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Old 11-12-2018, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Nyksta View Post
He said he is interested in elk and moose hunting. 270 would be the smallest he should go. There are smaller cartridges suited to recoil sensitive shooters, and those are adequate performance for deer, but striving for minimal recoil shouldn't precede having proper knock down energy for on a bigger animal like elk and moose.
Pretty certain “back in the day” before magnumitus swept over the hunting community there was probably a couple dozen moose at least fell to the ol’ 30-30Win....not to mention a few more since then taken with modern archery tackle that delivers how much energy on target(?)....jest sayn....shot placement,shot placement,shot placement.
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