"Ophelia" wrote in message ...



"Gary" wrote in message ...

Ophelia wrote:
> Lower gauge is rarely more powerful. Power i.e. energy delivered is a
> multiple of projectile weight and velocity. With firearms a larger
> calibre e.g. .308/7.62 is not as fast as a .223/5.56 but delivered
> energy is far greater. If you want a huge difference look at the hitting
> power of a .50 cal. In Shotguns a 12 gauge slug is massively bigger and
> with a more powerful punch than a 20 or even smaller .410,

Well said, Oph. I'll bet I know where you got that info from and it
wasn't Google.

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You could be right, but I do have guns you know))

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I ought to have added, I have a good teacher as you well know ))