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From: boardman%cancer.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu
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Subject: Re: best rifle caliber
Message-ID: <1991Jun26.063931.11364@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
Date: 26 Jun 91 11:39:30 GMT
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In article <1991Jun25.072114.5464@doug.cae.wisc.edu>, btree!hale@UCSD.EDU (Bob Hale) writes:
>In article <1991Jun21.063938.11989@doug.cae.wisc.edu> smosjc!joseph@uunet.uu.net writes:
>>Will...the net is kinda slow, so I'll ask the question of all questions:
>>
>>   What is the best all-around hunting caliber for North Americam game?
>>
>
>
>I'll speak to the two calibers that I know, the .30-06 and .375 H&H.
>
>The .375 H&H is too much for anything except for very large North
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>American game such as bears.  It is a good African caliber according
>to the articles that I've read, but a deer shot with one of these
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>might have very little usable meat left on it.
>
>The .30-06 is a good all-around caliber for North American game.  It's
>fairly flat shooting, has good range, is affordable, and won't completely
>trash a whitetail deer.  And the recoil is mild enough that you don't
>need a padded jacket.
>
>That's my $.02 worth.
>
>Bob Hale                        ...!ucsd!btree!hale
>619-535-3234                    ...!btree!hale@ucsd.edu

    I have both a 7mm Remington Magnum and a .375 H&H Magnum, and I think
  that you are more likely to have excessive meat destruction with the
  very high velocity bullets from the 7mm Magnum that with the larger and
  slower .375 H&H.  Of course, bullet placement is the most important
  factor, but with equal placement, I suspect you would lose more meat on a
  whitetail deer shot with a 150gr. bullet @ 3100 fps than with a 250-270gr
  moving 400 fps slower, and I know that some people love the .375 downloaded
  to 2300-2400 fps for deer - great penetration with very little meat damage.
   Also, it has been my experience that shooting 175gr. max power loads out of
  the 7mm Magnum hurts more than 270gr. loads out of the .375 H&H. So if you
  can load your own, I think the .375 H&H might qualify as a "do everything"
  caliber.  On the other hand, there is a vastly greater selection of ammo
  commercially available for the 7mm Magnum, so if you aren't thinking of
  handloading, I would propose the 7mm Magnum as the best "do everything"
  rifle, although it is really a toss-up between the 30-06, the .300 Win Mag,
  and the 7mm Mag, IMHO.  My 2.5 cents worth!

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