Cartridge Debate
- Thread starter JakeSCH
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speed kills as long as the bullet doesn't blow up.
My plan is to load up some 175 gr hammers out of my 338 RUM, try to get them 3800 fps....that should be lights out.
Also on another note, there are thousands of big game animals taken with the 223. Little bullets will work...but I like big ones.
For a SHTF scenario my priorities would be availability. 22lr would be the top of the list. But if parts availability was not an issue. Either a 7SS or a 300wsm
Photos of the heart of that 260Rem bull even when shot in the heart they still don’t want to die. Damn tough animals.
Agree, My friend heart shot a cow elk at about 100 yards, she went about another 75 yards. When we cut her open the heart was a mass of mush.
Fair enough Matt. But neck and head shots take surgical precision and one mistake could mean an animal suffering a lingering death. If placed correctly, it is lights out nurse. I am just not a fan of that type shot. I am not saying others shouldn't take those shots, it is just not for me.
The boiler is a high probability regarding ease of shot placement and lethality.
Just an inexperienced hunters shallow opinion...
Each there own for sure..if you can't make it..don't take it...I've side shot my fare share too..the big spot works!
Not gonna lie shooting them in the neck is fun. I like shooting stuff period.
Not a fan of the butt stuff though it’s a mess. The THS only gets deployed if it’s a follow up and I have no other options. I always regret it come tenderloin removal time.
Not a fan of the butt stuff though it’s a mess. The THS only gets deployed if it’s a follow up and I have no other options. I always regret it come tenderloin removal time.
Alright this is the best me and Kellen could do the little yellow dot that falls over is his bull. Sorry for the quality we had just got done climbing hell mountain for the second time in 12 hours going after this bull.
I like it!! Reminds me of this one last season on a 90lb coues buck at 4fiddy or so..300win mag..200 grainer..love me some vapor trail...Smoked um! #2 can shoot..I would have missed.
I think it was only like 160 yards…. But I really like that 140 TTSX load from Barnes. Mule deer, elk, Dall rams… they all just fall over dead from inside 100 to 400ish so far. Regarding the “what cartridge is appropriate for elk” debate…. I am definitely not a “bigger is better” guy but I do think you are walking a line a certain point. Part of my decision to buy the 7RM was that I needed a stainless/synthetic rifle for my longer out of state backpack hunts and for foul weather. But the other part was I knew I was walking the line a little bit with my .270 and you just don’t have a lot of options with it. Basically they make a 130 and a 150 load. I shoot the 130’s and yes I have killed elk with it. I heart shot a cow at about 200 yards with it, but you can’t rely on doing that in all hunting situations. Ultimately it is up to the hunter to select the cartridge he or she will use and I have no doubt there are people that have killed a lifetime of elk with 270’s or 6.5’s and even smaller. I just really like it when they fall over dead right where I shoot them.
Interesting. I've never tried it.
I did ask the guy at Hammer when I was ordering if I had a quartering to me shot on a bull at 600 and he said he would hold the shoulder or crease without any hesitation. Not that I am competent that far.