ORIGINAL: cayugad
gleason chapman - if the experts are not giving a .50 caliber roundball more credit then 50 yards, my friend who has now dropped two deer in their tracksat almost 100 yards, would disagree. And 75 yards for a .54 caliber? At 80 yards the .54 caliber I was shootinghad enough powder and energy to drop two deer where they stood. Granted the second was spined after the pass through of the first, and I finished her with a knife, but still I think the experts are under estimating a lotthere.
I am trying to square some of the statements I have read with someone with experience. I don't have enough bullet/ballistics experience to know if something is true or false with round balls or cast bullets. I thought 50 yards was kind sort for a 50 cal, more like 75 I thought. Also I felt 100 was resonable with a.54, but maybe I am not giving that enough credit. I have learned a lot also, thanks for your experience to true up the theory. Chap Gleason