Originally Posted by XBOLT51
Load um up and go kill an elk they will work fine just keep it off the shoulder

That’s precisely the issue. I shouldn’t have to consciously remember hold off the shoulder while making my shot. My gosh, you rarely have that luxury…shot situations don’t give you much time in most cases. My bull six months ago is a great example. 310 yard shot, fading light, getting ready to run back into Colorado fifty yards away…..that shot had to be taken immediately. I had no time to think “well, if he turns jusssst a hair more I can get a broadside shot. Yeah, then I can be sure to hold it off his shoulder…come on, turn just a little…”

Why use a bullet that has those kind of “limitations “? I was glad I had my 338 with 225 grain North Forks.


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