Thread: A question for the doubters

Originally Posted by Mararoa

Well just shot a deer the dog took me too, so a bit of success. And I think stocky you are missing the point a bit. 10 shoot group? The animals I shoot at usually run after the first shot if I don’t get it right and in a hunting situation you don’t need to be inch precise. Even on a small deer the lethal area on a shoulder is at least 6 inches across.And 3200fps that’s at the muzzle and accubonds do open up nicely they just don’t fly to pieces. And lastly if you have a look at the excellent article on page one that gimp put up you’ll note that wound channel is created by the pressure in tissue that is created by the bullet passing through the tissue. You can’t really have too much penetration

The 10 shot group is because it's more indicative of what you and your rifle can do over say 10 different shots on animals (actually this is in your favor as its in one sitting. Ass long as you like for your barrel to cool down if you feel the need). Don't even stress about the wgaer just go try it in your own presence and you will see what I mean.

You can't have too much but it can come at the cost of recoil, shootability, and width of the wound. Also the stretch is often temporary if nothing cuts it whilst stretched. Think of a rubber band. You can stretch it hugely but if you nick it the stretch becomes permanent.

The reason people miss is they aren't that good and that's exaggerated by recoil.
Anyway the point if the thread was that the 223 with heavy calibre match type projectiles is a plenty capable big game hunting rifle inside the ranges that most hunters should be limiting themselves in the field.