Caliber question

[skeet]

Mr 16..It doesn't matter what you may believe.... a good Encore and quite a few other inlines ARE 200 yard guns...and as I said in the previous post not all can hit a deer that far..And as Larry said..in the right hands even farther is more than possible. I personally use a 250 gr 45 cal Hornady XTP bullet in a MMP sabot in my 50 caliber inline. I do not use black powder or 777 ... I use snmokeless(5744) and I push the bullet to about 2400 ft per second(Actual chronoed speeds) and have NEVER had a bullet blow up on a deer..possibly inside but most have gone completely through. Longest kill was at 194 yds checked with my Leica rangefinder. It like most of them was a bang flop. Closest was at about 25 ft. Accuracy of the load is very good with under 2 inch groups as far as 150 yds. Never tested past that. A friend also shoots the exact same loads as I do and he has taken approx 80 deer so far..all one shot kills and as he told me an hour ago by phone never a blown up bullet and only 6 recovered bullets. His longest shot was a 230 yd shot which took four or five steps and fell over dead. He lives in Md and can take approx 18 deer with a firearm every year. He also does crop damage shooting...mostly with the Muzzleloader or a Contender in 357 Max. He is an excellent shot with both..in fact better than me. He has had a few groupd in a 1/2 inch with the muzzleloader..Not me..an inch is a good one for me..BTW the rifle is a Savage