ORIGINAL: TNHagies
I don't want to start an 'effectiveness of roundballs' topic, but I would like to know how many of you guys still use them. I was getting made fun of the other day for my usage of them and I got to thinkin' I bet there's a lot of people that still use them.
Granted they are not my only form of bullet that I use, but at least one week a year I hunt w/them out of my 1/48 Hawkins.I have the utmost confidence in them and know that any deer/bear/turkey that passes within 75 yards will be coming home w/me. (I can't shoot any farther than that where I hunt anyway)
Anyone else?
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I think out of a .54 cal your fine, I think out of a .50 your not. I lost a deer with a PRB the first year I hunted FL, with a 50 cal. Shot it in the brisket coming at me at about 25 yards. I thought it was dead. Reloaded, looked away, when I turned to look where the deer was down it was gone. No blood trail. Switched to XTPs after that. Now I shoot Gold Dots in my FL. Nothing wrong with PRB with excellent broadside shot placement, I don't have many of those since we are driving deer in late PA FL season.
Chap Gleason