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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Long-Range Terminal Ballistics
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<blockquote data-quote="elkaholic" data-source="post: 490691" data-attributes="member: 13833"><p>In response to the original question, I don't believe foot pounds is a good measure of killing power at long range, (or at least not the best measure) I believe tissue damage is what we are really concerned about at ANY range. Energy just happens to be a part of the total package (sort of like S.D. is to B.C.) Having said that, I think what we really want in a long range bullets killing ability is enough construction to penetrate, coupled with enough expansion to do some internal damage. The amount of energy and velocity required to accomplish this is highly dependent on the shape and construction of the bullet. Long range killing with a rifle is probably more akin to archery than we would like to think! In other words, lots of energy is not going to be there and isn't the "killing factor". This is why it has been stated in past posts, "there are good long range bullets, and good hunting bullets, but few good long range hunting bullets"! My opinion.........Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkaholic, post: 490691, member: 13833"] In response to the original question, I don't believe foot pounds is a good measure of killing power at long range, (or at least not the best measure) I believe tissue damage is what we are really concerned about at ANY range. Energy just happens to be a part of the total package (sort of like S.D. is to B.C.) Having said that, I think what we really want in a long range bullets killing ability is enough construction to penetrate, coupled with enough expansion to do some internal damage. The amount of energy and velocity required to accomplish this is highly dependent on the shape and construction of the bullet. Long range killing with a rifle is probably more akin to archery than we would like to think! In other words, lots of energy is not going to be there and isn't the "killing factor". This is why it has been stated in past posts, "there are good long range bullets, and good hunting bullets, but few good long range hunting bullets"! My opinion.........Rich [/QUOTE]
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