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Larger diameter bullets allow more room for error?
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<blockquote data-quote=".300H&amp;H" data-source="post: 1537406" data-attributes="member: 23852"><p>Vitals on game don't change their size, no matter what pills you're tossing. Done over 100 autopsies on ungulates, seen a few wound channels and the narrowest were the slowest dying. Not always a fault of the caliber size as bullet construction can sway the odds in your favour in certain situations, for example I'll take a fast frangible 6.5 over a heavy slower .308 mono for long range. But all else being equal a larger caliber creates a wider wound channel, and a heavier projectile has the potential for more fragmenting and weight retention for penetration. I believe this is desirable. Another advantage to the larger diameter is to help initiate expansion at lower velocities, smaller diameter pills tend to be slower on this front. But this is just my experience. I run a 264 for everything I hunt, but I would never preach it's an ideal caliber size for any game larger than Mule deer. Sufficient yes, ideal no.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE=".300H&H, post: 1537406, member: 23852"] Vitals on game don't change their size, no matter what pills you're tossing. Done over 100 autopsies on ungulates, seen a few wound channels and the narrowest were the slowest dying. Not always a fault of the caliber size as bullet construction can sway the odds in your favour in certain situations, for example I'll take a fast frangible 6.5 over a heavy slower .308 mono for long range. But all else being equal a larger caliber creates a wider wound channel, and a heavier projectile has the potential for more fragmenting and weight retention for penetration. I believe this is desirable. Another advantage to the larger diameter is to help initiate expansion at lower velocities, smaller diameter pills tend to be slower on this front. But this is just my experience. I run a 264 for everything I hunt, but I would never preach it's an ideal caliber size for any game larger than Mule deer. Sufficient yes, ideal no. [/QUOTE]
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