Thread: Quiet effective sub caliber for hunting, is there such a thing?

The cheap recurve crossbows aren't great, even if you are using good broadheads. There are modern crossbows that pack a hell of a punch though, albeit on the high end of expensive. A compound bow does take OCD levels of commitment to become proficient with, but can be as accurate or more so than a high end crossbow. However, for this thread. Ignore pointy sticks, and just look at rifle options. I'd go with a 300 BLK because of availability, and that includes some bespoke projectiles in case reloading does become a possibility. At subsonic velocity, you can't rely on bullet expansion, so you need a projectile that will mechanically deform to increase the wound channel, a bit like a broad head. I'm no expert here, but the BTSP that works well at 2500 fps will punch clean through at 900fps simply because it doesn't have the requisite velocity tto mushroom as designed. 300 BLK rifles are generally made with long slow projectiles in mind, which will help a lot with stabilising them, which means good accuracy. A factory rifle and a factory cartridge means you can actually use it, rather than just have it take up space in the safe because ammo is almost never available. I'm sure that is 2 cents worth, so I'll stop there.