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Old 10-01-2008 | 07:44 PM
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1. Good knockdown for ethical kill and minimum tracking When you're talking deer and hogs, both calibers are going to be able to harvest them when you use the right bullet/powder combination. Also shot placement will be critical for putting the animal down right now. For long distance, excellent expansion, and knock down.. I'd be looking at Barnes, Nosler, Speer, Parker, and Shockwaves. With the right powder charge it should plant them or at least leave you a good blood trail.

2. Good accuracy out to 150 - 200 yards Because of the distance your expecting, I would have to move to the Kodiak as I feel it is just a little better quality then the Wolf.

3. Bearable recoil to aviod flinching - I used to shoot a Savage .270 (130 gr) with a recoil pad and it was a joy to shoot. I want something comparable. You are going to get recoil, but with a heavier rifle and smaller caliber it should decrease the recoil you will feel. Still a lot of the recoil will depend on the amount of powder used in direct relationship to the weight of the projectile. Here you would be perhaps better off with a .45 caliber.

So of the two you mentioned, I would look at the Kodiak...

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