Thread: Knockdown power

Originally Posted by woods223

Been following this thread with interest, reading the different opinions.Having shot animals with rifles ranging from the humble .22 up to 416 Rigby I don't really put much stock in the idea of knock-down power. Have dropped various sized animals on the spot with all sorts of calibers, some have performed out of all proportion to their size/velocity/bullet weight. However I have also lost animals, some well hit with substatial fire-power. Sometimes it's just how your luck runs on the day.
But I reflect on the day, some 41 years ago now,that some arsehole shot a deer I was cerrying on my back with a .270. I certainly knew it had been hit ,impact spun me around a bit and I ended up on the ground. Don't know about knock-down power but there was certainly some impact energy.

I can't even imagine how scary that would have been to experience. You would have frantically been checking yourself I imagine?