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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
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<blockquote data-quote="James Jones" data-source="post: 98759" data-attributes="member: 8843"><p>Energy requirements are a subjective thing , its not actualy the energy that you need to be looking at as much as it is bullet performance. now if the chance of you shooting a bull at 500yds in the butt as hes walking away then yea your gonna need more energy to get that bullet through 4-5 feet of body to get to the vitals.</p><p>if your going to be hunting up close and be in a position where you'll have to make a hurried shot at a bad angle then shoot somting a little biggerish b ut if you now that your shots are gonna be in the 300-600yd range on animal that are grazing and you'll have time to wait for a broadside shot then you caliber and bullet choice gets alot larger.</p><p>But as for the energy question</p><p>If I shoot s bull through the ribs at 10feet with my 45 ACP and a 230gr XTP I know hes not going to go far and thats only 500lbs enegy max !!</p><p></p><p>What need to be answered here is what caliber are you shooting , then maybe someone can give bullet and range estimations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Jones, post: 98759, member: 8843"] Energy requirements are a subjective thing , its not actualy the energy that you need to be looking at as much as it is bullet performance. now if the chance of you shooting a bull at 500yds in the butt as hes walking away then yea your gonna need more energy to get that bullet through 4-5 feet of body to get to the vitals. if your going to be hunting up close and be in a position where you'll have to make a hurried shot at a bad angle then shoot somting a little biggerish b ut if you now that your shots are gonna be in the 300-600yd range on animal that are grazing and you'll have time to wait for a broadside shot then you caliber and bullet choice gets alot larger. But as for the energy question If I shoot s bull through the ribs at 10feet with my 45 ACP and a 230gr XTP I know hes not going to go far and thats only 500lbs enegy max !! What need to be answered here is what caliber are you shooting , then maybe someone can give bullet and range estimations. [/QUOTE]
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