Originally Posted by
cataraft
Agreed...
But it pisses me off when someone says that I lack basic hunting skills because I don't sit in a blind over a feeder shooting hogs in the head with a .22 hornet. That's not hunting, it's harvesting. The two shouldn't be confused. And there is nothing monster about a .30 cal bullet in a reasonable cartridge like the .30-.30, .308, .30-.06, .300 savage etc. among others. They all work extremely well and are IMHO the best choice under all conceivable conditions. In many cases with the proper bullet selection they will actually cause less damage to meat than 7mm and .277 bullets even when they hit bone. I'm not sure why because I'm not a physicist, but I think that it has to do with sectional density? Anyway in my experience they deflect less, punch straight through and if keep under 2900 fps or so do minimal damage especially at short ranges or where bone is incountered-- provided your using a bullet designed for cxp3 game. The real farce on this thread is that you have to have a bullet going over 3000 fps to have a real hunting gun and that is BS. What else do you suckers want to buy? You've been been had by them! Where is your check?
well it pisses me off when someone says a .243 is to small much less a.270 for hunting hogs and that it requires multiple shots to bring one down.
and another thing you make no sense at at all. first you say a 7mm or .270 arent adequate to bring down hogs and then go on to say a .30 causes less damage. WTF ?
So a .30 causes less damage than a .270 but some how magically brings them down quicker. Pfffffft!!!!! ya ok
On that theory you should use a .22LR it causes less damage then a .30, so it will bring them down even quicker
sectional density
100 gr .243-------.242
130gr .277--------.242
139gr 7mm-------.246
150gr 30-30------.226
165gr .308--------.248
150gr .277---------.279
162gr 7mm-------.287
Take a 7-08 load it with a 162 gr at 2700 fps and will punch through a hog from end to end