Was going to go play around and look for a coyote, grabbed a box of Hornady superformance for my 25-06 and a box of Hornady custom for my 300 win mag while I debated which gun to take. Though the grains are different I realized the basic ballistics printed on the box are nearly identical. Within 10 FPS barrel velocity and 2" of drop at 500 yards.
I've been wanting to pursue a big horn and this really got me.curuous what caliber would be best for such a hunt.
I have killed 4 elk with the 25-06 since inheriting it, and I almost exclusively hunt with archery equipment so that's more than it seems. It was a gun my dad bought at 18 and traded to my grandpa for a 7mm mag later on.
The 300 I traded a set of jeep wheels and tires for and I've yet to put a box of rounds through it.
Obviously if I was walking into a hunt tomorrow I'd take the gun I'm comfortable with but this being more of a hypothetical "who knows when I'll get a chance at a sheep" question...
Which caliber is more ideal? Or is there something more preferred between the guys commonly getting it done?
I've been wanting to pursue a big horn and this really got me.curuous what caliber would be best for such a hunt.
I have killed 4 elk with the 25-06 since inheriting it, and I almost exclusively hunt with archery equipment so that's more than it seems. It was a gun my dad bought at 18 and traded to my grandpa for a 7mm mag later on.
The 300 I traded a set of jeep wheels and tires for and I've yet to put a box of rounds through it.
Obviously if I was walking into a hunt tomorrow I'd take the gun I'm comfortable with but this being more of a hypothetical "who knows when I'll get a chance at a sheep" question...
Which caliber is more ideal? Or is there something more preferred between the guys commonly getting it done?