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Larger diameter bullets allow more room for error?
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<blockquote data-quote="Milepost" data-source="post: 1538385" data-attributes="member: 104022"><p>Picking the appropriate bullet and shooting at 500 yards then I would agree with you that the results would be similar comparing a .308. BUT, AGAIN you don't have the luxury of picking the range you shoot at. Suppose that elk is only 100 yards away or maybe 900 yards away. Up close we can put the bullet where it will be most lethal. Windage and extreme accuracy aren't as important but at thousand yards it is everything!</p><p></p><p>So it seems to me your confusing energy with lethality and that is IMO a mistake.</p><p>They are not one in the same. How much energy does an arrow have??</p><p></p><p> What you need to research is the KO (knock out) factor needed for hunting game animals. It's an old formula that takes into affect variables such as type and size of game, the diameter, SD and bullet construction used as well as the speed when they hit the animal. Energy needed is a byproduct of this formula and not the rule. Dangerous game animals have a much higher KO factor/index than similar weight deer species</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Milepost, post: 1538385, member: 104022"] Picking the appropriate bullet and shooting at 500 yards then I would agree with you that the results would be similar comparing a .308. BUT, AGAIN you don't have the luxury of picking the range you shoot at. Suppose that elk is only 100 yards away or maybe 900 yards away. Up close we can put the bullet where it will be most lethal. Windage and extreme accuracy aren't as important but at thousand yards it is everything! So it seems to me your confusing energy with lethality and that is IMO a mistake. They are not one in the same. How much energy does an arrow have?? What you need to research is the KO (knock out) factor needed for hunting game animals. It's an old formula that takes into affect variables such as type and size of game, the diameter, SD and bullet construction used as well as the speed when they hit the animal. Energy needed is a byproduct of this formula and not the rule. Dangerous game animals have a much higher KO factor/index than similar weight deer species [/QUOTE]
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