Originally Posted by
super_hunt54
AInt noone on here going to jump on you Mike. No reason to. You stated your opinion in such a way as to not be "preachy" nor condemn those that choose to use PRB equipment. You are actually 100% correct in your observation in my own little ignorant opinion. Bob, on the other hand, condemns all who choose to use this method. Like you, I prefer more modern bullets and platforms but am well versed in PRB usage (granted it's been many years) and have USED them on live game many times in the past. I just feel it is just ridiculous for someone with no experience with something to come along and condemn it just because they read a book or someone "told" them something.
SH54,
I would no more use a PBR than I would an FMJ on game. Now I know how an FMJ works, with its center of mass behind its center of form. Any deflection turns it into a buzzsaw, so the theory goes. And I know that every nation on Earth worked to perfect this action, once the Geneva Convention made expanding bullets illegal. And I know that this style of bullet killed a great many soldiers, perhaps millions. So it would be ridiculous to question the lethality of that bullet type. However, I think most if not all of the game commissions in the US have outlawed them for hunting. I don't know if their reasons are the same as my reasons, and my objections to them are different from my objections to the PRB. But I have never used them for hunting, and I never will.
To be polite, I have to tell tou that I am NOT trying to set you up. Say, if you reply, "I think FMJs should be outlawed for hunting." Then I say, "Why? you've never used them, but you don't question their lethality. Why should they be banned?" This line of reasoning could be extended to many things that are currently banned from our hunting fields.
As I've said before, you want to use a flint? Bravo! Its the longest-serving fire control system in the history of arms. You want to use a Matchlock? Its not for me, but I applaud you. The thing is, your choice of fire control system has scant effect on how humanely you can harvest game. The load you choose to send on its way has EVERYTHING to do with that. There's better things you can load that will probably be more effective than the PRB.
You cite my lack of experience with the PRB as a reason to dismiss my viewpoint about same, but if you know that I consider their use to be wrong, why would you ever expect me to use them? Do you think I would ever do or recommend to someone else that they use such a thing to harvest game? I can't imagine why you would think that.
OldBob