These guys disagree with RS’s caliber choices

[Deere_Man]

22 Hornet vs impala. Two separate kills, headshot is predictable; dead right there. The shoulder shot is about a 40 yard death run.

 

[Cdnance]

22 Hornet vs impala. Two separate kills, headshot is predictable; dead right there. The shoulder shot is about a 40 yard death run.

I think we all understand that it is possible me to take game with a small caliber. I don’t think anyone is arguing that. I think the argument is that larger calibers are often time “better” for larger game.
Side note, the whole “DRT” argument is pointless. That isn’t an issue or caliber, yet of placement and biology.

 

[Choupique]

Looks like ‘wallop’ is referenced in the opening quote preceding the article lol.

Meh. Writer sounds soft. Call me when he starts shooting 75 pound Louisiana skillet heads with a .338 win mag. Obviously can't handle the wallop on the back end of a real cartridge.

 

[Dan Carey]

What do you use for bears?

I sold my 375H&H, but I do currently have a Winchester Classic stainless in 338 Win. I also carry a 10MM in the lower 48 with Underwood 200 hard cast. In Alaska I have a 629 44Mag with Underwood 305 hard cast. Do you think I'm under or over gunned.

 

[BLJ]

If I were leaving today I would have a 308 and a 9mm. So I guess from my perspective, over.

Never dealt with the big bears but that’s what I would carry.

 

[willfrye027]

Smaller is only better for hunting if you can’t shoot large caliber rifles accurately. Lol. If an eldm or tmk out of a 223 is good, an eldm or TMK out of a 7prc is a hell of a lot better.

Agree to disagree.

Ever missed your first shot and needed a second?

Thought you had a solid position, but you didn’t and can’t see the impact or lose the animal in your scope after the shot?

Miss your wind call?

I can shoot my 30-06 quite well for a single, well placed shot. I can also shoot my 22 creedmoor quite well, but the difference is that I can have 5 well placed shots from the creedmoor in the same time it would take me to shoot 2-3 from the 30-06.

On paper and on the internet everything is a perfectly placed single shot behind the shoulder. In that case, a bigger nastier bullet might kill slightly faster…but my experience is that crap happens and the ability to see my impact from any position and make a quick follow up shot is one of the most important aspects of a quick kill and recovery.

And since there is a lot of chest thumping going on, I killed my 65th big game animal last weekend. About half of those were with a 30-06, the more recent half were a variety of smaller cartridges. A few eastern whitetails the majority is western big game. All of that to say I’ve tried it both ways and am firmly in the smaller cartridges camp at this point.