Certainly the 30-06 is a great cartridge and I consider it overpowered for much of the big game it is used on.
And I'll never understand why that is a negative?
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I have another question: Why would we seek to find the cartridge that does the 'minimum' fatal damage ?
That would lead us to be absolutely certain of only shooting under ideal circumstances. I'm not being sarcastic nor facetious, Can we kill them TOO dead ?
I choose to be overgunned. I read that somewhere? lol
Jerry
Dead is dead. While we can’t kill them “too dead”, the bullets we use can cause unnecessary and unwanted destruction of meat. Judicious selection of the bullets used and impact velocities can pretty well eliminate that problem.
I loaded up some A-MAX for a SIL to use at the range, along with some TTSX for hunting. Unbeknownst to me, he loaded the AMAX for antelope. It was bad choice that caused extensive destruction and meat loss. Same rifle, a .30-06, works fine on antelope with TTSX, as we've proven multiple times.
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
