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Muzzleloader Pass Through Bullets and SD
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<blockquote data-quote="mnoland30" data-source="post: 1398460" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>ATH, Maybe I misunderstood. How many elk did you say you've killed with the FTX bullets?Deer and elk are very different. Every deer I've shot with my muzzleloader dropped in its tracks.</p><p></p><p>A shot at 20 yards is very different than 200 yards. You didn't mention velocity, but assuming a velocity of 2000 fps. that is a muzzle energy of 2886. At 200 yards that energy is 1696 ft-lbs. Up to a certain point, penetration increases as velocity decreases (but effectiveness decreases). </p><p></p><p>Are you saying you get an entrance wound that bleeds with these bullets? </p><p></p><p>No doubt that I've missed some shots, my lament is that I don't really know how many. If there isn't a blood trail, and I can't track them, there is no way to know if it was a complete miss or just a poor hit. With a large entry and exit wound, I would know, and have a chance for a follow up shot. Even with a hollow point 405 gr. bullet, the lung shot cow elk I shot in Dec. ran 50 yards with no blood trail. But even I can track an elk for 50 yards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mnoland30, post: 1398460, member: 29323"] ATH, Maybe I misunderstood. How many elk did you say you've killed with the FTX bullets?Deer and elk are very different. Every deer I've shot with my muzzleloader dropped in its tracks. A shot at 20 yards is very different than 200 yards. You didn't mention velocity, but assuming a velocity of 2000 fps. that is a muzzle energy of 2886. At 200 yards that energy is 1696 ft-lbs. Up to a certain point, penetration increases as velocity decreases (but effectiveness decreases). Are you saying you get an entrance wound that bleeds with these bullets? No doubt that I've missed some shots, my lament is that I don't really know how many. If there isn't a blood trail, and I can't track them, there is no way to know if it was a complete miss or just a poor hit. With a large entry and exit wound, I would know, and have a chance for a follow up shot. Even with a hollow point 405 gr. bullet, the lung shot cow elk I shot in Dec. ran 50 yards with no blood trail. But even I can track an elk for 50 yards. [/QUOTE]
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