I personally think the roundball is one of the most under rated projectiles out there. When a roundball is fired with a reasonable powder charge at a reasonable distance (for me 100 yards or less and I prefer less
) the devistation caused by them is most impressive. Remember, you are shooting a 1/2 inch projectile capable of making a 1/2 inch hole with little to no expansion,through vital organs. Put a 1/2 hole through vital organs and the roundball will prove deadly.
As for the ballistics of the roundball you will see that while they start out of the barrel with some impressive speeds and energy, they do tend to loose that quickly. This is simply because of the design of the projecitle. A larger heavier conical on the same circumstance, will start out much slower but retain a lot more energy at longer distances. This makes the conical a better long range projectile then the roundball but again, don't under estimate the roundball.
If you're able to shoot accurate a roundball out to 100 yards, I have yet to have a problem killing a whitetail. Not all of them dropped in their tracks mind you, but most of the tracking was not all that long a job.
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for those that want to run some ballistic programs, these roundball BC's might be of some help.....