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Energy or bullet diameter most important?
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<blockquote data-quote="Canadian Bushman" data-source="post: 1235088" data-attributes="member: 41122"><p>How can a bullet Dumping energy into an animal be an old wives tale? What happens to the energy a bullet has, when it hits an animal and does not exit? </p><p></p><p>How could you possibly imagine 2000ft/lbs of force hitting an animal in a 1/4" size area and neither penetrating or hurting the animal? How is this even a possible scenario?</p><p></p><p>What happens to the bullet when it hits the steel plate and barely causes it to swing? Where has the energy gone? What happens to the ground in front of a target? What determines whether the bullet deflects or penetrates the steel?</p><p></p><p> Comparing a bullet hitting steel and pushing it with your finger is not a fair comparison of a bullet striking an animal. For one, the properties of the targets are vastly different. Secondly the amount of force and rate of application are vastly different. Surely your deer dont go rolling across the ground when they are shot?</p><p></p><p>I do agree with you that damage to the animals internal organs is what kills them. I also agree that its usually the bullet or bullet fragments that cause this damage. I agree this usually happens when there is a large displacement ( of what you didnt say ) of the bullets velocity, energy, and even materials. How is this not considered and energy dump?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Canadian Bushman, post: 1235088, member: 41122"] How can a bullet Dumping energy into an animal be an old wives tale? What happens to the energy a bullet has, when it hits an animal and does not exit? How could you possibly imagine 2000ft/lbs of force hitting an animal in a 1/4" size area and neither penetrating or hurting the animal? How is this even a possible scenario? What happens to the bullet when it hits the steel plate and barely causes it to swing? Where has the energy gone? What happens to the ground in front of a target? What determines whether the bullet deflects or penetrates the steel? Comparing a bullet hitting steel and pushing it with your finger is not a fair comparison of a bullet striking an animal. For one, the properties of the targets are vastly different. Secondly the amount of force and rate of application are vastly different. Surely your deer dont go rolling across the ground when they are shot? I do agree with you that damage to the animals internal organs is what kills them. I also agree that its usually the bullet or bullet fragments that cause this damage. I agree this usually happens when there is a large displacement ( of what you didnt say ) of the bullets velocity, energy, and even materials. How is this not considered and energy dump? [/QUOTE]
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