Knockdown power is overrated
HOW often do we read, “the bullet knocked the great stag off its feet,” or “the bullet slammed the boar over on his side,” or “the bullet punched the billy off the ledge he was standing on and launched him into space”? It is all a lot of wishful thinking, I’m afraid; it just doesn’t happen.
This statement will probably solicit screams of rage from true believers who dote on energy figures as their yardstick for killing power. They will be asking: What of the more than two tonnes of energy unleashed by some magnum cartridge or another?
Over the years, countless numbers of big game have been killed with a wide assortment of calibres encompassing everything from the fast .22s to some of the most powerful magnums. Some were shooting light bullets at ultra-high velocity, and others using heavy large-bore bullets at medium velocity. Animals
