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F*O*A*D

On 9/2/14 3:49 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:21:41 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

What the hell would a great white hunter like you be going after in this
country where he would require a big, heavy, rifle to shoot offhand? My
lever action rifle will easily drop a deer and it weighs about 6.5 pounds.

I bet your .357 carbine does not meet the minimum ME for taking a deer
in Maryland.
My .44 barely made it and you needed hotter than normal ammo.
I did know a game warden up there who said more deer were taken with a
22rf than any other caliber but it was at night, at close range with a
spot light.
I am sure your .357 would kill a deer eventually but you might be
following a blood trail in the woods for a while.
I have no interest in killing a deer these days but when I did, I
wanted them to hit the ground dead, not run around wounded for a
while. The adrenaline screws up the meat.

My .357 rifle won't be killing any deer so long as I own it. I don't
shoot critters. I have read, though, a number of articles on the potency
of the .357 round when fired through a rifle. It almost matches the
..30-.30 up to 100 yards.

I understand the .357 round, however, is the perfect tamer for rampaging
tea party zombies.