The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Is it possible to meet the legal energy demands?

Visaman · September 2, 2010, 10:32 AM

Well, regulations are regulations. even if i am pretty sure that a moose drops dead on a encounter with a .45-70-405 ( .45-70 Government, 405 grains solid round nose lead bullet) that crawls along at 1,394 ft/s.

But it does not have the minimum legal energy.

And if you are caught hunting big game with a cartridge that does not meet the minimum legal energy, well.. Goodbye Mr. Hunting license.

It is required that a cartridge/load does can be proved to meet the minimum energy levels.
A .54 Muzzle-loader can do that, and are legal in Norway
The problem is the reload time.

September 2, 2010, 10:32 AM	#10
Visaman Senior Member Join Date: November 10, 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 302	Well, regulations are regulations. even if i am pretty sure that a moose drops dead on a encounter with a .45-70-405 ( .45-70 Government, 405 grains solid round nose lead bullet) that crawls along at 1,394 ft/s. But it does not have the minimum legal energy. And if you are caught hunting big game with a cartridge that does not meet the minimum legal energy, well.. Goodbye Mr. Hunting license. It is required that a cartridge/load does can be proved to meet the minimum energy levels. A .54 Muzzle-loader can do that, and are legal in Norway The problem is the reload time. __________________ Summa pia gratia nostra conservando corpora et cutodita, de gente fera Normannica nos libera, quae nostra vastat, Deus, regna.