Advice on caliber for knock down power

beauxdog · Jan 2, 2011

What kind of rifle do want to use and what do you want it to do. One of the big WSM will work when put in the right gun, as in one accurate enough. And then again, can YOU shoot that far. There is also the cost for the gun, how much can you afford?

Beauxdog

Tulse Luper · Jan 2, 2011

SpeedRacer said:
But what if you just want to knock them down? Maybe just humiliate them a little...

10mm

S&W4ME · Jan 2, 2011

Tulse Luper said:
10mm

He said knock down not vaporize

SpeedRacer · Jan 2, 2011

S&W4ME said:
He said knock down not vaporize

10mm fired out of a typical 5" barrel loses vaporization velocity right around 620 yards. At a half mile it will only knock you down, kick dirt in your face and sleep with your wife.

504BigNasty · Jan 2, 2011

Tim67 · Jan 2, 2011

Dave3 said:
There's no such thing as "knock down" power. In order for a projectile to knock down your target, the propellant has to knock you down. Basic laws of physics.

Any gun that could knock down an animal the size of a deer would have to be fired from a very heavy duty mount. If you fired it from the shoulder it would knock you down too.

LACamper · Jan 2, 2011

are we talking deer? Elk? squirrel? helicopters?

James Cannon · Jan 2, 2011

Tim67 said:
Any gun that could knock down an animal the size of a deer would have to be fired from a very heavy duty mount. If you fired it from the shoulder it would knock you down too.

That's why you shoot it prone

charliepapa · Jan 2, 2011

LACamper said:
are we talking deer? Elk? squirrel? helicopters?

CEHollier · Jan 2, 2011

Who the hell hunts animals at 1/2 mile in Louisiana?

Railrunner · Jan 2, 2011

k bro's got it. thanks for the comments

tigerfan_9 · Jan 2, 2011

SpeedRacer said:
10mm fired out of a typical 5" barrel loses vaporization velocity right around 620 yards. At a half mile it will only knock you down, kick dirt in your face and sleep with your wife.

JLouv · Jan 2, 2011

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Tulse Luper · Jan 2, 2011

Railrunner said:
k bro's got it. thanks for the comments

If you every can, try out the 600 yard competitions at Palo Alto range in Donaldsonville. It's an eye opener if you've not shoot that distance or over.

Vanilla Gorilla · Jan 2, 2011

.45ACP. Knock'em down since The Morro Rebellion in the Phillipines. Even though the Rebellion was 14 years before the advent of the .45. Now thats some badass knock down power.

BobKaro · Jan 2, 2011

Vanilla Gorilla said:
.45ACP. Knock'em down since The Morro Rebellion in the Phillipines. Even though the Rebellion was 14 years before the advent of the .45. Now thats some badass knock down power.

.45 ACP is so awesome it kicks Causality in the balls!

dzelenka · Jan 2, 2011

Tulse Luper said:
And even then there's maybe 5 or less people on this site who can shoot that distance accurately enough to hunt ethically.

I think there are more than 5. I can think of 5 without even using any of the F Class shooters or anyone who doesn't shoot competition.

And then of course there is LongRange/Plinky

Nomad.2nd · Jan 2, 2011

Tulse Luper said:
And even then there's maybe 5 or less people on this site who can shoot that distance accurately enough to hunt ethically.

Gonna haveto go with less.

At 1,000 I kept it within 3.5 MOA with my Barrett, I remember I opened up a good bit between 800 and 900 (MUCH harder)
Now, there's MANY people who are MUCH better shots than I.

But most hunters don't hunt with a 1MOA rifle.

So if we say 2MOA gun/ammo combo we're talking 16-18 inch grouping (Or area for one shot)

That's with NO varriation from the shooter, no matter the position.

We have tiny Deer.

I don't call that ethical.

Tulse Luper · Jan 2, 2011

dzelenka said:
I think there are more than 5. I can think of 5 without even using any of the F Class shooters or anyone who doesn't shoot competition.

And then of course there is LongRange/Plinky

Dear sized animal, clean kill, 900 yards, you lose a toe if they miss.

There's that many you'd trust to make the shot in any given condition(s)?

Of course there's LR. He's one of the five.

Vanilla Gorilla · Jan 2, 2011

Thats a tough shot. There is a reason there aren't more "Greatest, Farthest Sniper Shots EVER!" And it's because once you get out past 500M you may make the shot, but, JDAM makes it 100% of the time so you let him shoot.

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