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Energy or bullet diameter most important?
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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 1235096" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>It is not the energy that causes the soft tissue to move from it's current position to a new position. It is caused by the velocity and shape of the object moving through the tissue. You can move an object through an animal slowly with huge energy and do fairly little in damage. You can also hit it with an object moving very fast with very little energy and do very little damage. So energy is definitely part of the equation. It is not the release of the energy that does the damage. If a highly frangible bullet that "dumps" all of its energy in the 1st inch and stops the "energy" is meaningless.</p><p></p><p>So in the end the flatter the front of the projectile and the faster it is traveling the larger the permanent wound channel. Permanent part means, as the tissue is pushed out of the way and springs back, how much can not return to original form. This would be due to tearing. The torn tissue then bleeds to turn off the CNS.</p><p></p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 1235096, member: 7999"] It is not the energy that causes the soft tissue to move from it's current position to a new position. It is caused by the velocity and shape of the object moving through the tissue. You can move an object through an animal slowly with huge energy and do fairly little in damage. You can also hit it with an object moving very fast with very little energy and do very little damage. So energy is definitely part of the equation. It is not the release of the energy that does the damage. If a highly frangible bullet that "dumps" all of its energy in the 1st inch and stops the "energy" is meaningless. So in the end the flatter the front of the projectile and the faster it is traveling the larger the permanent wound channel. Permanent part means, as the tissue is pushed out of the way and springs back, how much can not return to original form. This would be due to tearing. The torn tissue then bleeds to turn off the CNS. Steve [/QUOTE]
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