ORIGINAL: BrutalAttack
ORIGINAL: elgallo114
Let me clarify something before I piss people off. I'm not shooting anything at distances of more than a couple hundred yards. '
My buddy and I are shooting at 800 yards. We know the remaining foot pounds of energy and velocity at the impact on paper. We just got curious as to whether, if it did hit an animal, it would have enough left on it to do any damage.
It's more a question of curiosity than anything else. We work nights together and now we are too curious to let it go. I'm gonna find out somehow!
The type of numbers you are looking for are somewhat arbitrary in nature.
I hesitate to give you advice of any kind since you are obviously not interested ina responsible and reasonable kill.
Based on what the experts say I would go with something with around 1k ft/lbs retained energy.
Let me clarify my clarification. What I meant to say was that we are shooting PAPER at 800 yards. NOT ANIMALS. We just got curious when going over the ballistics of our cartidges at 800 yards. That's all. Don't shoot me. I'm not advocating anyone shoot or not shoot at any distance, but I'm just asking a hypothetical question. I know the round can reach 800 and well beyond. I know they can penetrate an unprotected human chest cavity with the remaining foot pounds of energy and velocity. I'm just wondering if a deer, elk, hog, or whatever, would have a much better survival rate. I'm not an expert at anything, but I figured that these animals would have much tougher skins and fat layers than a human would. The only reason deer and hog would interest me more is just because that's what I hunt. In reality, I shoot animals at ranges in the 50 to 100 yard range.