Folks, let's quit the references to modern ammunition please?
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36 caliber deer hunting
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Me either, GSML. Now, starving to death in an apocalypse situation I'd shoot spitballs at 'em if that's all I had....
ETA: Uh-oh, just saw Loyalist Dave's post. Is a spitball too modern? I promise I won't mention them again.
By modern ammunition I thought he meant Conicals...
I know, I was just being a smart alec... Didn't go over very well, did it...
Na I got it. Was just mashing your taters a little bit. Besides we all know Conicals and modern ammo are just fads. I don't think they will catch on.
The .36 killed A LOT of men. It was considered very capable in that role. The .44 was designed to kill Horses.
I don’t understand all the hand wringing about using a .36 launched from a rifle to kill deer at reasonable ranges.
Muzzleloaders don’t kill with “energy”, they kill by punching holes in things, and the .36 round ball correctly applied to the side of a deer will do just that.
I love my .58’s and .62’s…but having killed lots of stuff with them and my .40’s…I really don’t see much difference in the way deer-sized game reacts. We have Magnumized ourselves into thinking that unless you dump atom-splitting levels of energy into a whitetail deer it just won’t die.
If it will reliably kill a man, it will work on a deer.
I don’t understand all the hand wringing about using a .36 launched from a rifle to kill deer at reasonable ranges.
Muzzleloaders don’t kill with “energy”, they kill by punching holes in things, and the .36 round ball correctly applied to the side of a deer will do just that.
I love my .58’s and .62’s…but having killed lots of stuff with them and my .40’s…I really don’t see much difference in the way deer-sized game reacts. We have Magnumized ourselves into thinking that unless you dump atom-splitting levels of energy into a whitetail deer it just won’t die.
If it will reliably kill a man, it will work on a deer.
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smoothshooter
50 Cal.
I am one of those fortunate souls that has a set of T-C Maxi-Ball mold blocks. I have not used them yet. They were in a box of miscellaneous muzzleloader stuff the widow of a good friend of mine sold to me cheap after he died. I didn’t even know the mold blocks were in the box until I went thru it 3 years or so later. Nice surprise!
smoothshooter
50 Cal.
I've shot two deer with a 36 prb. Both were lung shots and about 50 yards away. First a 4 point walked about ten steps fell over. The other a doe at base of neck. Dropped right there. Yes it will do the job. But it's always shot placement and experience that really counts.! As the saying goes " Fear the man with one gun. No doubt he knows how to use it. "
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