PRB question-

[3seasons]

why no hollow point round balls? Inaccurate?

[HuntAway]

Originally Posted by 3seasons

why no hollow point round balls? Inaccurate?

ummm,

PA Conicals is about as close as it comes.

http://www.hornady.com/store/50-Cal-240-gr-PA-Conical/

HA

[lemoyne]

They are the lightest form of bullet with the lowest BC and SD making them hollow would make them ineffective.

[nchawkeye]

Not needed, you ever see what a round ball looks like after it hits a deer???

It expands, just like a hollow point does...Round balls are made of lead which is soft enough to mark with your fingernail...They expand quite well without a hollow point to help them...

[Muley Hunter]

How would you get the hollow point to hit first with a round ball?

[mountaineer magic]

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[Muley Hunter]

Originally Posted by mountaineer magic

You make it like a wiffle ball:s2

Should expand in the air.

[hunt12ga]

Ahhh. You may be on to something. Maybe if you load them correctly you could get them to curve around trees. Me and my brother used to be pros at tossing curves with the wiffle balls...
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[3seasons]

As soon as I can get them up, I have a couple photos of experimental shots I took & reason for the query.

MuleyHunter-that's one thing I wonder, if the point must hit first upon impact to provide expansion or not.

The deer I myself have taken w/ PRB have had entry & exit wounds not much larger than either .54 or .50 at distances of 75 yds+. I recall that my first ever had the entry between two ribs, through the heart about 1/3 way up, and exited between two ribs as well. .54 sized hole all the way through, I ate the heart as always.
The oddest thing about that deer was that after the shot he didn't run but sort of trotted not for the wood line but straight down the middle of the field,stumbled at the top of a little rise and landed on his back w/ antlers stuck in the soft ground- almost 90 yds,iirc.

[johnnyo]

Originally Posted by 3seasons

The oddest thing about that deer was that after the shot he didn't run but sort of trotted not for the wood line but straight down the middle of the field,stumbled at the top of a little rise and landed on his back w/ antlers stuck in the soft ground- almost 90 yds,iirc.

Seems much more like a archery hit. Unlike a high powered rifle, there wouldn't be any shock effect.