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    Quote Originally Posted by Micky Duck View Post
    Once upon a time in a land not too far away from here.....people shot stags with a .30 calibre rifle and were using 200-220grn projectiles......both the .303 british and early .30-06 loadings were big fat heavy round nose jobbies ...NOTHING has changed about the stags....with all the tech you cart around hills today,if you twiddle n fiddle after ranging...how much of a rainbow trajectory is a bit of a moot point......
    But there's always that time you see a trophy of a lifetime walk into the bush or scrub and your not close enough yet and he's never been seen again and your holding a rifle that hurt doesn't quite have enough legs to take the animal. Hence why I now own a big ish gun .

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