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<blockquote data-quote="DDB TX" data-source="post: 1530897" data-attributes="member: 64182"><p>Cohunt, please re-read my original post. Although 2000 ft-lbs of energy is a standard many people use as the minimum ethical impact for a standard rifle bullet (not a bow or pistol or spear or whatever) on elk, I picked it not because I believe it is "correct" but because it gives us a standard to compare various cartridges and bullets' impact at long range. I could have just as easily used 1000 ft-lbs, (which many say is the minimum ethical impact energy for whitetails) except that it would have required a lot more work since the Hornady charts only went to 500 yards, so I would have had to generate the data for each cartridge/bullet combo myself. I am NOT trying to dictate ethical ranges for your cartridge and bullet, I am just trying to demonstrate the relative downrange energy of a number of cartridges. It is a new way of looking at things for me, and pretty interesting; for example I just compared the 2000 ft-lb threshold between a 180 grain .308 Partition and a 180 grain .308 Accubond Long Range; leaving the muzzle at the same speed, the ABLR's 2000 ft-lb threshold is 150 yards farther out than the Partition's! From the same rifle!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDB TX, post: 1530897, member: 64182"] Cohunt, please re-read my original post. Although 2000 ft-lbs of energy is a standard many people use as the minimum ethical impact for a standard rifle bullet (not a bow or pistol or spear or whatever) on elk, I picked it not because I believe it is "correct" but because it gives us a standard to compare various cartridges and bullets' impact at long range. I could have just as easily used 1000 ft-lbs, (which many say is the minimum ethical impact energy for whitetails) except that it would have required a lot more work since the Hornady charts only went to 500 yards, so I would have had to generate the data for each cartridge/bullet combo myself. I am NOT trying to dictate ethical ranges for your cartridge and bullet, I am just trying to demonstrate the relative downrange energy of a number of cartridges. It is a new way of looking at things for me, and pretty interesting; for example I just compared the 2000 ft-lb threshold between a 180 grain .308 Partition and a 180 grain .308 Accubond Long Range; leaving the muzzle at the same speed, the ABLR's 2000 ft-lb threshold is 150 yards farther out than the Partition's! From the same rifle! [/QUOTE]
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