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Is your bullet big enough, moving fast enough??
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<blockquote data-quote="coop2564" data-source="post: 2280884" data-attributes="member: 87214"><p>I personally do not use energy. A 44 mag handgun has barely 1000 ft lbs at muzzle, people shoot elk, brown bear and even cape buffalo with them with hardcast with no expansion. My rule of thumb is velocity not energy and penetration, which has done me well. Shoot a monolithic, bonded or Partitioned bullet as far as it will reliably expand (velocity) to at least .4" meplat in diameter and put bullet in lungs, a dead animal will result. My 243 with 80gr GMX will do that out to 500 yds, and if I needed too I would shoot a elk with it. If it was my only choice off to the woods I go. But I would rather grab a 6.5 shooting 124gr copper @ 3150 or 7mm 149gr @ 3400 etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coop2564, post: 2280884, member: 87214"] I personally do not use energy. A 44 mag handgun has barely 1000 ft lbs at muzzle, people shoot elk, brown bear and even cape buffalo with them with hardcast with no expansion. My rule of thumb is velocity not energy and penetration, which has done me well. Shoot a monolithic, bonded or Partitioned bullet as far as it will reliably expand (velocity) to at least .4" meplat in diameter and put bullet in lungs, a dead animal will result. My 243 with 80gr GMX will do that out to 500 yds, and if I needed too I would shoot a elk with it. If it was my only choice off to the woods I go. But I would rather grab a 6.5 shooting 124gr copper @ 3150 or 7mm 149gr @ 3400 etc. [/QUOTE]
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