rosewood
Senior Member
NC HILLBILLY and buzz are wise men.
Let's see:
115 grains at just under 1300 fps.
Same ballistics as the 1888 vintage black powder .32-20 from a 24 inch 1873 Winchester rifle.
The .32-20 was originally marketed by Winchester as a general purpose round for up to deer size game.
When you shoot a deer it doesn't look down at the blood pouring out, or it's sudden difficulty in breathing and think "oh crap, I've been shot" and then sit down. They run as hard as they can to get away from whatever spooked them until they pass out from lack of oxygen to the brain. Kind of like shooting someone on PCP. You really can't compare the two.