Re: Elk Hunting
- From: Jeff Olsen <handywired@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 05:41:36 GMT
in article e38irj$gnl$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Chris Barnes at chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote on 5/2/06 2:27 PM:
Natman <nat_mann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That's not going to be a 243 for elk. Sure if you get *perfect*
presentation, with the elk being kind enough stand broadside and move
his foreleg just so to expose the pocket a 243 can work. In the real
world sometimes all you get is a good shot, not a perfect shot. In
those cases I'm all for a big heavy bullet that will snap some bone
and keep penetrating. I feel a lot better about a 358 250 grain under
those conditions than a 243 100 grain.
Please don't mistake this for "using a powerful rifle to make up for
missing".
The problem with your logic is found in the the old saying "there ain't
no such thing as a free lunch".
That is, very few people can shoot that 358 with anywhere near the
accuracy of a .243 (just to keep picking on a particular caliber). So
while you are gaining in #3, you are loosing in the more important #1
(well placed).
The recoil of a .358 is really not bad. Comparable to a hot 30-06, with the
load he is describing. I shoot 225's in my .358 and it's no big deal.
..358 WInchester is a spectacularly great cartridge. Compact, efficient
(just like it's parent, the .308), an it whacks the daylights out of game.
In addition, you can load .35 caliber pistol bullets, like for a .38 Special
or .357 mag, and since they were never designed for those kinds of speeds
when they hit, they just explode. I load 140-gn hollowpoints to 2900 fps in
my .358 and 158-gn hollowpoints to 2800 fps or so, just for fun. You can
shoot a chunk of wood and pieces will be raining down around you for several
seconds.
-jeff
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