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Old 02-06-2007 | 11:15 AM
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nchawkeye
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Default RE: .243 vs .257 vs .277 vs .284 vs .308 vs .338 vs .458

Bigger is not always better...Once that bigger bullet passes through a deer it isn't killing anything...And the construction of the bullet and the velocity it has when it hits the target has a large impact on how much and how fast it will mushroom...

Your chart is so full of holes that I can't begin to correct...First you must pick a specific caliber and it would be best to pick a specific bullet because these are the biggest variables....

One example....Cartridges avaliable.....243 ranked below the .284...My brother has both a 7mm-08 and a .280...Cartridges for a 7mm-08 are fairly easy for him to buy as long as he is happy with 140 gr CoreLokts...The .280 is twice as hard to buy bullets for...But the .284 ranked above the .243...
Doesn't make sense...Pretty much the same can be said of Price and Avaliability...
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