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<blockquote data-quote="sneakybow" data-source="post: 5848803" data-attributes="member: 11945"><p>Thing is, those bonded bullets make for nice pretty recovered bullets "deadly mushrooms", but that's the extent of the wound channel. Stretching of tissue may expand that wound channel a little more, but it is what it is. A fragmenting bullet, "match type " bullets, have larger wound channels and are extremely effective on everything from coyotes up through elk and moose. Even bears, which are light skinned no matter what most people want to think. There's a reason that there are a ton of 6.5s in use now, low recoil, high BCs, better sectional densities than most 30 cal projectiles until you get super heavy. 143 and 147 match bullets have killed a ton of elk and are easier on the wallet and shoulder than the magnums. It's a proven fact that people shoot lighter recoiling rifles better. There's just zero need for a high recoiling rifle for elk these days. This coming from an Idaho resident, although I grew up in Tennessee. I don't know anyone personally that hunts elk with a magnum these days. 270, 308, 7-08, 6.5CM, 6.5PRC, 243, 22-250. Those are by far the most common calibers I see locals using. It's good for a laugh when someone rolls in with a 300 Wby Mag. We don't even have to ask where they're from lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sneakybow, post: 5848803, member: 11945"] Thing is, those bonded bullets make for nice pretty recovered bullets "deadly mushrooms", but that's the extent of the wound channel. Stretching of tissue may expand that wound channel a little more, but it is what it is. A fragmenting bullet, "match type " bullets, have larger wound channels and are extremely effective on everything from coyotes up through elk and moose. Even bears, which are light skinned no matter what most people want to think. There's a reason that there are a ton of 6.5s in use now, low recoil, high BCs, better sectional densities than most 30 cal projectiles until you get super heavy. 143 and 147 match bullets have killed a ton of elk and are easier on the wallet and shoulder than the magnums. It's a proven fact that people shoot lighter recoiling rifles better. There's just zero need for a high recoiling rifle for elk these days. This coming from an Idaho resident, although I grew up in Tennessee. I don't know anyone personally that hunts elk with a magnum these days. 270, 308, 7-08, 6.5CM, 6.5PRC, 243, 22-250. Those are by far the most common calibers I see locals using. It's good for a laugh when someone rolls in with a 300 Wby Mag. We don't even have to ask where they're from lol. [/QUOTE]
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