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<blockquote data-quote="Varminator 911" data-source="post: 452077" data-attributes="member: 9705"><p>That's easy, the 338 hits harder than a 270/7mm. That's assuming equal bullets of equal SD, say a 250 Accubond vs 140/160 Accubond with equal energy. The bigger 338 bullet has more momentum.</p><p></p><p>But on small "high strung" game like deer or mountain lion, the 270 will kill faster. Some animals are more susceptible to high velocity shock than others. But hell you can kill this type game with a 22 WRM.</p><p></p><p>If you go up to game that takes some real killing, say elk and bigger, well there is a reason they have minimum caliber laws in Africa. Bigger is better. And a 50 caliber flat nose solid, 65% meplat, kills tough game about as well as anything, unless it's a bigger caliber. </p><p></p><p>So I'm with jwp475 on big tough critters, big and slow is way more dependable than small and fast.</p><p></p><p>If I had to chose one bullet and caliber to reliably kill anything short of elephant, it would be a 300 TSX in 375 caliber with a 10 twist at 2700+ fps. Not a great long range load because BC isn't high enough. But a great killer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varminator 911, post: 452077, member: 9705"] That's easy, the 338 hits harder than a 270/7mm. That's assuming equal bullets of equal SD, say a 250 Accubond vs 140/160 Accubond with equal energy. The bigger 338 bullet has more momentum. But on small "high strung" game like deer or mountain lion, the 270 will kill faster. Some animals are more susceptible to high velocity shock than others. But hell you can kill this type game with a 22 WRM. If you go up to game that takes some real killing, say elk and bigger, well there is a reason they have minimum caliber laws in Africa. Bigger is better. And a 50 caliber flat nose solid, 65% meplat, kills tough game about as well as anything, unless it's a bigger caliber. So I'm with jwp475 on big tough critters, big and slow is way more dependable than small and fast. If I had to chose one bullet and caliber to reliably kill anything short of elephant, it would be a 300 TSX in 375 caliber with a 10 twist at 2700+ fps. Not a great long range load because BC isn't high enough. But a great killer. [/QUOTE]
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