Yea you read the subject right, velocity is a very overated factor in loading rounds for hunting. I thought we needed a good contraversial subject, a subject that gets peoples juices going. I will use my .270 Winchester as an example, I have found over the years that it doesn't make one spit of difference if I load 130 partition @ 3,000 fps or if I load it @ 2,700 fps, the gun kills the same. If I place the bullet where it should be placed and do my part velocity has nothing to do with the kill, it is shot placement that seperates the quick humane kill from the gut shot suffering animal. We are in this trend in America where faster is better, just look at all the new cartridge developments in the last several years. The Remington Ultra Mags are geared for nothing but higher velocity, no one will tell me that a 300 Remington Ultra Mag will kill an elk any faster then a well placed shot from the old standby 300 Winchester Mag, we are programmed to believe this and to spend our money. And please don't give me the stuff about, "well I want to shoot that elk at 450 yards so I need the extra velocity", bull unless you are set up to shoot that far and you are well trained at shooting that distance, you shouldn't be doing it. I know you varmint hunters will take issue with all this and I will say that if there is one exception, it is in varmint hunting, but even then most of us are not set up or skilled enough to shoot beyond a couple hundred yards. Well there you have it, if I got your blood boiling, good, let's hear some sensible feed back.....
Dave T
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