When I was a child I read a book, Small Game Hunting by Francis Sell, who hunted small game with big bore guns. Heads shots all. It's really the book that started me on small game hunting. Yes, a .357 is a fine small game cartridge, used correctly. So is a .45/70 and many others, used correctly. If folks remember, the pioneers of this land used their flintlocks to "bark" squirrels. They'd aim under them into the tree/branch and the bark flying up would do the squirrels in. There are many ways to hunt small game.
How much does the pellet weigh in grains?
Have a blessed day,
Leon
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |