Posted By: s4s4u
Re: Article on knockdown power; what say you? - 12/15/2017 3:05 PM
Never given much credence to "knockdown power"
Posted By: Franchise
Re: Article on knockdown power; what say you? - 12/15/2017 6:10 PM
I once saw a Catalina Goat take 4 direct hits at point blank range before going down. Every animal and hunt is different
Posted By: MrMcPorkchop
Re: Article on knockdown power; what say you? - 12/15/2017 7:20 PM
...Every animal and hunt is different...
Yep, had deer hit with my traditional muzzleloader go down on the spot and had deer hit with an '06 or 308 go a hundred yards, same shot placement on them, sometimes you just never know...
Eric.
Posted By: Handgun400
Re: Article on knockdown power; what say you? - 12/15/2017 7:37 PM
...Every animal and hunt is different...
Yep, had deer hit with my traditional muzzleloader go down on the spot and had deer hit with an '06 or 308 go a hundred yards, same shot placement on them, sometimes you just never know...
Eric.
Those were my thoughts. I've watched a lot of bloodied whitetails go many miles when shot with magnum caliber rifles on marginal--and sometimes even good hits. I think there is some merit here with recoil affecting the shooter etc but there's also something to be said about hunting elephant with a mouse gun.
Anyway, food for fodder and another outdoor writer's opinion.
Posted By: sixshot
Re: Article on knockdown power; what say you? - 12/15/2017 10:07 PM
It's a slippery slope.
Dick
Posted By: wvhitman
Re: Article on knockdown power; what say you? - 12/15/2017 11:18 PM
Penetration trumps knock down power in large, dangerous animals.
Velocity and bullet integrity trumps knock down power in thin skinned animals.
Posted By: reflex264
Re: Article on knockdown power; what say you? - 12/15/2017 11:31 PM
Shot a 100 lbs doe with a rifle making 8000 ftlbs. She got up and ran 35 yards.
Posted By: jamesfromjersey
Re: Article on knockdown power; what say you? - 12/16/2017 7:47 PM
every animal you shoot is unique to that situation of that day...
Hunters go with percentages.....the search for the "one bullet does all" is never ending....
Posted By: cottonstalk
Re: Article on knockdown power; what say you? - 12/16/2017 7:58 PM
You can't judge an animals will to live. That's why I think some go flop while others travel sometimes great distances withe same placement.
Posted By: 45BBH
Re: Article on knockdown power; what say you? - 12/17/2017 2:03 AM
I hate that term, it implies the bullet can physically knock and animal down, which is foolish. I've seen deer hit with 50 BMG take off running and deer shot with a .40 S&W drop like a sack of spuds.
Posted By: jwp475
Re: Article on knockdown power; what say you? - 12/17/2017 2:12 AM
If you want to knock an animal down the structural support bones must be broken or CNS hit. Any other way is iffy.
Posted By: 98Redline
Re: Article on knockdown power; what say you? - 12/18/2017 11:31 AM
I agree that some calibers/bullets are better suited for certain animals than others however as stated above, CNS or skeletal bone hits are what tends to anchor animals.
Same load, same gun, 2 different animals, one went 80 yards, one was DRT. Both were good solid hits.