can not. A .30-06 or .270 Winchester can break a shoulder on most animals with a properly constructed bullet and still reliably get good penetration to the heart lung area while a .243 would not. You just need to know the limitations of your caliber bullet combination, stay within them, know your own limits under field conditions and if you are not sure then do not take the shot no matter how nice the animal is. You need to balance recoil, rifle weight and caliber to what you can handle. I shot all of my elk with a .270 Winchester though I had to stalked close due to terrain and vegetation. I shot one at 15 feet, but the rest were 100 yards or less. Deer have been the same due to my hunting location. Also took a black bear with .270 Win. Every bullet has gone completely through side to side. All I shoot is 150 grain bullets. Also fast is great if you know that you will take mostly long shots, but if all you take is short shots then it just ruins meat.</p><p></p><p>-Wade</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wade Phipps, post: 1707080, member: 111195"] Larger calibers allow you to shoot through internal structures that a small caliber light bullet can not. A .30-06 or .270 Winchester can break a shoulder on most animals with a properly constructed bullet and still reliably get good penetration to the heart lung area while a .243 would not. You just need to know the limitations of your caliber bullet combination, stay within them, know your own limits under field conditions and if you are not sure then do not take the shot no matter how nice the animal is. You need to balance recoil, rifle weight and caliber to what you can handle. I shot all of my elk with a .270 Winchester though I had to stalked close due to terrain and vegetation. I shot one at 15 feet, but the rest were 100 yards or less. Deer have been the same due to my hunting location. Also took a black bear with .270 Win. Every bullet has gone completely through side to side. All I shoot is 150 grain bullets. Also fast is great if you know that you will take mostly long shots, but if all you take is short shots then it just ruins meat. -Wade [/QUOTE]
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