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Optimizing Precision And Accuracy From VLD Bullets By Eric Stecker
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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 276834" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Your understanding of the behavior of the berger bullets is not quite right. The bullets have a hollow point and it takes some depth before the tip tears back and expansion begins. The expansion is rapid at that point for a while and then as the bullet slows the expansion seems to stabilize and the bullet then penetrates a ways depending on how much sectional density you have. The more sectional density, then the more momentum remaining and therefore the more penetration.</p><p></p><p>The twofer on the hogs is a good example. The bullet struck a large male hog in the shoulder and passed all the way through it and then struck the pelvis of the grown sow and broke through it and exited. This means that with a high sectional density bullet you can get a lot of penetration while breaking a lot of bones. That bullet was launched at 3250 fps which is very near dusting velocity for the Bergers and yet it did not grenade even though the jacket was at very near what many believe to be stress failure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 276834, member: 8"] Your understanding of the behavior of the berger bullets is not quite right. The bullets have a hollow point and it takes some depth before the tip tears back and expansion begins. The expansion is rapid at that point for a while and then as the bullet slows the expansion seems to stabilize and the bullet then penetrates a ways depending on how much sectional density you have. The more sectional density, then the more momentum remaining and therefore the more penetration. The twofer on the hogs is a good example. The bullet struck a large male hog in the shoulder and passed all the way through it and then struck the pelvis of the grown sow and broke through it and exited. This means that with a high sectional density bullet you can get a lot of penetration while breaking a lot of bones. That bullet was launched at 3250 fps which is very near dusting velocity for the Bergers and yet it did not grenade even though the jacket was at very near what many believe to be stress failure. [/QUOTE]
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