Originally Posted by
txhunter58
But on the other hand, you wouldn't shoot a 50 gr bullet out of a muzzleloader and expect good results. Where to draw the line on bullet size and speed is one thing this formula helps determine.
It takes less than a formula to tell me I can do better than a 50gr bullet in a big bore. And also, it doesn't take much thought to figure plain lead isn't the ticket for 300 winnie velocities, even though a formula would lend the same numbers for a barnes X at the same speed.
If I'm not mistaken, the TKO factor was designed to give numbers for dangerous african game and was used to determine charge-stopping effect.... I don't think I'll be consulting it any time soon.