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<blockquote data-quote="Playtimefun" data-source="post: 1595259" data-attributes="member: 103742"><p>These last few comments strike so true and close to home that I just have to say how much I agree.</p><p></p><p>I have a 30-378 Weatherby in a Mark V Accumark. 5-20 power Vortex. I have shot 5 gallon pails at a mile with this rig (very admittedly not on the first, second, or third shot. I think I got one the fourth or fifth, but by the end we were getting hits more often lol). So I took it on a moose hunt here in southern Saskatchewan (because the moose are down in the fields like crazy since the water levels in the sloughs are up and they can now go drown the ticks) all thinking that I would be taking a 400-800 yard shot across a quarter section. I ended up shooting a big cow moose at 35 yards with the gun with minimal meat damage. One of the reasons I love Barnes bullets.</p><p></p><p>If you put a good quality bullet (various opinions as to which exact one) you generally... will not destroy any more meat no matter how big a magnum (again within reason) that you use. ASSUMING the shot placement is reasonable.</p><p></p><p>If you do a Texas heart shot on a deer with a 308 versus a 300 RUM, well yes, you are going to damage more meat because the 308 might stop a third or half way through but that RUM isn't likely going to stop. But if you are taking that type of shot, it's likely because that deer has horns you WANT!!! Your not taking that shot because your freezer is empty (well maybe last 5 minutes of the season and your freezer is empty).</p><p></p><p>Hence I have very little confidence in my 270 Win (and I know it has nothing to do with the caliber, I have 6 - 30-06s, 1 - 25-06, 2 - 280s and a 280AI) it was just the fact that I had shot 2 mule deer does with factory ammo that was supposed to be good for medium sized game and the bullets absolutely fragmented like crazy leaving blood trails throughout the body and picking fragments out of everywhere. Never had any problems on mule deer does with the 25-06, 280 or 30-06. It took me a while to take that gun out again, but I had learnt my lesson and on a mule deer depredation hunt I put down 2 does with no meat damage (which was good as all went to the local food bank).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Playtimefun, post: 1595259, member: 103742"] These last few comments strike so true and close to home that I just have to say how much I agree. I have a 30-378 Weatherby in a Mark V Accumark. 5-20 power Vortex. I have shot 5 gallon pails at a mile with this rig (very admittedly not on the first, second, or third shot. I think I got one the fourth or fifth, but by the end we were getting hits more often lol). So I took it on a moose hunt here in southern Saskatchewan (because the moose are down in the fields like crazy since the water levels in the sloughs are up and they can now go drown the ticks) all thinking that I would be taking a 400-800 yard shot across a quarter section. I ended up shooting a big cow moose at 35 yards with the gun with minimal meat damage. One of the reasons I love Barnes bullets. If you put a good quality bullet (various opinions as to which exact one) you generally... will not destroy any more meat no matter how big a magnum (again within reason) that you use. ASSUMING the shot placement is reasonable. If you do a Texas heart shot on a deer with a 308 versus a 300 RUM, well yes, you are going to damage more meat because the 308 might stop a third or half way through but that RUM isn’t likely going to stop. But if you are taking that type of shot, it’s likely because that deer has horns you WANT!!! Your not taking that shot because your freezer is empty (well maybe last 5 minutes of the season and your freezer is empty). Hence I have very little confidence in my 270 Win (and I know it has nothing to do with the caliber, I have 6 - 30-06s, 1 - 25-06, 2 - 280s and a 280AI) it was just the fact that I had shot 2 mule deer does with factory ammo that was supposed to be good for medium sized game and the bullets absolutely fragmented like crazy leaving blood trails throughout the body and picking fragments out of everywhere. Never had any problems on mule deer does with the 25-06, 280 or 30-06. It took me a while to take that gun out again, but I had learnt my lesson and on a mule deer depredation hunt I put down 2 does with no meat damage (which was good as all went to the local food bank). [/QUOTE]
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