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Do larger calibers really compensate for bad shots?
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<blockquote data-quote="Orange Dust" data-source="post: 1706453" data-attributes="member: 92702"><p>Hypothetical: You have saved for 10 years to go on your dream hunt for Elk. You have practiced over and over and can put a bullet within an inch of where you want it [USER=74293]@400yds[/USER]. It is the last day and you have hunted hard. The Elk of your dreams is 100yds away, quartering sharply away walking slowly and will be gone in seconds. To kill him you will have to place the bullet just missing the ham in the paunch headed toward the off shoulder. There are two guns laying in front of you. One is a 30-06 loaded with 180gr accubonds. They have a sectional density of .271 and a BC of .507. Handloaded MV is 2900. The other is a .375 Ruger loaded with 300gr accubonds with a SD of .305 and a BC of .485, MV 2700. Both are perfectly legit choices for elk. Which one would you choose for the shot? OR would you let him walk. Under these circumstances everyone I know would take the Ruger and kill him. Completely different if the hunter lived there and could hunt tomorrow. Most likely he would carry the '06 and wait for another day. I wouldn't want to clean the purposefully gut shot elk myself. But I am old...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orange Dust, post: 1706453, member: 92702"] Hypothetical: You have saved for 10 years to go on your dream hunt for Elk. You have practiced over and over and can put a bullet within an inch of where you want it [USER=74293]@400yds[/USER]. It is the last day and you have hunted hard. The Elk of your dreams is 100yds away, quartering sharply away walking slowly and will be gone in seconds. To kill him you will have to place the bullet just missing the ham in the paunch headed toward the off shoulder. There are two guns laying in front of you. One is a 30-06 loaded with 180gr accubonds. They have a sectional density of .271 and a BC of .507. Handloaded MV is 2900. The other is a .375 Ruger loaded with 300gr accubonds with a SD of .305 and a BC of .485, MV 2700. Both are perfectly legit choices for elk. Which one would you choose for the shot? OR would you let him walk. Under these circumstances everyone I know would take the Ruger and kill him. Completely different if the hunter lived there and could hunt tomorrow. Most likely he would carry the '06 and wait for another day. I wouldn't want to clean the purposefully gut shot elk myself. But I am old... [/QUOTE]
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