I think this is an often overlooked niche in hunting guns.
Big bores
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Short light handy rifles
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Light for caliber bullets pushed fast (lighter TTSX bullets especially)
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Plenty of penetration and expansion at moderate ranges. Big Holes. Good Penetration. Good Blood. Quick Death.
I have a ton of 200 TTSX for my Whelen project... Just hope it likes them... thinking of cutting it back to the 19” range, my .338 federal is 17” and I Looooove it, hope to get a good 160 gr. Load worked up by next season.