Hey guys, this may be a silly question and I'm definitely not so naive as to think that the game animals listed on ammo boxes are any kind of hard and fast rule, however..... looking at the recommended list on two different calibers of the same brand, type and weight ammo did get me thinking about bullet construction based on caliber. So here it goes.
I've had boxes of winchester 150gr. 30-30 power-points around for years. And the boxes always say "deer & black bear".
I recently acquired a 300 sav and picked up a couple boxes of winchester 150gr. 300 sav. power-points and the boxes say, "deer, antelope & wild boar".
So what's the difference? Why no bear on the 300 sav? Are they more lightly constructed than the 30-30 P-P? I can see not recommending the 30-30 for antelope as it's not really a long range round (I think maybe I read that shots at antelopes tend to be longer ranges, but being in the east I wouldn't know). And I don't know what to make of the inclusion of wild boar. Just seems like a strange list to me.
Anyways just wondering I should read into the differences in the game animals listed on the boxes. Thanks.
Ammo box game recommendations ?
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Re: Ammo box game recommendations ?
30-30 is worthless on deer! I know because a good friend of mine, who has since crossed the Great Divide, had killed 28 ELK with a model 64 Winchester in 30-30.
Just use common sense as to the distances, what animal, along with shot placement. Both of your cartridges are good for about anything in N.A. within reasonable ranges. The names companies put on boxes for regular big game hunting are for marketing.....what to watch for is bullet weight and construction.......in other words, don't use 30 caliber 110 grain hollow points on a bear or 30 caliber 168 grain b.t.h.p.match bullets for elk.
"Silvertips" are not silver...."power points" don't have power....."core locks", well, lock the core....so don't pay attention to me.----006.
Just use common sense as to the distances, what animal, along with shot placement. Both of your cartridges are good for about anything in N.A. within reasonable ranges. The names companies put on boxes for regular big game hunting are for marketing.....what to watch for is bullet weight and construction.......in other words, don't use 30 caliber 110 grain hollow points on a bear or 30 caliber 168 grain b.t.h.p.match bullets for elk.
"Silvertips" are not silver...."power points" don't have power....."core locks", well, lock the core....so don't pay attention to me.----006.
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Re: Ammo box game recommendations ?
Yeah but a 22 short betwixt the ribs into the air bladders will kill anything in this country. Don't matter if the bullet misses the vitals- it ain't gonna do the job humanely.
Pick your shot placement and any .30 will get it done!
I remember reading Ackley shooting wild donkeys with wildcat 17s- head shots mostly.
Pick your shot placement and any .30 will get it done!
I remember reading Ackley shooting wild donkeys with wildcat 17s- head shots mostly.
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Re: Ammo box game recommendations ?
Seems to me that those recommendations are mostly marketing. Sure the manufacturer tests the bullets, but how much of that is on live game? Some probably. Still, the part I look for is what the bullet construction is.
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Re: Ammo box game recommendations ?
Darn it................
I thought you were planning to come up with an alternative to Monopoly -- you know, a fun board or card game for hunters & shooters.
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I thought you were planning to come up with an alternative to Monopoly -- you know, a fun board or card game for hunters & shooters.
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Re: Ammo box game recommendations ?
You know that Monopoly could at one time be special ordered with the names on the board in the buyers choice. The cost was a more, but it was an option.
D. Brian Casady
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Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
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Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost