I don't know why this keeps coming up either. Bullet/caliber selection is important but it has more to do with shooting skills! I have had only one time where the cartridges I was using was not worth a dime and that was way back in the seventies.

As far as long distance shots, certainly feasible and have been done quite a bit. I shot a antelope out to 437 yards in Montana with a .243 so it is possible. Did the animal drop in it's tracks, nope, but it only ran about 50 yards, stopped and then slowly collapsed.


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