Yes, John... that's true as long as we
always remember to "respect" the other man's opinion whether or not we agree with it... n'est pas, mon ami?
My "boys" (they're both over 50 years old, so they're not really "boys" anymore) shoot those saboted 295 grain, .50 caliber jacketed, hollow-point bullets at deer using 3 of those powder "disks" (50 grains EACH) and while both of the boys are strong, stout young fellas, that unnecessarily heavy load REALLY sits 'em straight-up when shooting their in-line rifles off of the bench-rest while checking the zero of their
scope-equipped in-line rifles.
My "puny" 70 grains of Swiss FFFg, my deer-hunting load outta my older, cap-lock CVA Hawken-Hunter Carbine (24-inch barrel, 6½ lbs.), puts a .490-inch Hornady swagged, patched rifle ball through
BOTH sides of a deer at 80 yards or less (usually "less"... "80 yards" is my self-imposed
maximum hunting range with my M.L.) and a "hit" in the deer's "kill zone" normally goes through both sides and generally offers a easy "blood trail" to follow if the deer goes very far (which it usually doesn't) in dense cover.
I chronographed the boy's hunting loads while at my club's shooting range a few years ago... and ya don't "need" an almost 300 grain saboted, jacketed hollow-pointed bullet at
2,015 fps to bring down even the biggest deer that ever roamed a deer-woods. There just isn't any big grizzly bears or elephants in Ohio's deer woods the last time I checked. Their loads are
massive examples of "over-kill" and painful recoil.
Butttttttttttttttttttttt... I say "
nuthin' " even though I have to sometimes bite-my-tongue until it bleeds to keep my big mouth "shut"!
There ARE times when "respect" for someone's opinion is tough to come by... but we keep trying, eh?
Strength & Honor...
Ron T.
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