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Wizard of Woodstock

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:04:43 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:52:46 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

It's been some time since I've been involved in the technical aspects
of shooting, but as I remember it, 920 ft. lbs isn't enough to bring
down a deer. 1170 is marginal. Then again, I never took a deer
outside of 60 yards with black powder - much longer than that with my
.308.

There's something called the Taylor Takedown Value or Taylor Knock Out
Factor where you can figure the the impact value of any given bullet,
any given powder load and bullet diameter.

And wouldn't you know it - somebody programmed it and put it on the
web.

It depends on where you hit the deer. I knew a game warden who told me
as many deer were killed with .22 rifles and any other single caliber.
(jaclklighters shooting them in the head)
I took one with a .357 pistol once.
The question on the table is whether it would knock a hole in a
fiberglass boat.

Yeah - I was just thinking about ft.lb. loads on live critters.

I'm betting it wouldn't - just because I'm taking a side.

I honestly don't care one way or the other. :) I need to knock a
hole in a boat for any reason I'm not going to be using a shot gun
that's for sure. :)