I'm new at hunting.
I've seen all sorts of conflicting information about the effectiveness of common ammunition for big game hunting.
In a magazine oriented towards selling stuff, an author referred to .30-30 as a cartridge good for deer out to around 100 yards, and .30-06 good to 300 for deer. He said magnum rounds would stretch that to 400 and allow you to hunt larger game like elk.
Now, I've been shooting for 25 years, off and on, anyway, so I know what ballistics tables mean. The numbers tossed around by these writers seem based on absolutely nothing.
.30-30 looks like it should be good out to at least 200 yards for deer; .30-06 should work on deer as far away as you can realistically hit the deer, and on elk out to maybe 300 yards.
But I have no clue, really.
Anyone with real experience have some good info that's not tied to selling me on buying some expensive new gun chambered in a whiz-bang Super-Duper-Short-Ultra-Magnum Shoulder Killer round?
Thanks!
I've seen all sorts of conflicting information about the effectiveness of common ammunition for big game hunting.
In a magazine oriented towards selling stuff, an author referred to .30-30 as a cartridge good for deer out to around 100 yards, and .30-06 good to 300 for deer. He said magnum rounds would stretch that to 400 and allow you to hunt larger game like elk.
Now, I've been shooting for 25 years, off and on, anyway, so I know what ballistics tables mean. The numbers tossed around by these writers seem based on absolutely nothing.
.30-30 looks like it should be good out to at least 200 yards for deer; .30-06 should work on deer as far away as you can realistically hit the deer, and on elk out to maybe 300 yards.
But I have no clue, really.
Anyone with real experience have some good info that's not tied to selling me on buying some expensive new gun chambered in a whiz-bang Super-Duper-Short-Ultra-Magnum Shoulder Killer round?
Thanks!