DannyLandrum
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"Except that the 7.62x39 is only capable of deer sized game."
I'd have to disagree. People have been killing piles of moose and elk with .303 brit and .30-30 win for about 100 years, and 762x39 is not far behind those two in power ... and they've done that with cup and core bullets. Today's premium bullets are much much better constructed. Nothing will stop a handloader from loading a premium 150 (e.g. Partition) in a 762x39 and going to work on very large game. With a head shot, it's more than adequate for the largest N.A. game - bison, coastal brownies, walrus etc.
Don't forget, the Inuits use .22lr to kill caribou crossing the streams, and in my understanding, most of them use .22 mag and .223 rem on the bou for vitals shots on land (with a smattering of .243 win, .30-30, .303, x39, x54, and a few other things mixed in). Bou are on the larger side of what most people think of as "deer sized game".
Although you are right if by "deer sized game", you included deer types up to and including moose. Then I'd pretty much agree.
I'd have to disagree. People have been killing piles of moose and elk with .303 brit and .30-30 win for about 100 years, and 762x39 is not far behind those two in power ... and they've done that with cup and core bullets. Today's premium bullets are much much better constructed. Nothing will stop a handloader from loading a premium 150 (e.g. Partition) in a 762x39 and going to work on very large game. With a head shot, it's more than adequate for the largest N.A. game - bison, coastal brownies, walrus etc.
Don't forget, the Inuits use .22lr to kill caribou crossing the streams, and in my understanding, most of them use .22 mag and .223 rem on the bou for vitals shots on land (with a smattering of .243 win, .30-30, .303, x39, x54, and a few other things mixed in). Bou are on the larger side of what most people think of as "deer sized game".
Although you are right if by "deer sized game", you included deer types up to and including moose. Then I'd pretty much agree.
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