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Section 6: Rifles Subject: Ruger American 7.62X39 Msg# 1163735
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Yep. The key words remain "expertise and restraint".
As I told TJ, I've been too lazy to look up the ballistics of either the subsonic 7.62x39 or of the .357 Magnum, let alone the .22RF! Stu |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: I don't have data in front of me, so we aren't really having an intelligent discussion here--  --but I'm just thinking that given the not insignificant number of handgun hunters, and archers as well as you point out, it is not an insurmountable task to kill a deer with less than the oft-accepted 1000ft/lbs of energy.
I think we both know energy figures are not the be-all and end-all when it comes to killing power. I happen to have a friend who has, for reasons we don't need to discuss, killed several deer with a .22 rifle, one shot and dead. Is a .22LR a good deer cartridge? No, and I don't think we would choose it, but the fact remains that skill and circumstance outweighs anyone's "energy figures." |
