Thread: Redundant Calibres

'Caberslash' has it right - it's the bullet that does the damage and that's the way it's always been.

The round lead ball was used from the 1400's to kill men on the battlefield, then to kill game. Range on a RB was limited and it could be slow to load, so the elongated bullet superceded it - the minie. The minie was faster loading and because of it's shape and extra weight could shoot further .............. and that's how it went really - just a progression of bullet styles and materials that kill no better than that lead ball ftrom the 1400's.