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Energy or bullet diameter most important?
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<blockquote data-quote="memtb" data-source="post: 2758254" data-attributes="member: 75451"><p>Teri Anne, I agree with most of your comment, with a couple of exceptions.</p><p> </p><p> Animals shot through the lungs, while generally considered lethal, do not always cause near immediate death …..nor are lethal! Sometime, the animal can survive a lung shot and survive…..depending upon the amount of damage done.</p><p></p><p> Obviously, nothing makes up for poor marksmanship! But, as you clearly stated, pertaining to the use of a .223 on big game, larger bullets do offer a greater degree of success!</p><p></p><p> So, where we draw the line on cartridge selection is solely dependent upon the user! We can't assume that someone who chooses a large caliber, magnum cartridge simply does so to make up for poor shot placement. If the shooter can accurately place the properly constructed bullet, at high velocity, and of a larger diameter and mass….it will generally perform better than a smaller bullet. The bullet previously describe, can also offer the hunter the ability to take shots not possible with the smaller diameter bullet of less mass….whereas several feet of tissue penetration is required to reach and destroy the vitals!</p><p></p><p> If the hunter "will never" attempt a shot outside of the capabilities of his/her chosen cartridge ….even the lowly 22 LR can cleanly harvest the majority of our big game animals! The larger, higher hrosepower cartridges simply expand the window! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😉" title="Winking face :wink:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" data-shortname=":wink:" /> memtb</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="memtb, post: 2758254, member: 75451"] Teri Anne, I agree with most of your comment, with a couple of exceptions. Animals shot through the lungs, while generally considered lethal, do not always cause near immediate death …..nor are lethal! Sometime, the animal can survive a lung shot and survive…..depending upon the amount of damage done. Obviously, nothing makes up for poor marksmanship! But, as you clearly stated, pertaining to the use of a .223 on big game, larger bullets do offer a greater degree of success! So, where we draw the line on cartridge selection is solely dependent upon the user! We can’t assume that someone who chooses a large caliber, magnum cartridge simply does so to make up for poor shot placement. If the shooter can accurately place the properly constructed bullet, at high velocity, and of a larger diameter and mass….it will generally perform better than a smaller bullet. The bullet previously describe, can also offer the hunter the ability to take shots not possible with the smaller diameter bullet of less mass….whereas several feet of tissue penetration is required to reach and destroy the vitals! If the hunter “will never“ attempt a shot outside of the capabilities of his/her chosen cartridge ….even the lowly 22 LR can cleanly harvest the majority of our big game animals! The larger, higher hrosepower cartridges simply expand the window! 😉 memtb [/QUOTE]
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