Originally Posted by
HEAD0001
Tell that to the guys who are shooting at 1,000 yards with BPCR cartridge rifles. Or with a Gibbs rifle shooting black powder. They only shoot black powder. If it is good enough for them. Then it should certainly be good enough to shoot to 200 or so yards with in lines?? Or am I wrong about that?? I am just not sure what limits it extends?? Tom.
Yeah, you're wrong. First off BPCR is cartridge. Much more efficient than PRB. Second, they're shooting at paper and holding a ridiculous amount of holdover at 1000yds. Hardly something you'd hunt.
I said the PRB has it's limits, and it does. A 100yd shot with a PBR should be your limit for small white tails. A big muley or elk should be closer.
A modern ML will kill at 200 yds safely.
It's not so much the black powder, because you can load it up heavy. It's the PRB that's inefficient.