In-line wannabe does it again.
Question:
> The guy who owns the muzzleloader shop where I buy my supplies shoots > his elk with a .54 and round balls pretty regularly, so I don’t think > this is a fluke.
Question: Would there be a significant difference all things being the same except in a .50 cal? –Allen — "When men cease to believe in God, they will not believe in nothing, they will believe in anything." G.K. Chesterton Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
Response:
>Well, my Knight Wolverine did it’s job and did it well, once again. Friday >evening I shot a small doe at approx. 70 yds with it. I was using a 300 gr >Precision Rifle 315 Flatliner HP bullet and 110gr of FFg. The bullet broke >two ribs goin in, took out both lungs and took two more ribs going out. >Distance to recovery was approx. 50 yds with a blood trail a baby could >follow. >I keep hearing they can’t get the job done, but that little gun has provided >me with 4 deer in 3 years and accounted for a 5th deer in the hands of a >friend. All in the range from 50-110yds. >– >Todd Alexander Mechanical Dynamics,Inc
Good for you!! I love my wolverine. accurate and deadly. except my dear doesn’t go anywhere but down, with the 370 maxi’s and 100 gr ffg steve Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Rutledge wrote… > A friend of mine took a doe at 112 yards (paced off) and had no problem > at all with "terminal energy". Hmmm? Can a patched ball do that? >Yup. Sure can. >Couple years ago, my baby sister thumped a cow elk with yer husband’s >.54 cal TC Renegade Hunter, using a patched round ball and about 90 >grains equivalent of Pyrodex RS (downloaded ’cause she didn’t like the >recoil) at just over 150 yards. They didn’t think it was that far when >she shot they thought it was about 90 yards … it stood there and let >her miss 5 times and walk her shots in by watching the mud splash before >the 6th shot hit. (Suicidal elk?) Anyway, the ball went though one >shoulder, broke a rib or two, and stuck under the hide on the off side. >The elk sorta tippy toed around in a circle and fell over dead. >The guy who owns the muzzleloader shop where I buy my supplies shoots >his elk with a .54 and round balls pretty regularly, so I don’t think >this is a fluke. >Tom
Tom, My wife cleaned up my office/den for a change and now I can’t find my handy-dandy little slide rule that tells what speed and energy you have left at 150 yards using 90 grs of Pyro. Needless to say it was enough, wasn’t it? That’s what Fred Miller calls "terminal energy". How come I never can find elk that stupid or suicidal? Woody Williams If you’re too busy to hunt, you’re too busy. Ps.I did misread your post at first and thought you said "baby sitter" I thought," Now I know Tom is older than that". ;^) Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
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> A friend of mine took a doe at 112 yards (paced off) and had no problem > at all with "terminal energy". Hmmm? Can a patched ball do that?
Yup. Sure can. Couple years ago, my baby sister thumped a cow elk with yer husband’s .54 cal TC Renegade Hunter, using a patched round ball and about 90 grains equivalent of Pyrodex RS (downloaded ’cause she didn’t like the recoil) at just over 150 yards. They didn’t think it was that far when she shot they thought it was about 90 yards … it stood there and let her miss 5 times and walk her shots in by watching the mud splash before the 6th shot hit. (Suicidal elk?) Anyway, the ball went though one shoulder, broke a rib or two, and stuck under the hide on the off side. The elk sorta tippy toed around in a circle and fell over dead. The guy who owns the muzzleloader shop where I buy my supplies shoots his elk with a .54 and round balls pretty regularly, so I don’t think this is a fluke. Tom Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
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Well, my Knight Wolverine did it’s job and did it well, once again. Friday evening I shot a small doe at approx. 70 yds with it. I was using a 300 gr Precision Rifle 315 Flatliner HP bullet and 110gr of FFg. The bullet broke two ribs goin in, took out both lungs and took two more ribs going out. Distance to recovery was approx. 50 yds with a blood trail a baby could follow. I keep hearing they can’t get the job done, but that little gun has provided me with 4 deer in 3 years and accounted for a 5th deer in the hands of a friend. All in the range from 50-110yds. — Todd Alexander Mechanical Dynamics,Inc Senior Engineering Analyst 2301 Commonwealth Blvd. (810)826-6461 Ann Arbor, MI 48105 "When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a radical amount of individual freedom to Americans…And so a lot of people say there’s too much personal freedom. When personal freedom’s being abused, you have to move to limit it." Bill Clinton, April 19,1994 Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
