Shooting the Kibler 50 at Water Jugs (Pic of not so round ball)

[Walkingeagle]

An animals chest cavity is not full of fluid. To use water jugs to simulate penetration is an apples to oranges comparison. One really needs a mud crusted, hair matted, thick leather hide over heavy, hard and thick ribs followed by nothing. Then reverse it all 20-24” away from the first (for hogs that is).
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[longcruise]

While I've found that a slower ball penetrates better on game, the fast up close ones work fine too even though they flatten out. Pure lead balls don't seem to disintegrate and fail to penetrate the way modern ammo sometimes does.

My approach is the same as Hanshi's.

 

[Hawken1980]

While I've found that a slower ball penetrates better on game, the fast up close ones work fine too even though they flatten out. Pure lead balls don't seem to disintegrate and fail to penetrate the way modern ammo sometimes does.

My approach is the same as Hanshi's.

Here's a graph that shows how a roundball slows down when it's fired at different muzzle velocities. The dots on the left are muzzle velocities. Every dot to the right of them represent the velocity 20 yards further down range with the final dot on the right being a distance of 120 yards from the muzzle.

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So I may just stick with the full 90 grains.

I usually shoot hogs around 150lbs or less. My son in the pictures like to kill massive hogs.

How often are you wiping your pan when hunting. Florida is pretty humid. I’m thinking about freshening powder every hour or so.