Originally Posted by BobinNH
Originally Posted by Jocko_Slugshot
Safety first.


Well yeah...always a given.

That aside,start with the bullet.Terminal performance is #1...build the rifle out from there around it.

Choose the cartridge that gives the desired velocity.Cartridges are just powder containers.

As to accuracy build the rifle so that it "works" and accuracy will be there.

You can have it all.Start with the bullet.


Coming from you, that means something, and I don't know if it can be said better. Granted, we live in the golden age of great bullets, but I sometimes cringe when I hear the praise of a ".5685 grouping 'accumax' bullet" over a "1.0125 grouping 'pentrobond'" - high-performing, proven hunting bullet.

We have "lost animal" threads, yet no one ever seems to question what a bullet might do when striking a big bone (and that can be a bit scary to know firsthand.)

Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.