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An interesting video. I wish they had used guns with better quality, and probably faster ignition times, for their tests.
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How Powerful are Black Powder Guns?? - Ballistic High-Speed
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Sharing this classic for those who haven't seen it
hanshi
Cannon
Problem with a lot of people doing videos with muzzleloaders. Is they want to compare them to the suppository guns.
I read a Muzzleloader with knockdown power.
All this ballistic stuff to me is like you know singing kumbaya.
Yeah guys will show you a picture of a 30-in piece of gelatin. And I want to tell you look how far the bullet went inside of it .
Who cares that it went 27 in inside of 30-in piece of gel.
Especially when most of the stuff you're shooting is it much more than 12 in across.
I read a Muzzleloader with knockdown power.
All this ballistic stuff to me is like you know singing kumbaya.
Yeah guys will show you a picture of a 30-in piece of gelatin. And I want to tell you look how far the bullet went inside of it .
Who cares that it went 27 in inside of 30-in piece of gel.
Especially when most of the stuff you're shooting is it much more than 12 in across.
Yeah....these gents demonstrated how deadly these guns are and show clearly it isn't something to take lightly. But the pistol and rifle locks in their guns leave a lot to be desired compared to some of the ignition times I have seen with higher quality weapons. I also find myself wondering what powder did they use. Then I wonder after how tight of a patch ball combo they may have had. But they were not evaluating powder or ignition times and seemed to be focused on how deadly they can be. Pretty deadly to be sure.
i killed these 2 bucks a couple of weeks ago with a 40cal. at 80 yards, PRB and 62gr. of 3f goex. the one hit in the neck dropped in his tracks and no spine or bone was hit. the other in the heart and he went 50yds. funny how people think you need some large caliber to kill an animal, you don't! you just need practice on the range, and hit the spot, that's it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Muzzleloaders’s have proven themselves killing for centuries…
Ballistics imho, has very little too do with taking a life..
.626 size hole with enough powder too punch through the ribs and into the vitals and it’s game over..
If you get a complete pass through, then your tracking should be minimal..
Big holes , create big leaks.
He never knew what hit him….
Ballistics imho, has very little too do with taking a life..
.626 size hole with enough powder too punch through the ribs and into the vitals and it’s game over..
If you get a complete pass through, then your tracking should be minimal..
Big holes , create big leaks.
He never knew what hit him….
Entertaining. Makes me glad I have a simple 'ol chronograph rather than expensive cameras shooting thousands of frames per second, not to mention the mathematical gymnastics used to measure velocity. Ok, I'm impressed.....with how they took something as easy as measuring bullet velocity into such a big deal.
you really don't need big holes, just hit the vitals with any projectile and they will die quick fast and, in a hurry,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Well I’m glad I see it can make killing wounds, been hunting with them for fifty years and I always thought they died of old age while I loaded
