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Originally Posted by depopulator
Except when the angle is not perfectly broadside and/or the animal is farther than 300 yards ?
For example, I had a small window of opportunity at my 2008 bull elk at 380+ yards, quartering and moving away. I had all the confidence in my 300 RUM to make 3 quick shots, hitting him on the 2nd and 3rd shot. With a 270, 7-08, etc. I would have passed the shot opportunity for sure. Instead I have a freezer full of meat and my best bull elk to-date on my wall. No hype, just the utility of a magnum in the real world of hunting.
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So explain all the moose elk and deer killed with 130gr. Partitions in a 270Win?(ask Rugersingle)
Also explain how I dumped a moose at spot on 300yds quartering away breaking the off side shoulder, with nothing more than a 25'06 and a 100gr. Partition.(tipped over on the spot)
Explain how I broke both front shoulders at 255yds on a bull elk with the same load in a 25'06
Perhaps the choice of bullets plays a very large part in providing penetration, on poor angle shots.
Perhaps taking low percentage shots for a neophyte is not a thing to advocate.
Perhaps allowing a neophyte shooter to become proficent enough of a shot without worrying about excessive recoil is a more prudent course of action to take.