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Thread: 7.62x39 or 357mag/38special for goats and similar sized animals

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  1. 16-08-2024, 06:22 PM #18
    Calikiwi
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    357mag works well on goats and smaller deer out of a rifle. I mainly used 158 grain soft points. As others have said keep it under 100, the cartridge impressed me out of a rifle. Noise is minimal (for a centerfire), recoil is non existent and the animals fell over.
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