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RE: What a 300 Weatherby does to a deer (Graphic)
ORIGINAL: retrieverman ORIGINAL: RugerM77.270 ORIGINAL: JagMagMan ORIGINAL: hossdaniels ORIGINAL: bigbulls Looks to me like he made a very low shot and blew the bottom of thebrisket out instead of center punching the lungs which allowed every thing to just slide out of the body cavity. If he had a 243 he probably wouldn't have flinched and hit where he wanted to:eek:. People should shoot something that they can handle! Bigger is not always better! Bigger is not always deader! A well placed 100 gr. .243 would have done the job! Recoil and noise are not what does the job! No such things as overkill. BUT, JagMag's point about using a gun/caliber that you can handle is also very valid. I have personally gone through my own bout of magnumitis and have realized that I can shoot more and actually enjoy it more by using a 6.5x55 or 308 rather than getting my teeth rattled using a 300 WM or 375 H&H. From my personal experience, I make better, more calculated shots when I shoot my 6.5x55 than I ever did slinging lead out of my 300 WM. I am also able to watch bullet impact through my scope rather than have to reacquire my target after recovering from the recoil. |
RE: What a 300 Weatherby does to a deer (Graphic)
IMO Overkill. I used to use a .300 but was more accurate with a .270. Accuracy is the name of the game. If he can shoot that Mag accurately, more power to him I guess.
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RE: What a 300 Weatherby does to a deer (Graphic)
i have used a 300 weatherby mag and that's what the round does. from my experience the usual exit hole is about the size of a baseball. that does must have been close and the shot low to blow the bottom off of it.
also, that's why i went with the 30-06. i get alot of close shots and didn't want that to happen to me. |
RE: What a 300 Weatherby does to a deer (Graphic)
ORIGINAL: bigbulls Looks to me like he made a very low shot and blew the bottom of thebrisket out instead of center punching the lungs which allowed every thing to just slide out of the body cavity. |
RE: What a 300 Weatherby does to a deer (Graphic)
I've done the same thing with my .270 and my .30-06.
Easy gutting isn't it? From my experience when you hit something hard, like bone, along with the construction of the bullet it can have these effects. Doesn't matter what caliber, however, the bigger the punch the potential for more damage. |
RE: What a 300 Weatherby does to a deer (Graphic)
you ripped its bottom cavity open and the skin kept streching and streching.
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RE: What a 300 Weatherby does to a deer (Graphic)
I'd say this guy should definitely keep shooting this rifle because the power of the bullet more than makes up for his inability to shoot accurately.
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RE: What a 300 Weatherby does to a deer (Graphic)
I certainly wasn't advocating that this person couldn't shoot his 300WBY well. I do not know him and certainly do not know how well he shoots and amnot going to make a stupid assumption about him.
I was simply pointing out the reason the deer chest cavity was split open like it was. No more and no less. It wasn't the cartridge necessarily but simply where the bullet entered the deer. Everything lined up just right for this to happen to a deers chest. |
RE: What a 300 Weatherby does to a deer (Graphic)
i have i weather vangaurd in 300 weatherby mag and it a fist sized hole through the exit a bear in sasketwan, the same thing to a deer in sullivan county NY
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RE: What a 300 Weatherby does to a deer (Graphic)
Thats on you. I see a lot of wasted meat, but it aint mine so...
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