Quote Originally Posted by tacfoley View Post
As you say, that is going to be a real problem unless you are going to shoot patched round ball from something like a Hawken, Great Plains rifle or some kind of Kentucky long-rifle look-alike. A .45cal PRB -weighing around 145gr and downloaded to around 1200 fps, is still doing 464 ft lbs - that might do you.

Had you set your heart on a gun like that?

tac
cheers tac .45 hawken with prb something to look in too,
poss another range