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<blockquote data-quote="Lightvarmint" data-source="post: 248448"><p>Meichele</p><p></p><p>10-4. </p><p></p><p>And, if you cannot find some ballistic gelatin perform the following steps in order as an alternative:</p><p></p><p>1) Go to your local range and dig out your favorite bullet that is mushroomed or has exposed cutting teeth on the circumference.</p><p></p><p>2) Select your favorite power drill and chuck up the bullet and start it up at full speed. Bear in mind that it probably will only be 10% of the rated rpm of the bullet. The more rpm the more damage that will be done and the more rapidly it will be done.</p><p></p><p>3) Next, either just think about what would happen if you grabbed the spinning bullet with your bare fingers. Now go find a piece of ham or roast and drill a hole in it with nothing but rotational force. I would not recommend grabbing it with your fingers, but it will provide a small visual example of the damage a rotating bullet can impart on flesh and meat when it is only at 10% of actual rotational velocity............ Just imagine the potential damage at full rpm and full range velocity.</p><p></p><p>Finally, once you have done this, you will more fully understand the damage rotating mushroomed and/or fragmented bullets impart on targets and media. Now, you have to ask yourself will this be MORE or LESS significant damage than a broadhead launched at 300 fps from a comound bow at a range of 30-50 yards.....</p><p></p><p>Also, if the bullet is stable upon impact and not in a yaw condition, it would tend to travel in the original direction upon impact. And, if you want to know what happens at 1000 yards, then test at 1000 yards to get the most accurate results.........</p><p></p><p>Conducting long range testing at long range removes the doubt and forces us to discuss other topics.</p><p></p><p>Lightvarmint</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lightvarmint, post: 248448"] Meichele 10-4. And, if you cannot find some ballistic gelatin perform the following steps in order as an alternative: 1) Go to your local range and dig out your favorite bullet that is mushroomed or has exposed cutting teeth on the circumference. 2) Select your favorite power drill and chuck up the bullet and start it up at full speed. Bear in mind that it probably will only be 10% of the rated rpm of the bullet. The more rpm the more damage that will be done and the more rapidly it will be done. 3) Next, either just think about what would happen if you grabbed the spinning bullet with your bare fingers. Now go find a piece of ham or roast and drill a hole in it with nothing but rotational force. I would not recommend grabbing it with your fingers, but it will provide a small visual example of the damage a rotating bullet can impart on flesh and meat when it is only at 10% of actual rotational velocity............ Just imagine the potential damage at full rpm and full range velocity. Finally, once you have done this, you will more fully understand the damage rotating mushroomed and/or fragmented bullets impart on targets and media. Now, you have to ask yourself will this be MORE or LESS significant damage than a broadhead launched at 300 fps from a comound bow at a range of 30-50 yards..... Also, if the bullet is stable upon impact and not in a yaw condition, it would tend to travel in the original direction upon impact. And, if you want to know what happens at 1000 yards, then test at 1000 yards to get the most accurate results......... Conducting long range testing at long range removes the doubt and forces us to discuss other topics. Lightvarmint [/QUOTE]
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