Ah yes..
The ole "Optimum Game Weight formula"..
The boyz over at Accurate Reloading spent much of last winter killing game with "Gun Writer" mathematical formulas..
IIRC the "Optimum Game Weight formula" was heavily favored..
I wonder if Greg Rodriguez applied the OGW formula to the 16.5" barreled .260 loaded with 120gr TSX's that his kids used to shoot several head of African Plains game.
http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/3334246/3#3300320 - 09/13/09 10:42 AM Re: 260 Remington [Re: AJD]
GregR
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Last month, I took my family to hunt in South Africa. My kids (9 and 10) are tiny (55 and 62 pounds), so they use a chopped off .260 A-Bolt stoked with Federal's new 120-grain TSX load. They took 7 animals with it, including a zebra, 2 kudu, impala, blesbok, caracal, and duiker. My daughter dropped the kudu with one perfect shot that blew right through both shoulders from 120 yards.
My son shot everything else. All required just one shot except the kudu, which needed a finisher because, although his elevation was perfect for a broadside shot, it was a little too low because of the sharp downhill angle. The bullet entered for a perfect heart shot but blew out the bottom of the chest, passing just under the heart.
No bullets were recovered, and only one failed to exit. That passed through a whole lot of zebra on a quartering shot at 208 yards and was lost somewhere in the stomach. The zebra ran a good ways, but was kind enough to tip over right next to the road. Internal damage from the tiny TSX was unbelievable.
One of my client's kids used their custom .260 to take another 7 animals, including 2 kudu and a blue wildebeest with similar results.
Just for the record, we had folks shooting various .300s and a 7mm magnum in camp who had to make a hell of a lot of follow-up shots on even smaller animals. Big guns also accounted for the only wounded-and-lost critter of the 60-odd animals our group shot. We had no such trouble with kids shooting the little .260.
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Personally I could give a rip what others hunt with as long as they kill and retrieve the animals that they shoot..
I use to work with three guys who are stupid enough that they'll take any shot that the animal will give them..
Two shoot a 7 maggie and the other a 30-06 which would probably meet the OGW criteria depending on range and bullet..
These clowns are not friends BTW and I gave them [bleep]..
I was just talking to a friend night before last whose friend witnessed a poke by another dough head (7 maggie) at and elk at 800 yds..
The elk walked but they have no clue as to whether it was hit or not as they couldn't find blood..
Maybe I am naive but I tend to think that most of the people that come to this site are responsible hunters..
I get that you don't feel that way and there is nothing that will change your mind..
Maybe Hammerdown/Randy has you pegged..
So have at it..
