Muzzleloaders Banned?

[trimmer21]

Bingo

But the problem is a 50 BMG is over 16000 joules with standard loads.

Poorly written OIC - why set limit at 10,000.

Granted,.458WinMag and .460Weatherby (both 10K joules+) are Elephant and Cape Buffalo rounds that not many North American hunters would ever use except African hunts,it shows in glaring detail how little thought went into avoiding unintended consequences of casting too wide a net. That OIC either needs to be amended immediately or scrapped entirely.

[rick_iles]

Granted,.458WinMag and .460Weatherby (both 10K joules+) are Elephant and Cape Buffalo rounds that not many North American hunters would ever use except African hunts,it shows in glaring detail how little thought went into avoiding unintended consequences of casting too wide a net. That OIC either needs to be amended immediately or scrapped entirely.

That’s what happens when an imbecile is given the task of writing law !!!

[jaycee]

Granted,.458WinMag and .460Weatherby (both 10K joules+) are Elephant and Cape Buffalo rounds that not many North American hunters would ever use except African hunts,it shows in glaring detail how little thought went into avoiding unintended consequences of casting too wide a net. That OIC either needs to be amended immediately or scrapped entirely.

The .458 win. mag. . falls below the 10,000 joules energy.
10,000 joules equals =7379.6215 ft. lbs. energy.

.458 Win. Mag.
Energy (ft.-lbs.)
Cartridge Muzzle 100
yds. 200
yds. 300
yds. 400
yds. 500
yds.
450 SAFPSP 4618 3609 2789 2144 1659 1321 [ all in ft. lbs. energy]

As shown, with a 450 gr. bullet, muzzle energy is 4618 ft. lbs. which is 6261.167 joules , quite a bit short of 7379 joules.

[Snowwalker]

Same with a moose at 1000 yards.

Never said other wise.

[jaycee]

I am fully aware of that, but the 460 Weatherby has enough energy to do the job that far out, that was my point.

That is highly doubtful, as at 500 yards it has 2046 ft. lbs of energy , down from 7504 at the muzzle with a 500 gr. full metal jacket bullet, and bullet drop is a little more than 69.5 inches, imagine what it is at 1000 yards.
At that range 1000 yards, Impala maybe, Elephant def. not.

[trimmer21]

The .458 win. mag. . falls below the 10,000 joules energy.
10,000 joules equals =7379.6215 ft. lbs. energy.

.458 Win. Mag.
Energy (ft.-lbs.)
Cartridge Muzzle 100
yds. 200
yds. 300
yds. 400
yds. 500
yds.
450 SAFPSP 4618 3609 2789 2144 1659 1321 [ all in ft. lbs. energy]

As shown, with a 450 gr. bullet, muzzle energy is 4618 ft. lbs. which is 6261.167 joules , quite a bit short of 7379 joules.

I always thought they were pretty much identical. Obviously,I was mistaken. I checked ballistic data charts for both and you're right,there's one hell of a difference.

[Fox]

Granted,.458WinMag and .460Weatherby (both 10K joules+) are Elephant and Cape Buffalo rounds that not many North American hunters would ever use except African hunts,it shows in glaring detail how little thought went into avoiding unintended consequences of casting too wide a net. That OIC either needs to be amended immediately or scrapped entirely.

I think the 460 Weatherby is the only "sporting" cartridge that pushes over this threshold, unless anyone can list another.

The 10,000 joules essentially targets the ELR community, you know, those guys buying $25000 guns that weight 50lbs to shoot long range competition, many of these guys are retired sharpshooters too, both military and police.

[Fox]

I just looked up the numbers, there are a few more "sporting" cartridges but they would be more of a novelty, not sure how many are using the 700 Nitro Express or 600 Nitro express.

[canadaman30]

I have three in my basement that will drive a .458 350 grain pill at just shy of 3200 FPS..... so yes I have a reference

My avatar shows a load at 6500 FPE and 10 percent under max load of THAT powder.

Does it wear a muzzle brake? 350g/ 3200 ft/s sounds nasty...lol

[jaycee]

I just looked up the numbers, there are a few more "sporting" cartridges but they would be more of a novelty, not sure how many are using the 700 Nitro Express or 600 Nitro express.

Doubt very much that there are any in Canada , as you are talking "custom usually side by side rifles " very very expensive.