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Best 6.5 CM Hunting Bullet for Moderate Long Range Distances
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 2459232" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>It really isn't that difficult. If a bullet passes through the animal without any expansion very little of it's energy is transferred to the target.</p><p></p><p>If a bullet blows up on contact failing to penetrate it's energy is expended in such a way as to form only a shallow wound that may or may not eventually cause death.</p><p></p><p>If you'll read up on most bullets intended for hunting the manufacturer usually publishes ideal impact velocities to allow for proper expansion and/or fragmentation.</p><p></p><p>Between the above extremes we get into such things is "how much damage is too much".</p><p></p><p>I was raised and still believe that excess wasted meat from bullets that shell out completely producing exit wounds you can throw a baseball or even bowling ball through is well into the realm of excessive and unnecessarily wasteful. </p><p></p><p>There's a very good chance though that when a bullet passes through without expanding insufficient damage may occur to result in recovery of the animal and that's the worst kind of waste of all.</p><p></p><p>There's a happy median in there someplace that most people strive for and bullet selection plays a big part in reaching that as a goal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 2459232, member: 30902"] It really isn't that difficult. If a bullet passes through the animal without any expansion very little of it's energy is transferred to the target. If a bullet blows up on contact failing to penetrate it's energy is expended in such a way as to form only a shallow wound that may or may not eventually cause death. If you'll read up on most bullets intended for hunting the manufacturer usually publishes ideal impact velocities to allow for proper expansion and/or fragmentation. Between the above extremes we get into such things is "how much damage is too much". I was raised and still believe that excess wasted meat from bullets that shell out completely producing exit wounds you can throw a baseball or even bowling ball through is well into the realm of excessive and unnecessarily wasteful. There's a very good chance though that when a bullet passes through without expanding insufficient damage may occur to result in recovery of the animal and that's the worst kind of waste of all. There's a happy median in there someplace that most people strive for and bullet selection plays a big part in reaching that as a goal. [/QUOTE]
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