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Needed Energy for killing.... is it a myth??
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<blockquote data-quote="Darryl Cassel" data-source="post: 29587" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Ric</p><p></p><p>I "try" for a minimum of 1000 Foot Pounds of remaining energy and set my max range for that when possible.</p><p></p><p>We have killed animals cleanly with less then that & with complete pass through body shots though.</p><p></p><p>Have seen 750 Foot Pounds kill a large mule deer with the 250 gr MK from a 340 Imp case at 1800 yards.</p><p></p><p>Not sure what the minimum "can" be but, I don't like to go much below 1000 Foot Pounds.</p><p>That seems to have worked well for us over the years at extreme range.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind, the heavier, higher BC bullets will retain energy much better then the light bullets will, "way out there". That's why we went from the 6.5/300 Weatherby up to the 7/300 Weatherby, to a host of Improved 30 cal cases to the 30/378 Weatherby and now into the 338/416 Rigby imp.--More retained energy in each jump of bore diameters and heavier bullets used in them. </p><p>The heavier bullet impacts can be seen much better at extreme range also. </p><p></p><p>Later</p><p>DC <img src="http://images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darryl Cassel, post: 29587, member: 34"] Ric I "try" for a minimum of 1000 Foot Pounds of remaining energy and set my max range for that when possible. We have killed animals cleanly with less then that & with complete pass through body shots though. Have seen 750 Foot Pounds kill a large mule deer with the 250 gr MK from a 340 Imp case at 1800 yards. Not sure what the minimum "can" be but, I don't like to go much below 1000 Foot Pounds. That seems to have worked well for us over the years at extreme range. Keep in mind, the heavier, higher BC bullets will retain energy much better then the light bullets will, "way out there". That's why we went from the 6.5/300 Weatherby up to the 7/300 Weatherby, to a host of Improved 30 cal cases to the 30/378 Weatherby and now into the 338/416 Rigby imp.--More retained energy in each jump of bore diameters and heavier bullets used in them. The heavier bullet impacts can be seen much better at extreme range also. Later DC [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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