.41 mag

jwp475 · #1 11-03-2009, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by mike sicowitz

It has been a while but some members wanted to know about the Corbon .41 250 grain. I compaired them to Rem 250 hardcast and Grizzly 265 grain. To my surprize the Corbon's out performed the others. I got hard to believe groups at 50 yrds. I had one group of 5 within 1 1/2 inches. I was shooting a blackhawk with a leapold fixed 20 scope. I wanted the Grizzly to be the best for the extra ft pounds. But you can't beat groups like the Corbons, I'll give up a bit of punch for placement. I'm sorry it took so long to test, but I did it right and through my gun the Corbons are great. I am not a reloader but I have been saving the brass and may start. The cost for shells is a shock. They must have doubled in the last couple years. The .41 seems to be about the worst for cost. But if you do it right it's a one shot gun. It's deer season here in Wisconsin and I have complete confidence that my pistol will put down the biggest deer within 50 to 65 yrds. I would have found out today during our early doe herd control season, but it's pouring rain and can wait. Thanks

Mike

Foot Pounds is a poor indicator of lethality. Momentum is conservered in an inelastic collision, there is no conservation of energy in an inelastic collision. Energy is conservered in a lastic collision as well as momentum, but a bullet strike is an inelastic collision, therefore energy is not conservered

leverite · #2 11-03-2009, 11:22 AM

"Foot Pounds is a poor indicator of lethality."...or pounds x (feet per second)squared.

Agree 100%

But, energy is always conserved except for what's lost by the overall increase in entropy.

It's just that the energy may or may not be transfered to the object struck. If the bullet goes thru the object, there's some kinetic energy that goes out with the bullet.

And even if the bullet stops "on the far side of the hide", there's not really very much energy anyway. Getting slugged by John Wayne likely imparts a lot more energy to a body than a small bullet does.