I like O'Connor dislike recoil and favor lightweight rifles with fast accurate bullets. You gotta remember that velocity is part of the equation for knockdown power and causes hydrostatic shock.
Your 21 and know who Jack O'Connor is?
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Yes sir, i grew up reading his articles in old outdoor life magazines. I now own a modest collection of his writings. My family has always been .270 win fans so it just kinda all fell together. The man was an amazing writer and gave boys like me a chance to experience things they normally never would have.
yes, energy = mass x velocity "on paper" but if you shoot a deer at 20 yds with a light bullet over 3000 fps and dont hit any bone it can go right thru without the bullet expanding and dump all that energy into the ground or whatever it hits last. I don't like recoil either if not needed but will put up with it for hunting. I enjoy my 25-06, 7mm08, 22 mag, 28 ga shotgun for the accuracy and low recoil, but look at the reknown stopping power of heavy-slow moving bullets like 12 ga slugs, 45 acp, 30-30, 45-70,444. I think the 308/7mm08 is a very good medium choice, that can be loaded with light or heavy bullets to get the best combo of wt vs velocity. and no matter what caliber a good bullet choice is critical, they are designed to function optimaly within certain velocity ranges. I use nosler partitions exclusively they have been around a long time and have always worked real well for me and anyone else I have loaded them for. they will work good moving slow or fast.
partitions get my vote :toast
