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Muzzleloader Hunting
smokeless or BH-209
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<blockquote data-quote="ATH" data-source="post: 929306" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>Videos of 500+ yd kills are not evidence of reliable performance at 800 yards. Further, the load data you quote indicates a marginal 900fpe at 800 yards, with a velocity I would not personally trust to open the bullets reliably. Perhaps some are content with poking a caliber hole, but I am not.</p><p></p><p>BH209 at 700 is going to do even worse. You'll be under 1000fps, compared to the above load. Again, some may consider these acceptable numbers, but I do not. We're talking similar velocity at max range as a 40SW. Have you ever shot an animal with a 40SW? I have, and the results were not impressive at all, even with bullets optimally designed for performance at those velocities.</p><p></p><p>As I said, there is a big difference between being able to get it there and poke a hole through a target and hunting an animal. with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ATH, post: 929306, member: 1656"] Videos of 500+ yd kills are not evidence of reliable performance at 800 yards. Further, the load data you quote indicates a marginal 900fpe at 800 yards, with a velocity I would not personally trust to open the bullets reliably. Perhaps some are content with poking a caliber hole, but I am not. BH209 at 700 is going to do even worse. You'll be under 1000fps, compared to the above load. Again, some may consider these acceptable numbers, but I do not. We're talking similar velocity at max range as a 40SW. Have you ever shot an animal with a 40SW? I have, and the results were not impressive at all, even with bullets optimally designed for performance at those velocities. As I said, there is a big difference between being able to get it there and poke a hole through a target and hunting an animal. with it. [/QUOTE]
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