So explain to me a little about lube? Is it not enough to use a pre lubed patch? Also how hard should it be to start my ball, it’s pretty easy to shove in with my thumb
Mines just a plain Jane 50 caliber T/C Hawken. How far are you guys killing deer with PRB? At 50 I’m shooting about a four inch group, offhand, with the occasional flier. I couldn’t shrink the group much at all shooting off a bench. I’d hate to try to shoot one over 75 yards away. I know guys...
You should not advise the use of a personal protection handgun for this endeavor. If you're the kind of person who is butchering their own cow, you already have better tools.
This. This means the animal can't be tilting his head up, and can't be feeding. Needs to be looking right at you. You will need to "stick" the animal as well. (Cut major blood vessels/poke heart with knife)
They are harder to use even at extremely close range, and the velocity out of a .22 pistol is way less than a rifle. A .22 rifle will drop an angus bull right where he stands, I've talked to farmers who have shot them with 9mm pistols and still had to get the rifle out.