Interesting article on big bore rifle penetration

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Another thread was posted about Hemingway's .577NE Westley Richards double rifle coming up for auction.

I know, I started it   

[fightingquaker13]

Here's a thought. It depends on the charateristics of the TARGET as much as the cartridge. I saw an episode of Myth Busters once. They were looking at armoring a car using phone books. Long story short. Two phone books INSIDE the windshield would stop a .308. The same two OUTSIDE? Not so much. IF the bullet was damaged by hitting something hard, like thick grizzly bone, its impact evaporated. If it hit something soft, like tissue first, it would still penetrate the soft parts. Lesson? For an animal where you have to go through flesh to hit bone, you need a different load than on one where you need to go through bone to damage flesh. FWIW.
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[kmitch200]

For an animal where you have to go through flesh to hit bone, you need a different load than on one where you need to go through bone to damage flesh. FWIW.
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Maybe that's why we don't hunt stuff with exoskeletons. 

[fightingquaker13]

Maybe that's why we don't hunt stuff with exoskeletons. 

Like say, vehichles. Seriously though, there is a difference between say a bear and a moose as far as how they are built. The moose will have less hair and tissue between the the skin and the bone that you need to break to hit the important stuff. The bear is a much denser proposition, requiring more hair and tissue penetration before you hit bone and then get to the internal organs. Just a thought.
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[RevLouM]

Pl;ease to keep in mind that my comments apply to my quarter of MAINE.

Bear?  Moose?  NEITHER of which, at reasonable distances, (<200 m), will stand up to a well placed shot of a full sized MBR...or just about ANY shot from a .577, regardless of letters...
Don't be silly...I'm not talking HOOF or PAW, here...

From 200-400, it helps to be VERY good and VERY rehearsed as well as VERY sighted in!

At 400+, you'd have to be damn hungry, as well.

There are guys out there, heck, even ON this BOARD, that can make "that shot" with a .223.  Or a .22 Mag.  But, are YOU willing to BET your LIFE that you are THAT guy?

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[billt]

But isn't the .577 specifically designed for T-Rex?

The .577 bore diameter was originally designed in the Snider round. A early black powder African cartridge. The late Elgin Gates tested it a lot in the 70's and found it to be a formidable African weapon even by modern standards. When you start tossing golf ball sized chunks of lead things tend to die fast.  Bill T.

[RevLouM]

The .577 bore diameter was originally designed in the Snider round. A early black powder African cartridge. The late Elgin Gates tested it a lot in the 70's and found it to be a formidable African weapon even by modern standards. When you start tossing golf ball sized chunks of lead things tend to die fast.  Bill T.

Psst....Bil....I KNOW!  I was being a little bit....facetious...It happens after watching all those YouTube vids of people shooting the T-Rex.