Curman Inline Muzzleloader vs Moose: Bleed Rate/Damage Bug

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The inline muzzleloader and its .50 cal polymer tip sabot bullets seem to do dramatically less damage than intended towards specifically moose. When it hits a single lung at approximately 150 meters, it only causes a "Very Low" bleed rate, which results in a very lengthy, almost 1 km track.

In contrast, the caplock muzzleloader and its .50 cal minie balls, at the same distance, seem to consistently hit double lungs on moose, causing a "Medium" bleed rate and a much shorter track.

This seems like a bug, as the two ammunition types have similar stats, albeit slightly different. This problem also only seems to occur with moose, as I've tested against black bears and saltwater crocodiles, both of which went down with no problems from the sabot bullets. I also tested the .308 against moose, which resulted in a single lung hit with "Low" bleed rate, and a long (but not as lengthy) track. These results also directly contradict the flavor text of the .50 cal sabot ammunition, which says it is "perfect for hunting large deer such as elk or moose."

I'll continue to test this against other class 7-8 animals and post my results below.

#1241002536262172795 message <- the start of my testing can be seen in here as well

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The moose seem to have a higher health pool than some class 9 animals, for no particular reason I can think of. None of the rifles have realistic penetration and expansion either so it's not helping the problem

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Just tested on Roosevelt Elk, basically the same results as black bear (medium bleed rate, animal drops close to where it stood when shot)

Results so far (all taken from 150 meters with Curman Inline + polymer tip sabot):
Moose: single lung, Very Low bleed, extremely lengthy track (800+ meters)
Black Bear: double lung, Medium bleed, very short track
Saltwater Crocodile: double lung, Low bleed, unknown track (died in water)
Roosevelt Elk: double lung, Medium bleed, very short track
Grizzly Bear: single lung, Medium bleed, approx. 240 meter track
Brown Bear: single lung, Medium
bleed, approx. 100 meter track

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I'm gonna test this again but with a heart shot on a moose, I wanna see if it still gets the "Very Low" bleed rate

So I can't even hit the heart at 150 meters (something I've done with the .308 and .50 minie) so I'm just gonna test it at a closer distance and see if I can hit it

tested at 50 meters, quartering-to, No Organs Hit. I'll try a broadside and a frontal at a similar distance next

It's like the sabot rounds penetrate just enough to hit a lung from a broadside shot, but can't do anything else (for moose specifically)

Yeah it just can't do it. I think it can only penetrate deep enough to technically hit the lungs, because even at 50 meters I can't hit the heart

I'll try one more frontal shot, but based on my previous results I don't expect it to work

Still nothing. Despite its penetration value being similar to the .50 minie ball, the polymer tip sabot bullets are just horrible for moose specifically, which seems far from intended

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Bumping this in hopes that the team sees this

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Bumping this again :>

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Have you noticed the weird zero distance on the Curman? There's like 20yards difference between low and medium zero

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Yeah, it's just 75m, 100m, 150m, even though its ammo has a max effective distance of 200m like the hudzik

you'd think it'd also be 100m, 150m, 200m

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bumping this again

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update: disregard the tracking distances, I used the harvest screen ones instead of putting a waypoint marker

Regardless of that, the inline muzzleloader seems to be bugged with moose, as it performs exceptionally well on everything classes 4-7, and works seemingly as intended on the other class 8 animals