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Heavy for caliber vs. high velocity monos
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 2125592" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>Unless your target animal is an elephant, hippo, cape Buffalo or similar, then a 17 simply won't penetrate enough. </p><p></p><p>As I stated in an earlier post, all things are relative and there is no one right answer. Well rounded knowledge in proper cartridge and projectile choice, in conjunction with firearm marksmanship and good judgement is what is generally needed. Whether your using a light fast 40 grain bullet to explode prairie dogs from a 22-250 at 300 yards, a slow heavy 290 grain cast bullet from a .44 carbine lever action to kill a timber elk at 50 yards, a fast and flat mono from a 7 mag to flatten a big mulie at 475 yards, a heavy 245 grain bullet from a 300 rum to kill a red stag at 1100 yards, or a 416 Taylor to drop a charging cape Buffalo at 45 yards and closing, they all are very different combos, and they are all appropriate, and many of them overlap to a certain extent. I wouldn't use the 44 carbine on the 1100 yard red stag, and I wouldn't use the 7 mag on the charging cape buffalo, reguardless of how good of a shot I am. Use good judgment and pick the right one, and you will have game down. Velocity does kill, if it didn't we would be throwing bullets by hand, but it also has to be considered against things like bullet weight, penetration needed, game choice, cartridge selection, range of your game, how much wind drift if longer distances come into play, minimum expansion velocity, frontal area of the bullet, vital zone size, and several other factors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 2125592, member: 87243"] Unless your target animal is an elephant, hippo, cape Buffalo or similar, then a 17 simply won't penetrate enough. As I stated in an earlier post, all things are relative and there is no one right answer. Well rounded knowledge in proper cartridge and projectile choice, in conjunction with firearm marksmanship and good judgement is what is generally needed. Whether your using a light fast 40 grain bullet to explode prairie dogs from a 22-250 at 300 yards, a slow heavy 290 grain cast bullet from a .44 carbine lever action to kill a timber elk at 50 yards, a fast and flat mono from a 7 mag to flatten a big mulie at 475 yards, a heavy 245 grain bullet from a 300 rum to kill a red stag at 1100 yards, or a 416 Taylor to drop a charging cape Buffalo at 45 yards and closing, they all are very different combos, and they are all appropriate, and many of them overlap to a certain extent. I wouldn't use the 44 carbine on the 1100 yard red stag, and I wouldn't use the 7 mag on the charging cape buffalo, reguardless of how good of a shot I am. Use good judgment and pick the right one, and you will have game down. Velocity does kill, if it didn't we would be throwing bullets by hand, but it also has to be considered against things like bullet weight, penetration needed, game choice, cartridge selection, range of your game, how much wind drift if longer distances come into play, minimum expansion velocity, frontal area of the bullet, vital zone size, and several other factors. [/QUOTE]
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