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re: Small caliber deer rifle recommendations?
Posted on 7/22/13 at 9:00 pm to kengel2
Posted on 7/22/13 at 9:00 pm to kengel2
I've always wondered if you actually start to loose effectiveness on light game with big arse guns.
The idea is to chrono the bullet going in and coming out of ~12" of gel and seeing how much energy it puts into the gel vs how much it brings out of the other side. I'm thinking that at some point (just guessing around a 150gr .30-06) you'll start to taper off exponentially in the amount of energy you're putting on target and just drastically increase the amount you're sending out of the other side.
Now obviously there's tons of variables to consider like bone and shite, but I'm just curious. With standard loads there never seems to be a whole lot of difference than a deer shot with a 150gr .30-06 and a 150gr .300 mag to me. Both are always pretty much fricked up.
I haven't done a whole lot of thinking on the details, but I am very curious about the big magnum's effectiveness on something itty bitty like deer.
Just realized that's shitty wording. Theory is that the amount of energy a .300mag puts in a deer is marginally more than say a .3006
I am by no means saying it's less
The idea is to chrono the bullet going in and coming out of ~12" of gel and seeing how much energy it puts into the gel vs how much it brings out of the other side. I'm thinking that at some point (just guessing around a 150gr .30-06) you'll start to taper off exponentially in the amount of energy you're putting on target and just drastically increase the amount you're sending out of the other side.
Now obviously there's tons of variables to consider like bone and shite, but I'm just curious. With standard loads there never seems to be a whole lot of difference than a deer shot with a 150gr .30-06 and a 150gr .300 mag to me. Both are always pretty much fricked up.
I haven't done a whole lot of thinking on the details, but I am very curious about the big magnum's effectiveness on something itty bitty like deer.
Just realized that's shitty wording. Theory is that the amount of energy a .300mag puts in a deer is marginally more than say a .3006
I am by no means saying it's less
This post was edited on 7/22/13 at 9:05 pm
Posted on 7/22/13 at 9:04 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
How close to the gel? Will the bullet path be true enough coming out to chrono?
May want to start with less gel.
May want to start with less gel.
Posted on 7/22/13 at 9:18 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:
Just realized that's shitty wording.
Im guessing you are trying to say something like a bell curve?
Trying to find the sweet spot, something so big and fast will go straight through just like something small and fast therefore causing no more damage than the smaller round?
Does that sound about right?
Posted on 7/23/13 at 3:58 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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I've always wondered if you actually start to loose effectiveness on light game with big arse guns.
At closer distances, I think you certainly do.
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