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Largest North Amercian animal You have Taken with a 308 Win

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16 July 2007, 20:53
MT Gianni
Largest North Amercian animal You have Taken with a 308 Win
762 lb on the hook Shiras mose. BLR308 165 gr barnes X penetrated 54", lost one petal on deflection from the spine, bullet was found under the hide at the front shoulder. He went down hard but got up on his front legs and pawded his way down a hill before one in the ear stopped him. 75 yards running straight away 2570 fps. This is the only X bullet I have ever recovered. Gianni
17 July 2007, 07:42
Fjold
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Originally posted by dgr416:
Come on up to Alaska and hunt some of the nice grizzley bears with your aweome 308.You should wait till a full charge so that you can flatten him with one shot.You should try it in africa on cape buffalo and elephant.I TRIED THE 308,30-06 AND 243 WIN AND i was not impressed.I am sorry if your too wimpy to shoot a bigger gun.I guess you shoot turkeys with your .410 also.I learned to shoot larger guns than a 30-06 and know that are alot better choices than smaller calibers that are not good at the shot takers.I just wonder how many deer you have shot with your 308 above 250 yards.Its fine as a battle rifle or deer under 200 yards but any game over 500 pounds deserves to be taken cleanly with a larger gun.


RTFQ! That stands for: Read The Fucking Question!

(Normally I don't use language like this on the internet but I'm not sure that you would have understood the abbreviation "F******".)

No one said that the 308 should be used for Grizzly or Cape Buff or Elephants. Or that the 308 was the best choice for anything, everyone else has related first hand experience of what animals that they have taken with the 308.

No one else has blamed poor shooting on the 308 but you.

Are you so narrow between the scratching pads that you can't comprehend the question?


Frank



"I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money."
- Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953

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