ORIGINAL: cayugad
Now Wolfhound's information is real interesting. I consider him a Knight Rifle answer all my questions. If he does not see the need for magnum charges, especially in a Knight, that really sparks my interest. On that big russian boar, did you get complete pass through? What center fire would you compare that load you shot.. to?
Complete pass through. I wouldn't compare it to a centerfire though. I didn't get a muzzle velocity on it so it would be hard to compare. Knight ballistic data shows 2013 for that bullet and 3 Pyro pellets with 2249 ft/lbs at the muzzle so it would be close to that.
Using Hodgdon's reloading data center as a guide I find muzzle velocity to be close to a 30-30 and a 150 gr bullet. Figuring muzzle energy I get 1455 ft/lbs. I have it beat in energy but it beats me in trajectory.Picking cartridges in 45 caliber I find the closest muzzle velocity to whatKnight says with the 444 Marlin using a 240 gr Bullet at 2055 fps for 2251 ft lbs. FYI this is the lowest velocity listed. Most dataI found shows the 444 Marlin with much faster MV's of 2100- 2700. IMO the 444 Marlin with low end loads is the closest centerfire to a muzzleloader. A couple links for info.
http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp
http://home.earthlink.net/~hwsportsman/444Marlin.html
http://www.gunsandammomag.com/reloads/0611/index1.html