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Try this little exercise to understand performance. Write down the velocity and energy figures of your 300 for 200 yards. Compare these numbers with other cartridges for varying distances.
For example, your 200 yard 300 Savage will match the 30-06 for 255 yards. It will match the 300 MAG for 285 yards. The purpose of this exercise is to understand these facts:
- bigger cases hold more powder and produce more power for a given distance
- a good hunter can stalk close enough so that more power is not needed
Any North American animal shot through the chest organs at approx. 200 yards will die. Doesn't matter if the rifle used was a 300, .308, 30-06, or 300 MAG. But for longer shots, say 350 yards or so, the bigger cased rounds have an advantage.
Jack
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Fire up the grill! Deer hunting IS NOT catch and release.
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