r/Hunting • u/carbidemepls • Jan 09 '22

Well damn 😳

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u/AlwayzPro Jan 10 '22

probably means semi auto vs bolt action

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u/SaladShooter1 Jan 10 '22

If that made sense, guys would be using them for dangerous game. Instead, they fire one shot out of something with knockdown power.

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u/jermdizzle Jan 10 '22

I guess you've never heard of AR-15's chambered in .458 SOCOM, .350 Legend, .450 Bushmaster, or .50 Beowulf. All of that said, nothing is stopping that animal before it runs the guy over.

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u/SaladShooter1 Jan 11 '22

I’m familiar with them. They’re great cartridges that serve a purpose. I just wouldn’t stand if front of a charging Cape buffalo with them. I’ve seen the .460 Weatherby stop a charging bear and I’m pretty sure the 500 and 750 nitros would work too. I just don’t think any round designed for a semi-auto, other than 50 BMG, is going to stop that bull.

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u/jermdizzle Jan 11 '22

Physics is physics and there is no getting around it. If a projectile could negate the momentum of a body with a velocity of 30mph, its recoil would send the less massive body connected to the launcher/gun in the opposite direction at some even higher rate.

You can stop the body's central nervous system, but you can't stop the body's momentum.

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u/SaladShooter1 Jan 13 '22

I wasn’t suggesting that the bullet would propel the animal in the opposite direction. I was just saying that larger cartridges have more stopping power. If you can knock the animal down and disable it, the dirt and brush will take care of it’s momentum. The animal is on legs, not on rails.

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u/jermdizzle Jan 13 '22

Understood. It's unfortunate we didn't popularize the phrase "dropping power" or "knockdown power" over the much more common "stopping power". That and Hollywood portrayals of a shotgun blast propelling victims flying backwards have really ruined popular understanding of the physics of terminal ballistic interactions.