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Forum: Guns

09-03-2006, 08:34 PM

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knockdown power... fact or myth?

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Posted By Paul L Mohr

RE: knockdown power... fact or myth?

I have owned a .357 and shot many things with it including game. They do not have the power to knock a full sized man out of a window. Your friend did not see what he thought he saw. Not saying it...

Forum: Guns

09-02-2006, 08:47 PM

Replies: 70

knockdown power... fact or myth?

Views: 7,444

Posted By Paul L Mohr

RE: knockdown power... fact or myth?

Actually because the bullet is smaller and has less frontal area it exerts less force than the rifle would. A bullet actaully sheds off energy as it travels through a target rather than hitting it...

Forum: Guns

09-02-2006, 03:39 PM

Replies: 70

knockdown power... fact or myth?

Views: 7,444

Posted By Paul L Mohr

RE: knockdown power... fact or myth?

Absolutely no way a rifle did that to something the weight of a deer. She probably jumped when he shot her and did a flip. Deer can do some crazy things when shot, and they can jump very high.

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Forum: Guns

08-30-2006, 06:03 PM

Replies: 70

knockdown power... fact or myth?

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Posted By Paul L Mohr

RE: knockdown power... fact or myth?

From snopes:

Jon-Erik Hexum (died 12 October 1984)
Hexum died of a gunshot wound after he accidentally shot himself in the head with a .44-caliber magnum pistol loaded with blanks while...

Forum: Guns

08-30-2006, 05:48 PM

Replies: 70

knockdown power... fact or myth?

Views: 7,444

Posted By Paul L Mohr

RE: knockdown power... fact or myth?

That has happened twice, there was another actor that got shot filming because someone swaped out the blanks for real ammo. I forget who it was though.

There was also at least one actor killed...

Forum: Guns

08-29-2006, 05:14 PM

Replies: 70

knockdown power... fact or myth?

Views: 7,444

Posted By Paul L Mohr

RE: knockdown power... fact or myth?

I have heard of many cases of people being killed by accidental discharges of blanks. There have been a few celebs that have died from this.

Also the muzzle blast from a rifle or shotgun has...

Forum: Guns

08-26-2006, 07:50 PM

Replies: 70

knockdown power... fact or myth?

Views: 7,444

Posted By Paul L Mohr

RE: knockdown power... fact or myth?

There is a study they did in that link where they shot several deer with different calibers and noted the reactions. None of the calibers were consistant at dropping game on the spot.

I...

Forum: Guns

08-26-2006, 04:35 PM

Replies: 70

knockdown power... fact or myth?

Views: 7,444

Posted By Paul L Mohr

RE: knockdown power... fact or myth?

Nock down power is a myth. No bullet carries enough energy to the target to actually knock down a deer sized animal. A bullet kills by causing trauma to the vital organs. Sometimes a rifle will...

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