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OK, please forgive the common question, but I simply cannot find the answer on my own.
A little background: I’d like to start deer hunting. I’m really a handgun guy, but I do have a few lever action rifles / shotguns for general cowboy action plinking fun. While researching between handguns and rifles and their many popular calibers for deer hunting here in the southeast, I keep reading, over and over and over, the phrase, “the [whatever] caliber will be great, as long as you do your part.”
By “do your part,” I assume that means hitting where I’m supposed to hit. But isn’t that the point with ANY caliber — to hit where you’re aiming?
It’s that single caveat that confuses me. It almost implies that there are some calibers where you can totally miss the mark, and it will still result in an equally dead deer. (Is that assumption true?)
So what exactly does “as long as you do your part” mean?
And if I “do my part” (hit where I aim), then does it really matter if I’m shooting from a new Colt Anaconda in 44 Magnum or a Winchester 70 Super Grade in 6.5 Creedmoor?
Thanks in advance for clearing up my confusion.
Regards,
Chris
A little background: I’d like to start deer hunting. I’m really a handgun guy, but I do have a few lever action rifles / shotguns for general cowboy action plinking fun. While researching between handguns and rifles and their many popular calibers for deer hunting here in the southeast, I keep reading, over and over and over, the phrase, “the [whatever] caliber will be great, as long as you do your part.”
By “do your part,” I assume that means hitting where I’m supposed to hit. But isn’t that the point with ANY caliber — to hit where you’re aiming?
It’s that single caveat that confuses me. It almost implies that there are some calibers where you can totally miss the mark, and it will still result in an equally dead deer. (Is that assumption true?)
So what exactly does “as long as you do your part” mean?
And if I “do my part” (hit where I aim), then does it really matter if I’m shooting from a new Colt Anaconda in 44 Magnum or a Winchester 70 Super Grade in 6.5 Creedmoor?
Thanks in advance for clearing up my confusion.
Regards,
Chris