Thread: A question for the doubters

Originally Posted by whanahuia

Speaking of cost. The great thing about the bigger calibers is - you dont need to use a new premium projectile to achieve the same result. A good old cup and core will do exactly what the new 22 calibre ones are being touted as achieving. I havnt lost an animal yet with the speer hotcores im useing.

To be fair, the heavy .223 bullets are all cup and core and relatively cheap ($70/100). In fact that is their strength. OK penetration and frangible. Nice mushrooms are out, organ damage is in.

.270 Speer hot cores are $75//100

Personally, I prefer to be overgunned. We owe the animal a clean kill, and a larger caliber just gives a bit more wriggle room, for my tastes. I have shot medium pigs at short range with a .22LR, but that was a case of an opportunity, and the discipline to sneak in close and place my shot. I didn't take it to mean a .22 is a pig gun. That's just me. I hate to wound an animal, even pests like possums and rabbits, or rats.

Originally Posted by Growlybear

Personally, I prefer to be overgunned. We owe the animal a clean kill, and a larger caliber just gives a bit more wriggle room, for my tastes. I have shot medium pigs at short range with a .22LR, but that was a case of an opportunity, and the discipline to sneak in close and place my shot. I didn't take it to mean a .22 is a pig gun. That's just me. I hate to wound an animal, even pests like possums and rabbits, or rats.

Do you use match type projectiles?

Originally Posted by Stocky

Do you use match type projectiles?

I shoot factory hunting ammo. Standard .308 150gsoft point. The places I go, this does the job, and I don't get out enough to bother about reloading.

Originally Posted by Tahr

To be fair, the heavy .223 bullets are all cup and core and relatively cheap ($70/100). In fact that is their strength. OK penetration and frangible. Nice mushrooms are out, organ damage is in.

.270 Speer hot cores are $75//100

Cheers, so projectile price is about the same and all thats really different is more powder. A quick add up and it cost me 55c per round for powder and at current prices on primers if I had to buy them, Id be looking at around 1.50 per round.

Its the cheapest part of my day if I fire a shot.