In fact I got my .50 Hawken from an Elk hunter. He was using great plains bullets and 100 grains of Pyrodex R/S.
Kentuckywindage said:look at it like this, whats going to cause more damage-penetration... A honda civic doing 200mph or a semi doing only 73mph?
Save the .490" round ball for deer size game and take a step up to a conical in the 350 grain range.
smokepole32 said:With my wife's frame a .50 is about all she is going to be able to handle and the prb is a lot more forgiving on the butt end than a maxiball, but I know it can be very effective in the right situation. That's part of the fun that we have over other people is the challenge of making it the right situation and having the ethics to pass when it is not. In my opinion being over gunned is the perfect temptation to be under equipped as a hunter. Letting a gun do for you what your not willing to do for yourself, that's the difference to me in a hunter and a shooter. IMOP