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. ————————————
Again I agree. As you ‘ NO ‘, we can use wrong bullets in other cartridges too.
Yrs. ago I killed deer w/H 150 sp and they did well. I shot ribs/lungs so....
Quite a while back I switched to the 165 HBTSP primarily for the advantages of the BT and retained vel / E.
I haven’t kept a record of deer killed but it’s a fair no. I’m completely satisfied w/the performance of the 165 BTSP.
