DucksOnThePond
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I saw in a earlier post where someone rated 308 same as 30-06 because the velocity was the same. I know ballistics tables show velocity in ft/sec and energy in ft lbs. I was always led to believe that you needed around 1100 ft lbs of energy to have killing power for deer sized game yet alot of people seem to rate velocity as the mark of a caliber. I was just curious as to opinions as to which is the most important number - velocity or energy.