Why the bullet size?

[Eagleye]

I think that would amount to about the same thing, no?

Yep, lol. EE

 

[Dogleg]

I think that would amount to about the same thing, no?

You can even use a .375 Ultra-mag FL die as a body die for the .338 Edge. The .338 Edge is also known as the .338-300 Ultra-mag, and actually pre-dates the .338 Ultra-mag by a bit. The .338 Ultra is a bit shorter, mostly to make it easier to put it into a factory mag-box. Chances are that if the .300 and .338 Ultra-mags were released simultainously the Edge wouldn't exist at all. Shawn Carlock managed to get his company name associated with it early on, and it remains a cult-classic of a sort.

My reason for bringing it up is to illustrate what differences there can be in hitability with different cartridges. Some people seem to assume that rifles that have a bit of shoulder thump are automatically harder to shoot, like that is the only factor in the equation. That's not entirely true, it might take a more hardened shooter or a less recoil sensitive one, but its quite easy to find a "bigger" combination that is considerably easier to hit with. Hitting harder is just a bonus.

 

[Dogleg]

I think that would amount to about the same thing, no?

Pretty much except for neck thickness. When you're messing with tighter necks the devils in the details. Then there's the Nosler and now Norma brass options for the .300 UM case.

 

[c-fbmi]

You can even use a .375 Ultra-mag FL die as a body die for the .338 Edge. The .338 Edge is also known as the .338-300 Ultra-mag, and actually pre-dates the .338 Ultra-mag by a bit. The .338 Ultra is a bit shorter, mostly to make it easier to put it into a factory mag-box. Chances are that if the .300 and .338 Ultra-mags were released simultainously the Edge wouldn't exist at all. Shawn Carlock managed to get his company name associated with it early on, and it remains a cult-classic of a sort.

My reason for bringing it up is to illustrate what differences there can be in hitability with different cartridges. Some people seem to assume that rifles that have a bit of shoulder thump are automatically harder to shoot, like that is the only factor in the equation. That's not entirely true, it might take a more hardened shooter or a less recoil sensitive one, but its quite easy to find a "bigger" combination that is considerably easier to hit with. Hitting harder is just a bonus.

It has been my experience that the medium and big bores shoot very, very well and are much less finicky to work up accurate loads for.

 

[Dogleg]

It has been my experience that the medium and big bores shoot very, very well and are much less finicky to work up accurate loads for.

Probably because its easier to make a good big bullet than a good small bullet.

 

[SuperCub]

Caliber size or bullet weight really have little to do with meat damage.....in the ear or the vitals. It's all about bullet construction.

..... and velocity.



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[Dogleg]

..... and velocity.



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You can never completely separate bullet construction, performance and velocity