I was not really talking about bullet diameter, Rancho, I was mainly talking about energy. You know, mass multiplied by the square of the speed.
Prairie Goat, what neither you nor Ranco seems to realize is that I am not try to knock either of the 7mms I previously mentioned. I love them both and think they are fantastic wonderful rounds and, as I have said before, know that they'll drop elk. And to be entirely honest, I have seen little to no evidence that a 308 or 270 drops elk any better than either of the 7mms mentioned. Yes I've seen messed kills with all of them, probably the most with the 7mm08, but that could be from any number of variables. But as I said before, I am overly cautious and paranoid when it comes to my ammunition and I simply have set some limits. Is that really such a sin?
Then say energy, instead of "smaller".
Like muledeer pointed out, you're not going to find much difference in perfomance in this class of cartridges, even way out past 200 (eeek!) yards.
Your sin, if you insist calling it that, is using your caution to make an assumption, or even an absolute judgement, when you shouldn't be.
And in your case, I want to bring to your attention the words of a wise man - bullets matter more than headstamps.
