308 Win is a great hunting Cartridge…Change my mind
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Oh one other observation i have from 300 WM vs 308 WIN is at my 300 WM seems to pass through when the 308 would be recovered on offside hide.
To me that one is important...but again that could be bullet choice. Haven't killed anything with a hammer in the 308.
*EDIT* I have had many pass throws with the 308 as well, it seems to be 50% on cow elk and 100% on deer.
To me that one is important...but again that could be bullet choice. Haven't killed anything with a hammer in the 308.
*EDIT* I have had many pass throws with the 308 as well, it seems to be 50% on cow elk and 100% on deer.
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lots of video sites work good here... anyone try PH yet?
NO THEY DO NOT PLAY SO DO NOT TRY OR AUTOBAN
lots of video sites work good here... anyone try PH yet?NO THEY DO NOT PLAY SO DO NOT TRY OR AUTOBAN
Lol from the guy who talked me out of using my 308 Win and 6.5 PRC on my bull elk hunt. But the 300 WM dropped him in his tracks so it has worked out.
I blame you @Truduct for introducing me into Backcountry Hunting Podcast starting my love affair with heavy recoiling magnums.
Hey I don’t shoot a 308 Winchester but it’s hard to argue against. I am tempted to build a 18” barrel folding stock 308win. For realistic hunting distances it does the trick. I think we get so caught up in calibers that we forget that they pretty much all give us the same result in the end.
I shoot a 280AI and 260 Rem definitely not your typical cartridges. But when you really look at the numbers if you can put it in the 8” pie pan under 400 yards and have enough energy and velocity you should have a dead animal.
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You are right, 308 and 300 wm will both kill the bear, I like to have extra punch.
I'm pretty bouezy...I only shoot Weatherby calibers...then tend to perform well on everything at all distances....mine get special treatment..cool in the Summer..warm in the winter. ..always by my side...in the front seat!!
My son was 12. His first elk fell to a 308 Win launching a 168 TTSX Barnes in a snow storm. When we walked up to the animal, a pass through @ 250 yards...and then some.
His second (third) elk was another pass through at 210 yards. Dead as nails. 308 Win 168 grain bullet.
On another hunt I shot an elk with the same bullet and also had another pass through. And bang/flop. It was a big herd, @Snake Charmer was there, and we sat and watched for 15 minutes while the herd passed by before walking up to our dispatched elk. Man there were a lot of elk on that hunt. We all shot elk and filled my truck! @HATCHET1 would have been proud!
Military and Police sniper round forever... just sayin' Ed F
Never shoot a large caliber mammal with a small caliber bullet ..
I mean, technically a .380 is a larger caliber than a .308….
You wrote what I was thinking.