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Rifle Cartridge Efficiency Formula
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<blockquote data-quote="davkrat" data-source="post: 980262" data-attributes="member: 6452"><p>Yes but you have to solve for a specific end result. Some of the OP's perameters are extremely subjective. How much recoil is too much? How much energy is unethically not enough, just right or meat ruining too much? How much throat eroding barrel eating over-boredness is too much? Do you want to punch paper, kill one pound rodents or 600 lbs elk? I'm sure there is a model that can be made that would assign negative scores to perameters like recoil but I still say the end number won't mean squat until you know what it is you want the rifle to do. </p><p></p><p>Lets say you have three cutting instruments: a butter knife, a carving knife and an axe. Which of those three is best for the three tasks of splitting a muffin and spreading butter on it, carving up a turkey or chopping wood. If your some sort of masicist maybe chopping wood with a butter knife is fun. Chopping a muffin with an axe would be fun for the splat factor alone. </p><p></p><p>There are good categories of paper punchers. There are good categories of varmint rifles. There are good categories of deer rifles. There are good categories of elk rifles. There are good categories of dangerous game rifles. On and on and on. I am a complete math nerd in the sense I love pouring over data and comparing loads, comparing energy levels but in the end you have to realize we are just splitting hairs. Just pick one and go shoot!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davkrat, post: 980262, member: 6452"] Yes but you have to solve for a specific end result. Some of the OP's perameters are extremely subjective. How much recoil is too much? How much energy is unethically not enough, just right or meat ruining too much? How much throat eroding barrel eating over-boredness is too much? Do you want to punch paper, kill one pound rodents or 600 lbs elk? I'm sure there is a model that can be made that would assign negative scores to perameters like recoil but I still say the end number won't mean squat until you know what it is you want the rifle to do. Lets say you have three cutting instruments: a butter knife, a carving knife and an axe. Which of those three is best for the three tasks of splitting a muffin and spreading butter on it, carving up a turkey or chopping wood. If your some sort of masicist maybe chopping wood with a butter knife is fun. Chopping a muffin with an axe would be fun for the splat factor alone. There are good categories of paper punchers. There are good categories of varmint rifles. There are good categories of deer rifles. There are good categories of elk rifles. There are good categories of dangerous game rifles. On and on and on. I am a complete math nerd in the sense I love pouring over data and comparing loads, comparing energy levels but in the end you have to realize we are just splitting hairs. Just pick one and go shoot! [/QUOTE]
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