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The Taylor KO factor multiplies bullet mass (measured in grains) by muzzle velocity (measured in feet per second) by bullet diameter (measured in inches) and then divides the product by 7,000, converting the value from grains to pounds and giving a numerical value from 0 to ~150 for normal hunting cartridges.
The standard factory loads, produced and sold by the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company and the Sharps Rifle Company were .50/100/425 (.50 caliber/100 grains black powder/425 grain grease grooved bullet) and .50/100/473 (.50 caliber/100 grains black powder/473 grain grease grooved bullet) with a paper patched bullet.
The .450 Dakota should be considered the ballistic equivalent of the .460 Weatherby Magnum from the standpoint of power and operating pressure. .450 Rigby performance tends to be somewhat lower, due to the 4,000 bar (58,000 psi) P max stipulated by the CIP.
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Source(s): "Cartridges of the World", Chuck Hawks [2] [3] disassembled .32-20 Winchester cartridge with 100 grain lead bullet The .32-20 Winchester / 7.94x33mmR , also known as .32 WCF (Winchester center fire) , was the first small-game lever-action intermediate cartridge that Winchester produced. [ 4 ]
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Olive Fredricksen, a widow living with her children in northern B.C., used her carbine to kill moose to feed her family decades ago. [14] It has also been used on elk: John Barsness repeats a story told by Francis Sell, who met a rancher who had just shot a 5-point bull elk with a .25-35 and said he had killed several others with the caliber. [15]