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  1. Big_wals

    .243 for moose

    TIL that when a hunt is expensive, it makes the animal harder to kill. Cheap critters die easier. Also, why the quotations around “ shot placement”? Do you not worry about “shot placement” with a .300?
  2. Big_wals

    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    Whats your point? Even if the 77 tmk was literally the only .224 bullet that would kill big game, everything else “grenaded” on a deers scapula, who cares? Why do you care that a specic bullet works so well?
  3. Big_wals

    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    Nobody advocating for smaller calibers has said that bullet design doesn’t matter. The exact opposite is what’s being taught, the very first line in the first post of the 223 thread say “bullets matter more than headstamps”, and then there is a several hundred page thread proving it.
  4. Big_wals

    FFP V SFP for western hunting (longer range)

    IMO, if you are shooting at long enough range to actually have to hold for very much wind drift, it’s nice to know exactly how many mils to hold. I’m already bad at estimating wind speed, I don’t want to estimate how far to hold for my estimated wind. YMMV
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    Best scope under $1000

    Here’s another vote for the 3-15 swfa. The ffp version is available on their website, if you’d rather have a second focal plane just keep an eye on the classifieds here. They pop up fairly often.
  6. Big_wals

    .243 for moose

    You’ll be fine. Just shoot em in the front half.
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    .243 for moose

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    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    A 55 gr soft is still adequate, but a 77 tmk is optimal. I loaded some hornady 55 SPs last winter out of curiosity, shot around a dozen hogs with em. They work great, you just dont have the range you get with a higher bc tmk or eldm.
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    The 22 creedmoor thread

    Gonna be interesting to see how the eldx compares to a tmk.
  10. Big_wals

    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    Ah, didn’t realize you were talking about deer drives.
  11. Big_wals

    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    That’s what made me buy a .243 several years ago. I realized that gun writers will have an article one month about needing a 180 grain .30 cal minimum for elk, and then the very next month might have a write up about what a great cartridge the .243 is for a youth rifle, hunting the same species...
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    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    No visible reaction? As in, they completely ignored the shot and kept on feeding or whatever they were previously doin?
  13. Big_wals

    How I Modify My Tikka Factory Stocks

    Thanks for the reply! You’ve got the wheels in my head turning now… I’ll have to see what I come up with. I love how your stocks have turned out, but I’m not that ambitious!
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    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    The 223 with good bullets has been proven time and again to be a reliable killer out to 400 to 450 yards. Most hunters will never shoot an animal at that range, and a lot won’t even get to 200. So yeah, for probably a solid 90% of hunters it is all that’s needed. Nobody has said it’s the only...
  15. Big_wals

    Bullet choice for... Squirrels.

    Second this, they work great on jackrabbits. Kill quite a bit faster than a standard lead rn. The only testing I’ve done other than bunnys was a soda can full of water at 50 yards, there was three holes in about a one inch group on the backside, so it seems they come apart as advertised.
  16. Big_wals

    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Gotcha 👍. I’ll be interested to see what results you get!
  17. Big_wals

    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    What barrel length did you get?
  18. Big_wals

    I tried a "hunting version" of the popular YouTube "test your limit/blackjack" 500 yard challenge. Featuring the RokStok!

    Nice shooting! That rifle looks great.
  19. Big_wals

    Masculinity and Caliber Choice

    That’s why I said I wasn’t sure on the numbers. My point was, even IF a biger bullet created twice as wide of a wound channel, it’s still not as much margin as people seem to think. And as you said, a bullet that did so would be too destructive for hunting critters that you plan on eating.
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    Masculinity and Caliber Choice

    All else being equal, a bigger bullet that is the same design as a smaller bullet will do more damage, and give you a bigger margin for error. But I don’t believe its nearly as much as guys seem to think. If an 88 grain bullet produces a four inch diameter wound, and a 190 bullet makes an eight...

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