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<blockquote data-quote="nmbarta" data-source="post: 1780823" data-attributes="member: 78438"><p>I find people get to caught up in cartridge choice when it comes to this, when really you just need to look at the bullet your shooting out of your gun. If it has adequate energy and velocity (with that bullet) to kill what you intend to kill at any given range, and your a good enough shot to pull it off consistently at said range, your good to go.</p><p>Bigger bullets don't compensate for poor shooting, but bigger bullets do offer better terminal ballistics, if that wasn't the case, the same argument could be made for shooting elk with a .223, there is a point where it doesn't make sense.</p><p>That point is what people tend to argue about, and get defensive about.</p><p>I tend to lean toward the 1500/1000 ft-lb mark for Elk/deer. You can certainly do it with less, but generally speaking, I wouldn't, everyone has to make their own choice on that.</p><p></p><p>There are plenty of guys out there that can shoot those big magnums every bit as good as anybody can shoot anything.</p><p></p><p>I won't get into my long range elk gun, but rather than 143 eld-x out of my 6.5 drifting 58" in a 10mph wind at 1000, it drifts 30!!!</p><p></p><p>What about us .375 guys?!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nmbarta, post: 1780823, member: 78438"] I find people get to caught up in cartridge choice when it comes to this, when really you just need to look at the bullet your shooting out of your gun. If it has adequate energy and velocity (with that bullet) to kill what you intend to kill at any given range, and your a good enough shot to pull it off consistently at said range, your good to go. Bigger bullets don't compensate for poor shooting, but bigger bullets do offer better terminal ballistics, if that wasn't the case, the same argument could be made for shooting elk with a .223, there is a point where it doesn't make sense. That point is what people tend to argue about, and get defensive about. I tend to lean toward the 1500/1000 ft-lb mark for Elk/deer. You can certainly do it with less, but generally speaking, I wouldn't, everyone has to make their own choice on that. There are plenty of guys out there that can shoot those big magnums every bit as good as anybody can shoot anything. I won't get into my long range elk gun, but rather than 143 eld-x out of my 6.5 drifting 58" in a 10mph wind at 1000, it drifts 30!!! What about us .375 guys?!!! [/QUOTE]
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