jwall & bob, you folks have the right idea.. I have to laugh when some one kills a couple head of game elk, deer what ever, with a caliber and pronounce it suitable based on a couple incidents..
I well remember the first couple head of game I shot with a .243.
quick kills.. I decided the current gunhack must be right, the .243 was some kind of divine death ray. A couple dozen head later, I decided for my $ there are far better big game calibers
out there.. I still shoot the .243, but not so much on big game.
