The Brits figured out long ago that there's little if any need for loads of more than 1100fps, and those guys shot a LOT of birds on their drives. I never load anything over 1200fps, not even for ducks at long range. 1500+fps is clearly absurd. It's the same for what folks load rifles for these days. They take a 165 - 180gr bullet and send it downrange at 3000+fps... what are they hunting? - Tyrannosaurus Rex??? All those fast bullets do is destroy a lot of perfectly good meat. I threw away 50# of moose neck meat once that my hunting companion ruined with 6 shots from a .25-06. There was little but bloody mush left. Ok, I'm done... sorry. Just a pet peeve of mine. I hunt to eat; if all the meat tastes like liver, what's the point?
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