There has always been a lot of blaming the bullet for failings of the shooter. In one of Elmer Keith's old books he talks about loosing an animal after the bullet had destroyed 6" of its spine ! I always wondered how he knew that since it got away.
The late Finn Aagaard was always polite but usually to the point and when a bear hunter returned to camp one afternoon and was telling how he had hit his bear "right behind the shoulder" with a 300 gr Partition from his 375 but they watched it run for over 3 miles and it got away, Finn's comment was "if you were using a 300 gr Nosler you didn't hit it right behind the shoulder "
Phil Shoemaker
Alaska Master Guide,
Alaska Hunter Ed Instructor
FAA Master pilot
www.grizzlyskinsofalaska.comAnyone who claims the 30-06 is not effective has either not used one, or else is unwittingly commenting on their marksmanship.
