Thread: 270 in a 20in barrel or 308 in 18in barrel

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

@stug put up a link to a South African ( not a good day to raise this I concede) safari park operator discussing ethical shooting. His conclusion was that the Heart was the best aiming point because the animal was always secured and could only run a certain distance before expiring

Interesting conclusion from the Saffa. Personally, of all the common aim points, a heart shot is about my least favoured as there’s a fair chance the animal will run a considerable distance despite being dead on it’s feet, and might be difficult to find (or straight out lost). You don’t have that problem if you hit them in the scapula or hilar zone

But probably not too much of an issue on the Highveld when you have expert trackers at your disposal, and less cover to lose animals in relative to what we have in parts of our country