The 165 gr Hornady Flex Tip will be just fine!  Tom

Thanks for the replies!

i feel that a 32/40 for muleteer is inhumane   art

Well said JLewis.   My thoughts exactly.  My 54 caliber flintlock doesn't have the 100 yard energy of a 30-30 but can humanly take anything from a buffalo to a prairie dog.   It seems like hunters(?) these days have to have a super ultra-sniper rifle so they can shoot their deer, elk, or whatever, from 600-800 yards.   That's because they don't really know what hunting is all about and can't get any closer to their game without getting off their 4-Wheeler.

George

George Babits you said it allot better than me and thank you for doing so.

I also believe allot of the fault is that the current hunting magazine writers are trying to turn hunting into being the same as living a Sniper's life. 

They way we used to hunt also reminds of W. D. M. Bell. Famous as one of the most successful ivory hunters of his time, Bell was an advocate of accurate shot placement with smaller calibre rifles, over the heavy large-bore rifles his contemporaries used for big African game. Around 800 of his kills were made with Mauser 98 rifles chambered for the 7×57mm Mauser/.275 Rigby (using the 1893 pattern standard military 11.2-gram (172.8 gr) grain round-nosed full metal jacket load), which today is considered to be too small for elephants  " and now Deer "  by some.

This thread is like the one on 8.15x46r a few weeks ago. The same advice holds true. The rounds are very close in power. They are fine with good shot placement at moderate ranges.
Mike

I have to add my 2 cents, the only gun magazine I get is American Rifleman because I am a life member, most articles are of no interest to me. I should change to the hunting pub, is it better?
Mike