Mike I suppose a 300 Mag (weatherby espeically) has such a huge impact velocity at close ranges one wonders how a bullet can hold together at close range and still expand at ranges a Magnum is more suited to the damage done to the animal does ruin a lot of meat lets call it Hydraulic shock even the premium hunting bullets at close ranges must act like a .22 calibre varmit bullet and blow up
but I do have to agree dead is dead and there is no such thing as to big a calibre but I find the 300 magnums (never fired a weatherby) to be a little to sharp in the recoil department adn I personally find them unpleasent to shoot so they are to much rilfe for the average Joe to try and shoot with most people would be better served with a nice 30/06
as for the 9.3x62 now your talking I have one and love it terminal performance not far short of a 375 H&H and kicks a bit more than a 30/06 what a fantastic calibre (for others on the board who may never have heard of it this round it is a bit of a pup it is just coming onto 100 years of age
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is it just me or has everybody all over the world gone a bit velocity mad? even shotgun ammo has reached speeds that really makes me wonder why? for over 100 years big heavy bullets at moderate velocity has killed game all over the world and will continue to do so for another 100 magnums have there place on the open plains where there flat shooting can be used to great effect but for shooting out to 100-150 yards do you relly need one?
just my 2 cents
