Rifle ammunition

A cartridge is inserted into the chamber. The action is closed, and the firing pin is pushed back and held back under spring tension. The trigger is squeezed, releasing the firing pin, which moves forward with great force. The firing pin strikes the primer, causing it to explode.

Each bullet is commonly referred to by it’s suffixed acronym making The different types of bullets are listed and pictured below.

• Lead Round Nose (LRN)
• Wad Cutter (WC)
• Semi Wad Cutter (SWC)
• Semi-Jacketed (SJ)
• Full Metal Jacket (FMJ)
• Semi-Jacketed Hollow Point (SJHP)
• Jacketed Hollow Point (JHP)
• Special (RCBD)

Automatic Colt Pistol

Like with hollow-point bullets, the Hague Convention prohibits the use of these bullets in war. NATO member countries don’t use these type of bullets. In the US, hollow-points are legal—and popular—among the civilian population and police forces.

No, a high powered rifle or a 12 gauge is the best. But a 45ACP can work – but it’s a risk since if you get a bad shot the bear will still be standing and charging at you. A 12 gauge can stop a bear in its tracks. But still 45ACP had the power…..

357 Magnum or other similar-caliber load, a well-placed shot with a good bullet will certainly kill a bear, but it’s not recommended. Wayne Bosowicz carried a Colt Python . 357 Magnum revolver for years as his bear gun. You need a bullet that will penetrate all that, and most hollowpoints used in most .

You stated you are sighted in 3 inches high at 20 yards with a reduced load (assume [email protected] fps) with the 45 ACP. That makes your 45 ACP pistols zero’d at better than 75 yards. That’s about a 6″ drop at 100 yards which is about what you indicate.

Hornady’s Precision Hunter 145-grain ELD-X at 2,950 fps is the flattest-shooting . 270 Winchester load.

30/30 class should be sighted in to put the bullet 2 inches high at 100 yards. Then the bullet is on the nose at 150 yards, and about 5 inches low at 200. In that way, the occasional fairly long shot across a ravine is much easier to make.

Both cartridges use the same . 308″ diameter bullets, and both have a case capacity large enough to push those bullets to sensible, useable velocities. 30-06 pointed out the slight velocity advantage that the larger case offers, and how it handles the heavier bullets so much better.

30 Cal diameter combined with 2600-3000 fps is high powered. This includes all Magnum center fire rifle calibers like 300 win mag, 338 Lapua, 416 Rigby, .

While it is very effective on deer-sized and black bear-sized game, most commercial loadings are limited in effective range to about 200 yd (183 m) for that purpose, except when using ballistic-tip ammunition.

around 150-200 yards

A 30-30 will kill a moose just the same way any other rifle caliber will kill one.

30-30 will quickly kill an elk as dead as they can be killed.

.308 Winchester, 168-grain BTHP Match

308 Bullet Drop At 1000 Yards