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Thread: Short barrel magnum calibres?

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  1. 03-04-2020, 12:09 PM #24
    superdiver
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    Quote Originally Posted by Moa Hunter View Post
    Really need a bit more than 1000 ft lbs for a Red Stag IMO, 1500 ft lbs is a better yard stick
    Always read an been told 1000lbs in the yardstick. Highest I have ever read was 1200lbs but that was only ever once. Buuuut even if we use 1500lbs at 2700fps a 162eldm will deliver that out to 550yds which again is more than most people can shoot.
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