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08-26-2017, 06:57 PM
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44 40
Heres a 44 40 200 gr. Bullet in a jack pine log 1040 fps 7.5 gr. Tinstar 20 inch miroku 1873
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08-26-2017, 07:16 PM
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And if it were a fresh green wet live tree not firewood dry and hard it would have penetrated clean through it.
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08-26-2017, 07:31 PM
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You killed a tree?!  The SJWs are lining you up now....run, dig a hole, pull a rock over you.
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08-26-2017, 07:50 PM
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I shoot the 44 40 for fun at low recoil 22 standard velocity speed so i was curious about its penetration its slow even for 44 40
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08-27-2017, 07:43 AM
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Momentum, and penetration are foreign concepts to many.
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08-27-2017, 08:47 AM
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Momentum, and penetration are foreign concepts to many.
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Exactly what he said!!!
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08-27-2017, 10:44 PM
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Momentum, and penetration are foreign concepts to many.
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There are two reasons the 45-70 was designed the way it was. This is one of them
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08-28-2017, 11:02 AM
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Oh No! Not the trees! You tree serial killer!
And nice work marxman. Could we be seeing a grouping soon? 
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08-28-2017, 07:03 PM
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Oh No! Not the trees! You tree serial killer!
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I dont have any group photos but it is quite accurate i think, i even like the semi buckhorn rear sight although i had to replace the front with fibre optic
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08-28-2017, 07:06 PM
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That's a good example of muzzle energy not being a reliable measure of performance.
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08-28-2017, 07:16 PM
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What distance?
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08-28-2017, 07:41 PM
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What distance?
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30 feet.
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