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Ok, I like fast cartridges in general, and many of my hunting rifles are calibers that push their respective fodder in the high 2k to low 3k velocities, including my 223AI's, 250AI, 7-08AI etc, But lately, I have been leaning towards the "fat and slow" side of things. My 338 Federal which pushes a 185gn TTSX along at 2680, a relatively mild load, and my 450 Bushmaster with a 250gn FTX moving at about 2350fps absolutely hammers anything I point them at. The 2 good bucks I took last season fell to the Bushmaster. I had intended to do a little hog control that afternoon as they had been making pigs of themselves around my deer feeder. Didn't see any hogs, but 2 decent bucks within 20 minutes of each other. The second buck was a really good one for our area, so I filled my final tag. They both dropped instantly, and neither bullet exited. I've seen similar with very fast calibers like my 22-250 using V-Max's, but it is more usual to see them run a short distance before expiring.
Hogs do the same thing when hit with the Bushmaster. Instant lights out, sometimes a little kicking, but I've yet to see more effective kills overall using other cartridges.
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Badger- I like the 450, too. But I use it when I draw a non resident Iowa tag where straight wall cartridge rifles may be used. What rifle are you shooting the BM in?
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Badger, you can still hunt deer? It's almost May. They didn't shed yet?
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Ok, I like fast cartridges in general, and many of my hunting rifles are calibers that push their respective fodder in the high 2k to low 3k velocities, including my 223AI's, 250AI, 7-08AI etc, But lately, I have been leaning towards the "fat and slow" side of things. My 338 Federal which pushes a 185gn TTSX along at 2680, a relatively mild load, and my 450 Bushmaster with a 250gn FTX moving at about 2350fps absolutely hammers anything I point them at. The 2 good bucks I took last season fell to the Bushmaster. I had intended to do a little hog control that afternoon as they had been making pigs of themselves around my deer feeder. Didn't see any hogs, but 2 decent bucks within 20 minutes of each other. The second buck was a really good one for our area, so I filled my final tag. They both dropped instantly, and neither bullet exited. I've seen similar with very fast calibers like my 22-250 using V-Max's, but it is more usual to see them run a short distance before expiring.
Hogs do the same thing when hit with the Bushmaster. Instant lights out, sometimes a little kicking, but I've yet to see more effective kills overall using other cartridges.
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