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fuhrmann
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Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large g
21/07/08 04:01 PM

Daryl,

thanks for this great report!
We simply do have this experience here in Europe any more. Hunting with BP and especially muzzleloaders is in many places illegal, and of zero interest to hunters.

Let me try to summarize this - please correct me if I got it wrong.

You try to have high initial velocity, but mainly to avoid sighting problems due to bullet drop.
1800 fps is 550 m/s, that's the muzzle velocity of a BPE cartridge rifle!
But a fast light round ball loses velocity quickly, so a shot beyond 100 yards will practically have the same effect as a short range shot at low muzzle velocity (thanks to Tinker for pointing this out). Still, a .535 ball can kill a moose at 170 yards.
But you also say that there are some risks with the "smallbores": animals may run off with no sign of being hit, no blood trail, maybe lack of penetration if a bone it hit. This reminds me of the text from 1905 that I put into another thread. I will copy this here, too.
Large caliber balls work differently, the shatter or shock the animal, and have reliable penetration due to high weight. - Thanks to Omnivorous Bob here, impressive!
One cannot compare FPE numbers of a round ball with modern jacketed bullets.

Fuhrmann

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Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large game?	fuhrmann	19/07/08 04:20 AM
Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large game?	Birdhunter50	22/07/08 11:52 PM
Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large game?	fuhrmann	20/07/08 05:00 PM
Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large g	lancaster	20/07/08 06:44 PM
Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large g	fuhrmann	20/07/08 08:46 PM
Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large g	tinker	20/07/08 07:03 PM
Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large g	fuhrmann	20/07/08 08:48 PM
Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large g	tinker	21/07/08 03:11 AM
Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large game?	rigbymauser	19/07/08 05:12 AM
Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large game?	fuhrmann	19/07/08 05:54 AM
Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large g	tinker	19/07/08 08:41 AM
Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large g	DarylS	21/07/08 06:44 AM
Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large g	Birdhunter50	24/07/08 11:02 PM
Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large g	DarylS	30/07/08 12:49 AM
Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large g	tinker	25/07/08 06:51 AM
Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large g	9.3x57	26/07/08 11:25 PM
Re: Who hunts with early bore rifles - experience on large g	tinker	29/07/08 02:46 AM
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