Thread: Knockdown power

Originally Posted by keengunNic

Ive not really followed this thread too much. But i Just chronographed my new 7mm08 load this morning, 162 amax, rl17 17" barrel doing 2495, that gives me 1000ftlbs at 585m, but i believe impact velocity is more important to look at when using a match bullet for hunting. Not great velocities but an es of 4 was pretty nice to see, gives me every confidence that i can cleanly take animals past 500m.

Not having a crack at all but your post raises a matter - the commonly held belief in 1000ft lbs, Just because Col Townsend Whelan wrote years ago that a bullet needs 1000 foot lbs energy to kill a Whitetail how does that apply to a Red in NZ ? 1500 ft lb's and 2000 feet per second in my view.
Mike Tyson had an estimated punch impact of 1175 ft lb's approx. for reference. So if a bare knuckle Mike punched a stag on the shoulder, would the stag fall dead ?