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Help me decide: Minimum caliber for larger NA game
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<blockquote data-quote="LongRange1982" data-source="post: 2460145" data-attributes="member: 122226"><p>Yes, i understand physics. But, when it comes to large (and especially dangerous game) there is more at play than simply foot pounds of energy. I trust the words of people who hunt dangerous game regularly, e.g. Craig Boddington & Phil Shoemaker (to name a couple), and wider heavier bullets at a given level of kinetic energy simply "put down" large game faster than their smaller bullets at the same (or similar) level of kinetic energy. Case in point: if you had a 1,000 pound kodiak brown bear charging you from 50 yards, would you prefer a 6.5x300 Weatherby (~3,500 ft/lbs energy) or a 45-70 (also ~ 3,500 ft/lbs energy w/ certain loads)? I know which one i'd prefer, and it ain't the weatherby. This is where Taylor Knock Out factor comes into play. One exception (at least w/ regards to the Big Bears) is the 30-06 loaded with 220 Grain Nosler Partitions. Phil Shoemaker said this load really punches far above it's weight class in terms of penetration and killing power on the big bears.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LongRange1982, post: 2460145, member: 122226"] Yes, i understand physics. But, when it comes to large (and especially dangerous game) there is more at play than simply foot pounds of energy. I trust the words of people who hunt dangerous game regularly, e.g. Craig Boddington & Phil Shoemaker (to name a couple), and wider heavier bullets at a given level of kinetic energy simply "put down" large game faster than their smaller bullets at the same (or similar) level of kinetic energy. Case in point: if you had a 1,000 pound kodiak brown bear charging you from 50 yards, would you prefer a 6.5x300 Weatherby (~3,500 ft/lbs energy) or a 45-70 (also ~ 3,500 ft/lbs energy w/ certain loads)? I know which one i'd prefer, and it ain't the weatherby. This is where Taylor Knock Out factor comes into play. One exception (at least w/ regards to the Big Bears) is the 30-06 loaded with 220 Grain Nosler Partitions. Phil Shoemaker said this load really punches far above it's weight class in terms of penetration and killing power on the big bears. [/QUOTE]
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