vincyr
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What would you say are the limitations of the .308 win cartridge?
I am getting an H&R Survivor in .308 win... primarily getting it as a deer/maybe black bear rifle, a role in which I am confident the .308 should perform adequately, and I know it can be downloaded for hunting smaller critters without blowing them apart, but I was wondering what most consider the upper limitations of that cartridge... IE, how big of a critter could it reliably, and more importantly, humanely take, with one shot... not planning on traveling to go after really big stuff, but with moose populations on the rise in northern NY (heck, we even get a few down here in the southern tier from time to time), and rumors increasingly floating around up about the possibility of DEC potentially introducing elk in the future, there is a pretty good chance of my options eventually expanding here in NY... plus, it never hurts to know your options, just in case plans change...
I am getting an H&R Survivor in .308 win... primarily getting it as a deer/maybe black bear rifle, a role in which I am confident the .308 should perform adequately, and I know it can be downloaded for hunting smaller critters without blowing them apart, but I was wondering what most consider the upper limitations of that cartridge... IE, how big of a critter could it reliably, and more importantly, humanely take, with one shot... not planning on traveling to go after really big stuff, but with moose populations on the rise in northern NY (heck, we even get a few down here in the southern tier from time to time), and rumors increasingly floating around up about the possibility of DEC potentially introducing elk in the future, there is a pretty good chance of my options eventually expanding here in NY... plus, it never hurts to know your options, just in case plans change...