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What is the minimum amount of ft. lbs needed
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<blockquote data-quote="remingtonman_25_06" data-source="post: 291672" data-attributes="member: 1403"><p>I am in the category of not needing 1500 ft lbs for elk, more in the safe neighborhood of 1000ft lbs, and around 500-600 for deer, instead of the famed 1000 ft lbs, thats just crazy...</p><p></p><p>I've killed 10 elk in 11 years, and been around many more killed. They are not bulletproof, but yes they can be hard to kill when you dont put the bullet in the right spot. The key is to use a bullet that causes extensive damage, yes still fully penetrates. I like the shoulder shots for elk, 90% of the time they are DRT. They cant go far with 2 broken shoulders. Deer on the other hand are pretty easy to kill and can be killed with most anything and be DRT. I've seen them be DRT with 55g nbt's out to 400 yards with 400ft lbs of remaining energy, put a 55g bullet in a deers chest and hes not going to far. </p><p></p><p>Since were talking minimums here this is just my opinion, but I base it on energy and remaining velocity at the max distance of which either the energy or velocity falls below what is needed for a clean kill IMO.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, 1000ft lbs for elk and a minimum impact velocity of 1700 fps for an SST,AB, nbt, vld, would be where I drew the line.</p><p></p><p>In a 7 mag you can get 1000 ft lbs at 1000 yards with 168g vld's and 180g vld's and pretty close to it with a couple other bullets. I know as well as everyone else they kill elk out to 1K so obviously 1000 ft lbs is good enough. </p><p></p><p>1500 for elk and 1000 for deer is a little over rated IMO and experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="remingtonman_25_06, post: 291672, member: 1403"] I am in the category of not needing 1500 ft lbs for elk, more in the safe neighborhood of 1000ft lbs, and around 500-600 for deer, instead of the famed 1000 ft lbs, thats just crazy... I've killed 10 elk in 11 years, and been around many more killed. They are not bulletproof, but yes they can be hard to kill when you dont put the bullet in the right spot. The key is to use a bullet that causes extensive damage, yes still fully penetrates. I like the shoulder shots for elk, 90% of the time they are DRT. They cant go far with 2 broken shoulders. Deer on the other hand are pretty easy to kill and can be killed with most anything and be DRT. I've seen them be DRT with 55g nbt's out to 400 yards with 400ft lbs of remaining energy, put a 55g bullet in a deers chest and hes not going to far. Since were talking minimums here this is just my opinion, but I base it on energy and remaining velocity at the max distance of which either the energy or velocity falls below what is needed for a clean kill IMO. In my opinion, 1000ft lbs for elk and a minimum impact velocity of 1700 fps for an SST,AB, nbt, vld, would be where I drew the line. In a 7 mag you can get 1000 ft lbs at 1000 yards with 168g vld's and 180g vld's and pretty close to it with a couple other bullets. I know as well as everyone else they kill elk out to 1K so obviously 1000 ft lbs is good enough. 1500 for elk and 1000 for deer is a little over rated IMO and experience. [/QUOTE]
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