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Originally Posted by AndrewM
Sure the Creedmoor has more bang for the recoil but it will not outperform a magnum that is putting out much higher energy into the animal.
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You can manipulate the game so that the Creedmoor can have more energy than a 300 magnum by shooting a 147gr bullet out of the Creedmoor and a 125gr bullet out of the 300 magnum, I’m not sure at what distance it would happen, but it definitely would happen.
Common sense has to be factored into these threads along with the data as well as with hunting scinarios. When talking about one cartridge outperforming another it has to be kept in context. Because 2 bullets have the same penetration doesn’t mean they’ll both have the same energy or cause the same amount of damage. Getting the bullet deep enough, and with enough speed and energy for the bullet to function as designed to cause fatal damage is what matters imo. Anything more is wasted energy.