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On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 5:40:23 PM UTC-4, Califbill wrote:
F*O*A*D wrote: 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.  A 30-30 is actually a minimum deer round. Ok if in short ranges. Correct. We call a 30-30 a bush rifle, good for deer stands back in the woods. When hunting an open field, you want more than that. I haven't hunted in a few years, but my last deer was taken at 150 yds with a Ruger M77 stainless in 270 Winchester caliber. An 8 point that dropped in his tracks. |
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