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From: wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Will Martin)
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Subject: Re:  Silhouette
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Date: 6 Jun 91 19:27:43 GMT
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#From:           drs@hpctdkg.HP.COM (Don Simmons)
#  Watch the pistol calibers - a loca DOW officer told me a .357 loaded in a 
#  "carbine" would not meet the local 1000ft.lbs.at100yds legal limitation for
#  deer/big game and YET in a pistol the .357 was a-ok to use. !???! :-)

I think the rationale here is that the hunter using a rifle/carbine
firing the pistol-caliber round will tend to treat it as being as
capable as other rifles firing real rifle calibers; he'll take advantage
of the longer sight radius or scope and attempt shots that a
pistol-carrying hunter will not. The pistoleer will (or at least should)
be more likely to stalk the game to a closer range, because he knows
he's not using a rifle and that pistols are inherently less capable, and
hopefully he won't attempt shots that are clearly beyond himself or his
pistol.

So the .357 in a carbine may result in more wounded-and-lost deer than the
same caliber in a pistol, even though it might be counter-intuitive
to think so.

Then again, considering that these are government-established rulings,
there may be NO particular reason for it... :-)

Regards, Will