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<blockquote data-quote="entoptics" data-source="post: 1788604" data-attributes="member: 104268"><p>I won't assume what BG means, but IMO, when "energy" is dismissed as "misunderstood, meaningless, etc" in these threads, it is just as ludicrous as dismissing bullet construction/design. Energy is one important variable to assess the ability to do work (tear tissue in this case). It's akin to saying "Bah! Horsepower is meaningless in a car race! It's speed that matters!"</p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree there isn't a great deal clarity in the testing that's been done. That's because it's a very difficult test. Lots of variables. That being said, there's lots of good information out there from science (application and experiment), and energy wouldn't come up so often if it wasn't an important metric.</p><p></p><p>To my car analogy. "Speed wins races, and it takes traction, power (work and time), and good driving to get speed".</p><p></p><p>IMO, for this topic, that's "Devastating wound channels drop animals quickly, and it takes bullet design, energy (speed and mass), and good shooting to get devastating wound channels".</p><p></p><p>Skill is beyond this discussion, but I think the other two are roughly of equal importance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="entoptics, post: 1788604, member: 104268"] I won't assume what BG means, but IMO, when "energy" is dismissed as "misunderstood, meaningless, etc" in these threads, it is just as ludicrous as dismissing bullet construction/design. Energy is one important variable to assess the ability to do work (tear tissue in this case). It's akin to saying "Bah! Horsepower is meaningless in a car race! It's speed that matters!" I agree there isn't a great deal clarity in the testing that's been done. That's because it's a very difficult test. Lots of variables. That being said, there's lots of good information out there from science (application and experiment), and energy wouldn't come up so often if it wasn't an important metric. To my car analogy. "Speed wins races, and it takes traction, power (work and time), and good driving to get speed". IMO, for this topic, that's "Devastating wound channels drop animals quickly, and it takes bullet design, energy (speed and mass), and good shooting to get devastating wound channels". Skill is beyond this discussion, but I think the other two are roughly of equal importance. [/QUOTE]
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