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mykeal · November 1, 2009, 07:47 AM

The ROA is capable of one shot kills of whitetails at 50 yards. IF you can do your part.

Shot placement is obviously critical. Tuning the gun to maximum accuracy means backing off from maximum velocity/energy. Shot placement is thus critical - there's little room for error. How good are you offhand with a pistol at 50 yards? Darned few of us can shoot a 3" group at that distance, and that's about the kill zone you need with a pistol.

As far as projectile, stick with a round ball. It will do the job very well at that distance and will probably (you need to test this with your gun and load) be more accurate.

November 1, 2009, 07:47 AM	#10
mykeal Senior Member Join Date: October 8, 2006 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 2,772	The ROA is capable of one shot kills of whitetails at 50 yards. IF you can do your part. Shot placement is obviously critical. Tuning the gun to maximum accuracy means backing off from maximum velocity/energy. Shot placement is thus critical - there's little room for error. How good are you offhand with a pistol at 50 yards? Darned few of us can shoot a 3" group at that distance, and that's about the kill zone you need with a pistol. As far as projectile, stick with a round ball. It will do the job very well at that distance and will probably (you need to test this with your gun and load) be more accurate.