ORIGINAL: Catus Magnus
ORIGINAL: Chantecler111
Give me a break, I get so tired of people bashing magnum cartridges, the only thing overrated is people who can't hunt and bash particular cartridges because they have too much recoil, or the like.
No, no break. I'm not bashing magnums - though I can start, it's so easy to do, and their owners so tightly wed to their bit of Compensation - but I wasn't doing that. My point was two-fold: First, fifteen yards isn't very far for a critter to run. Heck, I shot a small buck on a drive three times with a 12GA load of 000 at about twenty-five yards: one pattern perforated his ears, one pattern nearly severed a front leg, and another 8" pattern went squarely through both lungs and heart... and he kept going as if unhit; I was stunned, thought I'd missed until I followed that generous bloodtrail about fifty yards.
Second point - if his pig traveled fifteen looooong yards, and you're putting 'em down with .223 FMJ in a comparable distance... I'd say that takes some of the shine off the SuperShortFatMagnumBoomer with its high $ ammo, wouldn't you say?
No, I'm not bashing magnums... but I can start. Just invite me to.
ESCHEW MAGNUMITIS!
Actually, you are missing the whole point of magnum cartridges, their purpose is to carry more energy to longer ranges, you obviously haven't figured that out yet, they also have a flatter trajectory because of their higher velocity, which you probably know little about. And judging from your post, you can't shoot very good anyway, so you can't reap the benefits. The "shine" you talk about is not putting game down in a given distance but to take game down at longer ranges with more energy. Take a bull elk at 450 yards with a .223, and then talk to me about magnums being worthless.