coosbaycreep
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Anyone use these?
I just received two boxes of them from midwayusa, but won't be shooting them till we get some decent weather.
I already put them up, but IIRC, the box says they have 4719 ft. lbs of energy with a 600gr slug, and a TKO value of 115. I know a lot of people don't care for kinetic energy figures and that sort of stuff, but I've always been fascinated with elephant guns and big bores, and I don't have enough kidneys and blood to sell to finance a double rifle, so a 3.5" is as close as I'm going to get to something with that kind of power.
For those of you who have used these, what did you shoot with them, and how did they perform?
I know 12ga shotguns are the most popular choice for backup guns in Alaska against bears, but I've never heard of people using them in Africa for dangerous game. Does the 12ga get used for elephants and stuff? If not, why so?
I've only put about 5 rounds of 00 buckshot through my 3.5" so far, and aside from some brutal recoil (the other two people I let shoot it only shot it one time, and said they won't do it ever again), I wasn't that impressed with it. Of course I was just shooting at a cardboard box that was about 40 yards away, but I was still expecting destruction similar to that of an RPG. I'll probably use a few of my slugs against water jugs, pumpkins, and I might shoot a steel plate with it to see how that does.
I just received two boxes of them from midwayusa, but won't be shooting them till we get some decent weather.
I already put them up, but IIRC, the box says they have 4719 ft. lbs of energy with a 600gr slug, and a TKO value of 115. I know a lot of people don't care for kinetic energy figures and that sort of stuff, but I've always been fascinated with elephant guns and big bores, and I don't have enough kidneys and blood to sell to finance a double rifle, so a 3.5" is as close as I'm going to get to something with that kind of power.
For those of you who have used these, what did you shoot with them, and how did they perform?
I know 12ga shotguns are the most popular choice for backup guns in Alaska against bears, but I've never heard of people using them in Africa for dangerous game. Does the 12ga get used for elephants and stuff? If not, why so?
I've only put about 5 rounds of 00 buckshot through my 3.5" so far, and aside from some brutal recoil (the other two people I let shoot it only shot it one time, and said they won't do it ever again), I wasn't that impressed with it. Of course I was just shooting at a cardboard box that was about 40 yards away, but I was still expecting destruction similar to that of an RPG. I'll probably use a few of my slugs against water jugs, pumpkins, and I might shoot a steel plate with it to see how that does.